item details
NameEngine Room Telegraph
ProductionChadburn's (Ship) Telegraph Co. Ltd.; manufacturer(s); 1911; Liverpool
Classificationcommunication systems
Materialsbrass, steel, enamel
DimensionsOverall: 350mm (width), 1040mm (height)
Registration NumberNS000039
Credit lineGift of the Marine Department, 1952
Overview
This is the engine room telegraph from the British battlecruiser HMS New Zealand, built between 1910 and 1912, and scrapped in 1922.
The telegraph was used to relay orders for manoeuvring the ship from the Commander on the bridge to the engine room below deck.