Making ship character rotate slowly in circle

I am creating a player of a ship image in a tiled map. I am able to rotate it around. But to make it look realistic, i want the ship to move around slowly in circle like a real ship. I do not want the ship to rotate so fast like from up to down immediately. Currently , I could get any codes as how to do it. Can anybody guide with me with some codes?

http://www.google.com/search?q=java+image+rotate
If the first few links don't provide you with a solution, post what you've done so far and more detail about why the information in the first few links doesn't work for you.
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