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| bgcolor=CEDFF2 align="center" colspan="4"|'''Graham-type Navyphones in British Service'''
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| bgcolor=CEDFF2 align="center" colspan="4"|'''Graham-type Loud Speaking Phones<br>and Navyphones in British Service'''
 
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Pattern
 
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Notes
 
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|[[Pattern 1639 Loud Speaking Telephone|1639]]
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|upper deck areas
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|before 1902{{INF}}
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|battery-powered<br>push-to-call<br>open shutter to answer<br>external bell
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|-
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|[[Pattern 1643 Loud Speaking Telephone|1643]]
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|engine room
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|before 1902{{INF}}
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|battery-powered<br>push-to-call<br>open shutter to answer<br>external bell
 
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|-
 
|[[Pattern 1855 Navyphone|1855]]
 
|[[Pattern 1855 Navyphone|1855]]
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|[[Pattern 2108 Navyphone|2108]]
 
|[[Pattern 2108 Navyphone|2108]]
 
|control positions
 
|control positions
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|~1904
 
|paired with 2109<br>push-to-talk<br>no bell
 
|paired with 2109<br>push-to-talk<br>no bell
 
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|-
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|[[Pattern 2109 Navyphone|2109]]
 
|[[Pattern 2109 Navyphone|2109]]
 
|gun positions
 
|gun positions
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|~1905
 
|paired with 2108<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
 
|paired with 2108<br>push-to-talk<br>bell
 
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|suitable for generator
 
|suitable for generator
 
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|-
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|[["Underdome" Pattern Navyphones#Pattern 860 Navyphone|860]]
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|[[Pattern 860 Navyphone|860]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Bellerophon'' class
 
|similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
 
|similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
 
|-
 
|-
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|[["Underdome" Pattern Navyphones#Pattern 861 Navyphone|861]]
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|[[Pattern 861 Navyphone|861]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Bellerophon'' class
 
|no bell<br>similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
 
|no bell<br>similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
 
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|-
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|[["Underdome" Pattern Navyphones#Pattern 862 Navyphone|862]]
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|[[Pattern 862 Navyphone|862]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Bellerophon'' class
 
|no bell, similar to 1856A<br>works with 2108A
 
|no bell, similar to 1856A<br>works with 2108A
 
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|-
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|[["Underdome" Pattern Navyphones#Pattern 863 Navyphone|863]]
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|[[Pattern 863 Navyphone|863]]
 
|general use
 
|general use
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|''Bellerophon'' class
 
|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|541]]
 
|[[Pattern 541 Navyphone|541]]
 
|cabins  
 
|cabins  
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|"fitted in recent ships"
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|~1914
 
|modern-type handset
 
|modern-type handset
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2461 Navyphone|2461]]
 
|[[Pattern 2461 Navyphone|2461]]
 
|general use
 
|general use
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone|2461A]]
 
|[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone|2461A]]
 
|general use?
 
|general use?
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
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|with bell contact<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B 2109A, 863, 1856A
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|with bell contact<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B, 2109A, 863, 1856A
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2462 Navyphone|2462]]
 
|[[Pattern 2462 Navyphone|2462]]
 
|cabins  
 
|cabins  
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone|2463]]
 
|[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone|2463]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone|2464]]
 
|[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone|2464]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone|2465]]
 
|[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone|2465]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
 
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 2466 Navyphone|2466]]
 
|[[Pattern 2466 Navyphone|2466]]
 
|destroyer & exposed positions
 
|destroyer & exposed positions
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes and later
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone|3330]]
 
|[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone|3330]]
 
|general use
 
|general use
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone|3331]]
 
|[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone|3331]]
 
|cabins
 
|cabins
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone|3332]]
 
|[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone|3332]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone|3333]]
 
|[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone|3333]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|buzzer call-up
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone|3334]]
 
|[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone|3334]]
 
|fire control
 
|fire control
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class
 
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
 
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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*{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1905}}
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*{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1908}}
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*{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1912}}
 
*{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1914}}
 
*{{BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1914}}
 
*{{BibUKARTS1902}}
 
*{{BibUKARTS1902}}

Revision as of 17:35, 10 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 Loud Speaking Phones
and Navyphones in British Service
Pattern Application Deployed Notes
1639 upper deck areas before 1902[Inference] battery-powered
push-to-call
open shutter to answer
external bell
1643 engine room before 1902[Inference] battery-powered
push-to-call
open shutter to answer
external bell
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 ~1904 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 ~1905 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 Bellerophon class similar to 2109A, but with a bell on top
861 fire control Bellerophon class no bell
similar to 2108A w/portable receivers
862 fire control Bellerophon class no bell, similar to 1856A
works with 2108A
863 general use Bellerophon class bell on top, similar to 2140A
new shutter and push
541 cabins ~1914 modern-type handset
2461 general use Lion and Orion classes buzzer call-up
2461A general use? Lion and Orion classes with bell contact
replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B, 2109A, 863, 1856A
2462 cabins Lion and Orion classes buzzer call-up
2463 fire control Lion and Orion classes buzzer call-up
2464 fire control Lion and Orion classes buzzer call-up
2465 fire control Lion and Orion classes transmitter only, buzzer call-up
2466 destroyer & exposed positions Lion and Orion classes buzzer call-up
3330 general use Queen Elizabeth class buzzer call-up
3331 cabins Queen Elizabeth class buzzer call-up
3332 fire control Queen Elizabeth class buzzer call-up
3333 fire control Queen Elizabeth class buzzer call-up
3334 fire control Queen Elizabeth class 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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