It was taken from the boat used in the first solo and non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.
The compass was left at the museum by a woman who claimed her late husband had stolen it 53 years ago
Sir Robin, from Portsmouth, became the first person to circumnavigate the globe solo and non-stop in 1968/69. It was left by a woman at Holyhead Maritime Museum, Anglesey. Sir Robin said he'd "given up" finding it again.Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
He said she told museum staff "her late husband had stolen it off Sir Robin's boat in Rochdale just after he had completed the round-the-world trip" and then quickly left.Mr Thomas said: "I was a bit dubious about taking a stolen item into the museum - so I called him and he confirmed that it had been stolen."
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