The Deep Sounding

The Deep Sounding. Collection 03 from Midnight Observatory: the sea log of the Observatory's sister expedition. In the spring of 1888 the Committee sent a drifter, the Constance, to find out whether the North Sea was behaving itself. The soundings came back wrong: no bottom where the chart said shallows, and a line that went slack, then pulled.

Victorian nautical charts, serpent plates, sounding notices and specimen tags. Light ink on dark tees, for folklore readers, sea-monster fans and anyone who likes an old map with something wrong in it.

Each tee is printed when you order it. If the line pulls, let it go.
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  • No Bottom Found t-shirt in Black: chart fragment, soundings and looping contours around a gold no-bottom mark

    No Bottom Found – Victorian Nautical Chart T-Shirt

    No Bottom Found – Victorian Nautical Chart T-Shirt
    £25.00
  • Lights Under the Keel t-shirt in Black: ship under a crescent moon, lead line to 50 fathoms, nine gold lights below

    Lights Under the Keel – Deep Sea T-Shirt

    Lights Under the Keel – Deep Sea T-Shirt
    £25.00
  • Instructions to the Sounding Party t-shirt in Black: Victorian notice, four numbered rules under a gold sounding lead

    Instructions to the Sounding Party – Victorian Notice T-Shirt

    Instructions to the Sounding Party – Victorian Notice T-Shirt
    £25.00
  • What Came Up in the Tallow t-shirt in Black: engraved sounding lead, base-on, a gold scale print and a specimen tag

    What Came Up in the Tallow – Sea Serpent Specimen T-Shirt

    What Came Up in the Tallow – Sea Serpent Specimen T-Shirt
    £25.00
  • Three Arches, Starboard Bow t-shirt in Black: engraved sea serpent in three arches beside a two-masted ship at dawn

    Three Arches, Starboard Bow – Sea Serpent T-Shirt

    Three Arches, Starboard Bow – Sea Serpent T-Shirt
    £25.00