Steering wheel (ship)

Wheel of the French carrier Clémenceau.

The wheel of a ship is the modern method of changing the angle of the rudder to change the direction of the boat or ship. It is also called the galver, together with the rest of the steering mechanism.

The wheel is typically connected to a mechanical or hydraulic system.

The idea of tractors, automobiles, and similar land vehicles having a steering wheel probably evolved directly from the ship's wheel.

Gallery

At the helm - on the frigate Grand Turk
Wheel of the brigantine La Belle Poule
Wheel of the submarine Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Wheelstand, USNS Passumpsic.

Steering Wheel (ship) Media

Iconic image of a helmsman at a ship's wheel: the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial.
Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship^:151
Helm of golden bear
Front and overhead view of a traditional ship's wheel in motion.
Britannia Yacht Club's Commodore Boardroom features a ship's wheel table
USS LST-325 ship's wheel and engine order telegraph, the latter also referred to in the US Navy as the lee helm
U.S. Navy personnel aboard USS Constitution, by the ship's wheel
Ship's wheel pictured in the coat of arms of Kitee

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