magnetic compass systems lilley and gillie marine instruments contact us distributors client login about john lilley & gillie ltd in 1812 john lilley aged 24 founded john lilley and son in london . john lilley is recorded as being an optician and the company manufactured nautical instruments magnetic compasses sextants and telescopes . in 1885 john wilson gillie founded wilson & gillie in north shields as admiralty chart agents and magnetic compass and nautical instrument makers . over the years john wilson gillie patented many improvements to the magnetic compass and binnacle . in 1913 the two companies merged and in 1943 were renamed as john lilley & gillie ltd. after over 200 years in business john lilley & gillie ltd have consolidated our position as the uk s pre eminent manufacturer of magnetic compass outfits . we have moved into larger more modern warehouse and office premises to better serve our international customer base . on the 2nd of july 2012 to mark our bicentenary we had the very great honour of hosting a visit to our north shields head office from her royal highness the princess royal . her royal highness toured our premises accompanied by glenn heathcote our managing director and met with a wide variety of our staff including our chairman and our chief executive and other main board directors team members from our equipment warehouse our magnetic compass testing calibration technicians sales and sales administration staff electronic equipment service engineers and our it departments . during her tour her royal highness saw demonstrations of our latest state of the art fully type approved electronic navigation equipment including our navmaster electronic chart display information system ecdis our bridge navigation watch alarm system bnwas and our new intelligent wind alarm system iwas . she also saw a prototype of our brand new sestrel navigator compass which is soon to begin type approval testing . tweets by lilleyandgillie search ... search latest news 2016 smm smm has come to a close . this was a very successful for lilley and gillie with a phenomenally busy stand . we wish to put a big thank you out to all of our existing distributors that came to visit as well as the many new people who came to see us . read more ... smm 2016 lilley and gillie are proud to announce that our sales and service team we will be attending smm once again in september of 2016 . smm is the biggest maritime show in the entire world and we are honoured to be a part of it and to share the experience with all other nations attending . we first exhibited in 2004 and have been attending ever since . read more ... p296 service bulletin john lilley and gillie ltd service bulletin july 2016 wind speed and direction masthead units customer modifications of sensor voiding the warranty . there have been a small number of warranty claims in recent months regarding the p296 cup and vane style sensors . this bulletin will be addressing what to do in the event of any similar problem occurring and the correct procedure to follow . in the unlikely event of a unit developing a defect please note that we operate a return to base warranty procedure which is outlined in our terms and conditions of sale . read more ... navmaster training in plymouth advanced training on the navmaster ecdis was held in plymouth at the pc maritime office . attendees included bogerd martin shanghai s john yang and john lilley and gillies far east sales manager daniel lim . read more ... pages homenewsabout usequipmentcompass adjustmentelectronic servicescontact us products the total ecdis solutionecdis ecs software and hardwarewalker equipmentmagnetic compass systemslilley and gillie marine instruments view larger map john lilley & gillie ltd 8 neptune courtorion business parknorth shieldsne29 7uwengland tel 44 0 191 270 4260 fax 44 0 191257 6175email sales jlgmarine.com website design by digital yak john lilley & gillie ltd company number 2846087