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| bgcolor=CEDFF2 align="center" colspan="3"|'''Navyphones in British Service, 1914'''
| bgcolor=CEDFF2 align="center" colspan="4"|'''Graham-type Navyphones in British Service'''
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|[[Pattern 1855 Navyphone]]
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Pattern
|upper deck type<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Application
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Deployed
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Notes
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|[[Pattern 1856 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 1855 Navyphone|1855]]
|engine room type<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
|upper deck areas
|1902
|battery-powered, push-to-talk, external bell
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 1856A Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 1856 Navyphone|1856]]
|engine room type
|engine room  
|1902
|battery-powered, external bell
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2108 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 1856A Navyphone|1856A]]
|fire control, control position<br>paired with 2109<br>push-to-talk<br>no bell
|engine room
|1907
|powered by battery or generator
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2108A Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2108 Navyphone|2108]]
|fire control
|control positions
|
|paired with 2109<br>push-to-talk<br>no bell
|-
|[[Pattern 2108A Navyphone|2108A]]
|control positions
|
|fitted in some cabins in ''Dreadnought'' and later ships
|fitted in some cabins in ''Dreadnought'' and later ships
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2108B Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2108B Navyphone|2108B]]
|fire control
|control positions
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2109 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2109 Navyphone|2109]]
|fire control, gun position<br>paired with 2108<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
|gun positions
|
|paired with 2108<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2109A Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2109A Navyphone|2109A]]
|fire control
|gun positions
|
|fitted in some cabins in ''Dreadnought'' and later ships
|fitted in some cabins in ''Dreadnought'' and later ships
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2109B Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2109B Navyphone|2109B]]
|fire control
|gun positions
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2140 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2140 Navyphone|2140]]
|universal type
|universal type
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2140A Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2140A Navyphone|2140A]]
|upper deck type<br>normal use or fire control<br>suitable for generator
|upper deck areas
|
|suitable for generator
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 860 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 860 Navyphone|860]]
|fire control
|fire control
|
|similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
|similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 861 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 861 Navyphone|861]]
|fire control
|fire control
|
|no bell<br>similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
|no bell<br>similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 862 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 862 Navyphone|862]]
|fire control
|fire control
|
|no bell, similar to 1856A<br>works with 2108A
|no bell, similar to 1856A<br>works with 2108A
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 863 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 863 Navyphone|863]]
|general use
|general use
|
|bell on top, similar to 2140A<br>new shutter and push
|bell on top, similar to 2140A<br>new shutter and push
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 541 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 541 Navyphone|541]]
|cabin, an improved type, having a handset
|cabins
|"fitted in recent ships"
|"fitted in recent ships"
|modern-type handset
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2461 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2461 Navyphone|2461]]
|general use, buzzer call-up
|general use
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone|2461A]]
|with bell contact
|general use?
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B 2109A, 863, 1856A
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|with bell contact<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B 2109A, 863, 1856A
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2462 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2462 Navyphone|2462]]
|cabin, buzzer call-up
|cabins
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone|2463]]
|fire control, buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone|2464]]
|fire control, buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone|2465]]
|fire control (transmitter only), buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 2466 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 2466 Navyphone|2466]]
|destroyer or exposed positions, buzzer call-up
|destroyer & exposed positions
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone|3330]]
|general use, buzzer call-up
|general use
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone|3331]]
|cabin, buzzer call-up
|cabins
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone|3332]]
|fire control, buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone|3333]]
|fire control, buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|buzzer call-up
|-
|-
|[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone]]
|[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone|3334]]
|fire control (transmitter only), buzzer call-up
|fire control
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
|}
|}


Revision as of 17:36, 9 September 2009

A Navyphone is a rugged type of telephone made specifically for shipboard applications using short-range circuits. For some time, the Royal Navy called these "loud-speaking telephones", but the word "navyphone" was coming into usage as early as 1902.[1] They considered them as being slightly different to long-range telephones.

Form Factor

Navyphones varied considerably in their physical details, not all of them resembling a conventional telephone. Some resembled intercoms, and some were rather comical in appearance with trumpets or large horns in front or to be clopped over one's ears as though sharing a secret with a sunflower. Most were to be mounted on a bulkhead or other convenient vertical surface.

British Patterns

British navyphones were supplied by the Graham company, and identified like many tools of the Royal Navy: by Pattern numbers. Most were in watertight metal cases with receivers at the back with diaphragms facing the back of the instrument, projecting into trumpets which carried the sound out to the side. The transmitter was placed in front and could be revolved by hand although no clear description is offered of the plane of rotation.

They were most often battery-powered, initially, powered in pairs off six pattern 1453 cells in a pattern 1704 battery box until the Lord Nelson, Bellerophon and later classes in which they were powered by a motor generator.[2]

Graham-type Navyphones in British Service
Pattern Application Deployed Notes
1855 upper deck areas 1902 battery-powered, push-to-talk, external bell
1856 engine room 1902 battery-powered, external bell
1856A engine room 1907 powered by battery or generator
2108 control positions paired with 2109
push-to-talk
no bell
2108A control positions fitted in some cabins in Dreadnought and later ships
2108B control positions
2109 gun positions paired with 2108
push-to-talk
bell
2109A gun positions fitted in some cabins in Dreadnought and later ships
2109B gun positions
2140 universal type
2140A upper deck areas suitable for generator
860 fire control similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
861 fire control no bell
similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
862 fire control no bell, similar to 1856A
works with 2108A
863 general use bell on top, similar to 2140A
new shutter and push
541 cabins "fitted in recent ships" modern-type handset
2461 general use Lion and Orion classes and later buzzer call-up
2461A general use? Lion and Orion classes and later with bell contact
replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B 2109A, 863, 1856A
2462 cabins Lion and Orion classes and later buzzer call-up
2463 fire control Lion and Orion classes and later buzzer call-up
2464 fire control Lion and Orion classes and later buzzer call-up
2465 fire control Lion and Orion classes and later transmitter only, buzzer call-up
2466 destroyer & exposed positions Lion and Orion classes and later buzzer call-up
3330 general use Queen Elizabeth class and later buzzer call-up
3331 cabins Queen Elizabeth class and later buzzer call-up
3332 fire control Queen Elizabeth class and later buzzer call-up
3333 fire control Queen Elizabeth class and later buzzer call-up
3334 fire control Queen Elizabeth class and later transmitter only, buzzer call-up

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902, p. 60.
  2. ↑ Torpedo Drill Book, 1914, p. 263.

Bibliography

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