Equipment Services

Compass Adjustment

Lilley & Gillie employs two very experienced and fully qualified D.O.T. certified compass adjusters, who are available 24 hours per day to carry out onboard adjustment and service.

Annex 13 of the MCA publication - Safety of Navigation - Implementing SOLAS Chapter V which superseded MGN 57 states that each magnetic compass required to be carried by the regulations shall be properly adjusted and its table or curve of residual deviations available at all times.

Magnetic compasses should be adjusted when:

They are first installed
They become unreliable
The ship undergoes structural repairs or alterations that could affect its permanent and induced magnetism
Electrical or magnetic equipment close to the compass is added, removed or altered; or,
A period of two years has elapsed since the last adjustment and a record of compass deviations has not been maintained, or the recorded deviations are excessive or when the compass shows physical defects.

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Equipment Repairs

As manufacturers of a wide range of navigation & electronic equipment, Lilley & Gillie are fully equipped to carry out repairs on both our own and other companies magnetic compasses and equipment. Our engineers would be happy to inspect a piece of equipment and provide a quotation prior to repair.

As the only commercial company in the UK approved to carry out re-certification of magnetic compasses (see Annex 13) we are also able to issue a certificate upon completion of repairs or modifications.