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Re: Mystery Navy Device
From: William Edward Henry
Date: 2020 Jan 11, 13:28 -0500
From: William Edward Henry
Date: 2020 Jan 11, 13:28 -0500
Attached photo from “Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1904”
Shows the device in question.
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On Dec 23, 2019, at 15:48, Geoffrey Kolbe <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com> wrote:
Below is a link to a picture from a model of HMS Barnham, a First World War battleship that was sunk in 1941 by a German U boat.
http://geoffrey-kolbe.com/docs/HMS_Barham.JPG
Can anybody identify the black cross object with the golden balls sitting in a shielded support on the port side of the ship, just aft of the secondary armament?
Thanks a lot,
Geoffrey Kolbe
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