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Communications and signalling
Ship equipment
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Bell
bell, ships
Bell clapper
Bell hook
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Bridge bell
Cabin bell
Cable
cable, electric
cable, submarine
coding device
documentary artifact: card, signal code
Electric bell
Electric lamp
energy production t&e: cable, electric
energy production t&e: main, ring
Flashing lamp
fog gong
Fog horn
Foghorn
fog horn
Forecastle bell
Foremast crow's nest bell
hand bell
horn, fog
indicator, rudder
key, morse
key, morse sending
lamp, daylight signalling
lamp, signalling
lighting device: lamp, electric
loudaphone, aft
loudaphone, engine room
loudaphone, gyro room
loudaphone, lookout
loudspeaker
megaphone
Morse key switch
Ring main
Ship's bell
Ship' s bell
Ship's Bell
Ships' bell
Ships's bell
Ships code card
signal, code
signal, not under command
Signal code card
Signal flag
Signalling lamp
sound communication t&e: bell
sound communication t&e: bellows, fog horn
sound communication t&e: key, morse sending
sound communication t&e: trumpet, speaking
sound communication t&e: trumpet, speaking(fisherman's)
Speaking trumpet
Submarine cable
telecommunications t&e: cable, submarine
telecommunication t&e: telegraphy gear, wireless
telegraphy gear, wireless
telephone
Telephone connection board
Telephone handset
Telephone switchboard
trumpet, speaking
unit, loudaphone
visual communication t&e: flag, signal(instruction box)
visual communication t&e: lamp, flashing
visual communication t&e: lamp, flashing(Burrill)
visual communication t&e: lamp, flashing(oil)
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling(Mitchell's)
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling(morse code)
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling(paraffin)
visual communication t&e: signal, code(bull)
Watch bell
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: tanker, oil
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, cruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, river
water transport: fighting vessel: light cruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fighting vessel: vessel, armoured
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel
water transport: passenger vessel: passenger liner
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport: service vessel: store carrier
water transport: service vessel: tender, coastguard
water transport: service vessel: tender, lighthouse
water transport: service vessel: tug, paddle
water transport: steam vessel: screw, twin
water transport: training vessel: drillship
water transport accessory: bell, bridge
water transport accessory: bell, cabin
water transport accessory: bell, electric(for auto alarm)
water transport accessory: bell, forecastle
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
water transport accessory: bell, watch
water transport accessory: bell, watch ?
water transport accessory: bell, wheelhouse
water transport accessory: bracket, bell
water transport accessory: clapper, bell
water transport accessory: gong, fog
water transport accessory: hook, bell
water transport accessory: horn, fog
water transport accessory: indicator, rudder
water transport accessory: key, morse
water transport accessory: lamp, daylight signalling
water transport accessory: lamp, signalling
water transport accessory: light, daylight signalling
water transport accessory: loudaphone, aft
water transport accessory: loudaphone, engine room
water transport accessory: loudaphone, gyro room
water transport accessory: loudaphone, lookout
water transport accessory: loudspeaker
water transport accessory: megaphone
water transport accessory: signal, towing
water transport accessory: telephone(bridge to chief engineer)
water transport accessory: unit, loudaphone
Wheelhouse bell
written communication t&e: coding device
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bell metal (a copper alloy normally made up of 23% tin and 77 % copper)
brass
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gutta percha
hemp
inorganic: glass
iron
leather
metal
metal, gutta percha
metal, rope, wood. Colour. gold, brown, white.
metal: brass
metal: brass plate
metal: bronze
metal: cast iron
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: sheet iron
metal: steel
metal: tin
metal: unknown
metal: wrought iron
organic: bone
organic: cardboard
organic: gutta percha
organic: hemp
organic: jute
organic: leather
organic: paper
organic: rubber
plastic
rubber
steel
synthetic: glass
wood
wood (mahogany)
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
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Airphone Company
Allen, Thomas
Bagley, Matthew III
Bartlett, Thomas
Bordier-Marcet, Isaac
Bulpitt & Sons
Burnell, J
Butler & Forrester
Clark, G, & Sons
Clifford & Snell
Davey
Davey & Co
Dockyard, Bermuda
Eli Griffiths & Sons
Ever Ready Co. (Great Britain) Ltd
Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de
Gents' of Leicester
George Bocock & Co
Glass Elliot & Co
Gutta Percha Company
J. S. Starnes & Sons
John W Taylor & Co
Joseph T. Eltringham and Co
J W Ray & Co
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Mears, W. and T.
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke A.G.
Pack & Chapman
Player & Mitchell
Pool, Arthur J
R. C. Murray & Co
R. S. Newall & Co
Roux Guichard & Co
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Telford Grier & MacKay & Co Ltd
Tufnell, L. G.
Unknown
W. G. Pye & Co.
W. T. George & Co Ltd
Whitechapel Foundry
William Harvie & Co Ltd
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Paris
Portsmouth
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Whitechapel
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Crimean War, 1854-1856
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916
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Amethyst (1943)
Bellerophon (1906)
Bengloe (1961)
Blazer (1856)
Breconshire (1939)
Centaur (1916)
Chakdina (1951)
City of Nagpur (1914)
Dolphin (1909)
Donegal (1858)
Dreadnought (1801)
E9 (1913)
Edinburgh (1855)
Edward Cruse
Elba 1854
Emden (1908)
Energetic 1902 [HMS]
Eskimo (1937)
Esso Guildford 1957
Euphrate 1905
Flying Fox 1918 [RNVR]
Fox (1855)
Gibraltar (1892)
Great Eastern (1858)
Helvetia 1905
Hibernia (1861)
Implacable (1800)
Indomitable (1940)
Kangaroo (1853)
Karabagh 1932
Kilmallie 1893
King George V (1911)
Ladybird 1916 [HMS]
Lady of Avenel 1874
Lemuella 1854
Lydiard (1914)
Mauretania (1907)
Norseman IV 1885
Pansy 1915 [HMS]
Queen Elizabeth (1940)
Richmond 1868
Romola 1916 [HMS]
Royal George (1756)
San Demetrio 1938
San Josef fl.1797 [Spanish]
Scorpion 1910 [HMS]
Scotia (1862)
Starling 1930
Sterling 1918 [HMS]
Strathlairg
Swiftsure (1870)
Valiant (1914)
Vanguard (1787)
Victoria (fl.1863)
Vindictive (1918)
Vulture 1898 [HMS]
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Baddeley, William
Blackburn, John Fulford
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Captain C. Robinson, C.
Captain Henry Manning, Henry
Clifford, Henry
Eastern Telegraph Co
Franklin, Jane
Harnage, George
HM Admiralty
HMS Stag (shorebase)
Kristinestad Maritime Museum, Finland
Lake, Ron
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Main, John Mennons
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Mogridge, C. T.
Naish, George Prideaux Brabant
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Royal Navy Trophy Centre
Science Museum Group
Smith, William Sidney
St Dunstan's School
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Victualling Office
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Signalling lamp
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Deep sea submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable (Submarine cable)
Bracket for a bell
Mounted submarine cable (Submarine cable)
Signalling lamp
loudaphone, aft
Morse key switch
trumpet, speaking
Bell hook
Bell clapper
signal, not under command
trumpet, speaking
Signalling lamp
Boxed set of submarine cable samples (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Ship's bell
Signalling lamp
Signalling lamp
Flashing lamp
Flashing lamp
Ship's bell
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