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Communications and signalling
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alarm, off-course
alarm unit
auto pilot
azimuth mirror, compass
barometer, mercurial
base, motor generator
Bearing repeater azimuth repeater
binnacle
board, notice
bookcase
box, battery
box, fuse and switch
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converter, electrical
dodge, bridge
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gun, grease
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indicator, speed
key, morse
kit, first aid
lamp, angle poise
lamp, daylight signalling
lamp, hand
Lantern
light, not under command
line, pistol rocket
log, electric
loudaphone, aft
loudaphone, engine room
loudaphone, gyro room
loudaphone, lookout
loudspeaker
megaphone
Morse key switch
motor, generator electric
Navigation light sentinal
Oil lamp
Oil lantern
Pelorus, gyrocompass
rangefinder
recorder, course
repeater, gyrocompass
scale, sounding machine
screen
shade, lantern
shade, port sidelight
shade, starboard sidelight
Ship's wheel
Signalling lamp
Sounding tube
spares cabinet, sounding device
steering gear, telemotor
switch, cut out
switch, tumbler
telegraph, engine room
telephone
tube, rocket firing
unit, loudaphone
water transport accessory: alarm, off-course
water transport accessory: alarm unit
water transport accessory: auto pilot
water transport accessory: azimuth mirror, bearing repeater
water transport accessory: azimuth mirror, compass
water transport accessory: barometer, mercurial
water transport accessory: base, motor generator
water transport accessory: bell, bridge
water transport accessory: bell, electric(for auto alarm)
water transport accessory: binnacle
water transport accessory: board, notice
water transport accessory: bookcase
water transport accessory: box, battery
water transport accessory: box, fuse and switch
water transport accessory: compass
water transport accessory: converter, electrical
water transport accessory: dodge, bridge
water transport accessory: finder, range
water transport accessory: gong, fog
water transport accessory: gun, grease
water transport accessory: horn, fog
water transport accessory: indicator, rudder
water transport accessory: indicator, speed
water transport accessory: key, morse
water transport accessory: kit, first aid
water transport accessory: lamp, angle poise
water transport accessory: lamp, daylight signalling
water transport accessory: lamp, hand
water transport accessory: lamp, signalling
water transport accessory: light, daylight signalling
water transport accessory: light, hold
water transport accessory: light, navigation
water transport accessory: light, not under command
water transport accessory: light, oil
water transport accessory: line, pistol rocket
water transport accessory: log, electric
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: motor, generator electric
water transport accessory: recorder, course
water transport accessory: repeater, gyro
water transport accessory: repeater, steering
water transport accessory: scale, sounding machine
water transport accessory: screen
water transport accessory: shade, lantern
water transport accessory: shade, port sidelight
water transport accessory: shade, starboard sidelight
water transport accessory: spares cabinet, sounding device
water transport accessory: steering gear, telemotor
water transport accessory: switch, cut out
water transport accessory: switch, tumbler
water transport accessory: telegraph, engine room
water transport accessory: telephone(bridge to chief engineer)
water transport accessory: tube, rocket firing
water transport accessory: tube, sounding
water transport accessory: unit, loudaphone
water transport accessory: wheel, ship's
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felt padding blocks
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liquid
liquid in level
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metal: bronze
metal: iron
paper
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rubber cable insulation
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wood: boxwood
wood: teak
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Airphone Company
Arkas
Barr & Stroud Ltd
Brockhurst
Clifford & Snell
Electro Dynamic Construction Co Ltd
Evershed & Vignoles Ltd
General Electric Company
Gents' of Leicester
Griffiths, Eli, & Son
Hastie, John, & Co Ltd
J W Ray & Co
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Kent, George
Marconi Sounding Device Co Ltd
Mazak
Schermuly, Augustus William
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Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
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Sperry Gyro
Sperry Gyroscope Co Ltd
Thomas Walker & Son Ltd
Thomson, William
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W. G. Pye & Co.
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Chakdina (1951)
Strathlairg
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loudaphone, lookout
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