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| [[File:Pattern1855NavyphoneCoverRemoved.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Pattern 1855 Navyphone with cover and transmitter removed'''<br>As shown in Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902, when it was apparently a new model. ]] | | #REDIRECT [[Pattern 185X Navyphones#Pattern 1855 Navyphone]] |
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| The '''Pattern 1855 Navyphone''' was an early example of [[Navyphone]] used in the Royal Navy, intended for use on upper decks. In modern parlance, it would be called an intercom. It first appeared around 1902 along with the [[Pattern 1856 Navyphone]] which was intended for use in engine rooms.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902'', p. 60.</ref>
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| [[File:Pattern1855Navyphone_TDB1914.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Pattern 1855 Navyphone'''<br>As shown in Torpedo Drill Book, 1914. Presumably, the little circle at upper right is a call indicator lamp.{{INF}} ]]
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| ==Form Factor==
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| The 1855 was bulkhead mounted in a cylindrical chassis, approximately 15cm across.<ref>estimating from ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902'', Plate 25.</ref> It had a push-to-talk lever marked ''Press whilst talking''<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902'', p. 60.</ref> (or ''Press whilst speaking''<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 259.</ref>) on the right side and a speaking transmitter on its face. Like many navyphones, its speaker was inside and faced rearward; a metallic horn around 60mm at its mouth came out from beneath the chassis and projected the remote speaker's voice out to the local listener.
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| A call-up button on the left side<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1902'', p. 60.</ref> sufficed to ring the bell at both the local and remote terminals. It may have had a small call indicating lamp at the 1 o'clock position,<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 259.</ref> but the bells and the battery were not an integral part of the navyphone.
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| The transmitter was affixed by 3 screws and could be revolved (by rolling about its axis)<ref>''Electrical Drill Book, 1924'', p. 275.</ref> "to shake up the carbon granules."<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 260.</ref>
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| Like most navyphones before those used in ''Lord Nelson'', ''Bellerophon'' and later classes, these phones were battery-powered in pairs off six pattern 1453 cells in a pattern 1704 battery box.<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 263.</ref> This box was separate.
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| ==See Also==
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| * [[Pattern 1856 Navyphone]]
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| * [[Navyphone]]
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1914}}
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| *{{BibUKARTS1902}}
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| *{{BibUKElectricalDrillBook1924}}
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| </small>
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| [[Category:Communications Equipment]]
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| [[Category:Shipboard Equipment]]
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