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An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, [1] is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed.
The telegraphs connected to Titanic's engine room were used by the officer of the watch or the commanding officer to communicate any orders concerning forward and astern speed. Forward, the possible orders were, in ascending order of power, Dead Slow, Slow, Half, Full. The "STOP" command instructed the engine room to stop propeller rotation.
An engine order telegraph dial located in the engine compartment of U-505. "MT" is Maschinen Telegraf , (Telegraph Machine), and "Bb", indicating Backbord , (Port). The Type IXC was a further refinement of the class with storage for an additional 43 tonnes of fuel, increasing the boat's range.
Printing telegraph, electrical telegraph that uses plain text instead of code; Optical telegraph, sending visual signals with pivoting shutters in towers; Hydraulic telegraph, based on the displacement of water in pipes, or on container water levels; Engine order telegraph, device on a ship used by the pilot to signal engine speeds
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The Commonwealth navies use the following telegraph commands: Slow ahead/astern, the number of revolutions is standardized for the individual ship and is unstated; Half ahead/astern, accompanied by an order for a power setting (e.g., "half ahead both engines, revolutions 1,500") Full speed ahead/astern. This is reserved for emergencies and as ...
An examination revealed that the cargo section was almost totally destroyed by the explosion, and the engine order telegraph still registering "full ahead". All of V.A. Fogg's crew members lost their lives. However, the chief radio officer, William A. Shaw, had left the ship for an emergency medical procedure only a few hours before the ship ...
In order to do this quickly and accurately, a number of code words were used to replace complicated or regularly used phrases. The codes were changed from time to time to reflect current needs. By 1922 most railways in the country had agreed on standard code words, although the GWR had an extended list of codes that could only be used within ...