Difference between revisions of "Navyphone"
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|[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone|2461A]] | |[[Pattern 2461A Navyphone|2461A]] | ||
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | |''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | ||
|with bell contact<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B, 2109A, 863, 1856A | |with bell contact<br>replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B, 2109A, 863, 1856A | ||
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|[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone|2463]] | |[[Pattern 2463 Navyphone|2463]] | ||
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|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | |''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone|2464]] | |[[Pattern 2464 Navyphone|2464]] | ||
| − | | | + | |Guns |
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | |''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone|2465]] | |[[Pattern 2465 Navyphone|2465]] | ||
| − | | | + | |TS |
|''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | |''Lion'' and ''Orion'' classes | ||
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up | |transmitter only, buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone|3330]] | |[[Pattern 3330 Navyphone|3330]] | ||
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class | |''Queen Elizabeth'' class | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone|3331]] | |[[Pattern 3331 Navyphone|3331]] | ||
| − | | | + | |gun positions, etc |
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class | |''Queen Elizabeth'' class | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone|3332]] | |[[Pattern 3332 Navyphone|3332]] | ||
| − | | | + | |TS |
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class | |''Queen Elizabeth'' class | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone|3333]] | |[[Pattern 3333 Navyphone|3333]] | ||
| − | | | + | |gun positions, etc |
|''Queen Elizabeth'' class | |''Queen Elizabeth'' class | ||
|buzzer call-up | |buzzer call-up | ||
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|[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone|3334]] | |[[Pattern 3334 Navyphone|3334]] | ||
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|''Queen Elizabeth'' class | |''Queen Elizabeth'' class | ||
|transmitter only, buzzer call-up | |transmitter only, buzzer call-up | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 11 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 | engine rooms | Lion and Orion classes | with bell contact replaces 2140A, 2108A, 2108B, 2109A, 863, 1856A |
| 2462 | cabins | Lion and Orion classes | buzzer call-up |
| 2463 | TS | Lion and Orion classes | buzzer call-up |
| 2464 | Guns | Lion and Orion classes | buzzer call-up |
| 2465 | TS | Lion and Orion classes | transmitter only, buzzer call-up |
| 2466 | destroyer & exposed positions | Lion and Orion classes | buzzer call-up |
| 3330 | TS | Queen Elizabeth class | buzzer call-up |
| 3331 | gun positions, etc | Queen Elizabeth class | buzzer call-up |
| 3332 | TS | Queen Elizabeth class | buzzer call-up |
| 3333 | gun positions, etc | Queen Elizabeth class | buzzer call-up |
| 3334 | TS | Queen Elizabeth class | transmitter only, buzzer call-up |
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1905
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1908
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1912
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1914
- Template:BibUKARTS1902
