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Catalogue number d 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 The French-made S.A.G.E.M. relative plot is in the centre of this photograph and to right is the Asdic plot. The double voice tube, top left, connects to the Asdic room. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number c 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 The aircraft plot left and relative plot to the right. Between the two is the target designation switch. Top centre is the Saint-Chamond Granat Company electromechanical command transmission system, here for distance comparison between S.F. Radar and the type 285 range-finding radar for anti-aircraft fire control. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number f 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 To the right of the aircraft plot is the S.A. air search radar receiver. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number b 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 Two American radar sets, the S.A. air search radar to the right and the S.F. fire control radar to the left, each with its antenna azimut control wheel to the left of the set. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number a 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 Plotting table with above, the voice tube to the Asdic station. To the right and by the edge of the table is the Asdic alert bell. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number g 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 Top left is the control panel for firing the six torpedo tubes, three to port and three to starboard. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number h 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 The torpedo control panel for the direction of fire. The folding seat and small desk is for the officer in charge of the command center. In front of him is an array of switches for contacting the various stations – torpedo, radio, navigation, commander's bridge and fire director. The voice tubes connect with the Asdic station, left, and the navigation bridge/commander's cabin, right. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number e 85 The information centre on Le Malin, 1949 Here is another view of the officer's station. To the left of the torpedo control panel are the torpedo tube mount repeaters. 22.8cm x 17cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 108020 U.S.S. Georgia USS Georgia was commissioned in 1906 and this photograph shows the simple layout of the open bridge, with canvas side screen atop of the conning tower. We can see the wheel with a voicepipe to starboard and the binnacle and chart table forward. Several telegraphs are visible - helm and engine room telegraphs. 13.3cm x 8cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 85b French destroyer Le Malin in 1949 The French Le Fantasque class destroyer Le Malin was launched in 1933 and the class as a whole was renowned for the high speed that could be maintained - 37kts at full load. This series of photographs was taken in 1949 when Le Malin was in reserve at Sidi-Abdallah. Although the ship had been refitted and modernised in the U.S.A. in 1943, the bridge installation appears to have changed little. Each photograph is accompanied by an annotated line drawing showing the bridge layout. Forward of the commander's seat in the lower centre of the photograph, we can see several voicepipes for communicating with the different parts of the ship, the covers are in place on those to port and are open on those to starboard. Note the different diameter of the voicepipes, the larger the diameter, the less is the attenuation of the voice - useful when the post concerned is far from the bridge. In the centre of the photograph is the gyro repeater and in front of it is the helm position indicator. To the lower left of the gyro repeater is the field of fire indicator. Right forward is a 1,500m optical rangefinder. 17cm x 22.8cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 85b Line drawing of the bridge layout 17cm x 22.8cm "Roneograph" paper copy |
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Catalogue number 85a Port view of the bridge Here we can see the starboard lookout binoculars in a shield and there are several switches for target designation - behind as well as in front (left and right) of the commander's seat and to the far right of the photograph. The box with switches on the back of the Commander's seat controls the anti-aircraft fire and the three controls on the left of the seat are, from top to bottom, the searchlight warning light, the on/off switch and the control switch for the searchlight shutters. 17cm x 22.8cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 85a Line drawing of the bridge layout, port view 17cm x 22.8cm "Roneograph" paper copy |
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Catalogue number 85c Starboard view of the bridge The voicepipes are, left, to the artillery control and, right, to the navigation bridge, Asdic post and the operations room. The large oval cover behind the voicepipes is an instrument to give the bearing of the gun-aiming S.F. radar. During the 1943 refit, two radar systems were added, one for detecting surface targets and another to detect aircraft. 17cm x 22.8cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 85c Line drawing of the bridge layout, starboard view 17cm x 22.8cm "Roneograph" paper copy |
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Catalogue number 97071 The bridge of a World War 2 French destroyer During the First and at the beginning of the Second World War, the only effective means of detecting a potential enemy at sea or in the air was the naked eye and binoculars hence the profusion of binocular mountings of the bridge of warships large and small. This photograph shows the French destroyer Guépard from the 1930s. The high power binoculars are shaded and there are also binoculars on bearing mountings. Forward of the open bridge and in front of the navigation bridge is the circular high frequency direction finder aerial. B turret has a guard rail with trays for ready use ammunition - charges to port, shells to starboard and note twin Hotchkiss machine guns to port. Source: ECPAD, référence Marine 3639 16.9cm x 22.9cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 107065 The bridge of a German warship This photograph shows two German sailors on the bridge of a small warship at the time of the Second World War. The bridge arrangement is simple, one sailor is at the helm, his badges show him to be a seaman 1st class specialist with non-substantive badges of a range taker and mines specialist. His colleague at the engine room telegraph is a 1st class seaman with 6 years service. In the background are the various voicepipes with what may be whistles for calling the attention of the person at the other end of the voicepipe. One of the pipes has a grid over the opening, is it to stop things falling in or to keep mice off the bridge? Recto: "Auf der Kommandobrücke", On the bridge Verso: "Einen Jenfs (?) an seine Grungs (?) von ihren immer an sie denkenden Pagg (unable to translate)" in blue pencil and "Freigegeben O.K.W. Übungsaufnahme", Released by the O.K.W. 8.2cm x 12.6cm Gelatin silver print |
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Catalogue number 44268 The bridge of a major German warship On the bridge of this German warship we can see the helm and engine room repeaters just left of a target bearing sight on gimbals. A Königsberg class cruiser is tied up bow on at the quay side and there is an old battleship in the background. Verso: "Maniobres de tardor a la flota alemanya: vista de la flota de Guerra alemanya al port de Pillau de Prussia", Autumn manœuvres of the German fleet: view of the German war fleet at the port of Pillau, Prussia,. Also " °Die deutschen Herbst-Flotten-manöver. Der besuch der deutschen kriegsflotte im ostpreussischen hafen pillau. text ohne gewähr", The German autumn fleet manœuvres. The visit of the German war fleet in the port of Pillau in the East of Prussia. Text without guarantee. 16.3cm x 10.9cm Gelatin silver printi> |
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Catalogue number 80378 The French destroyer Tartu, 1934 From a series of 12 photographs of the French destroyer Tartu, its officers and men, taken in the summer of 1934. We are on the navigation bridge with the helm centre and many voicepipes about. The handle for ship's horn is above the wheel, note the numbers marked off above bridge windows. Recto: "407. C.T. "TARTU". L'abri de navigation. Août 1934" in black ink on the negative 5.4cm x 8.2cm Negative |
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Catalogue number 36154 Control centre on a submarine, 1976 When there isn't much room, the bridge can become very crowded. This is a photograph of the control centre on board the French submarine Requin. In the centre of the photograph is the all-important gyro for fixing a bearing when submerged. Verso: "Poste central Requin, gyro au premier plan" 17.6cm x 12.5cm Gelatin silver print Source: E.C.P. Armées |
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