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Because they're awesome, ships are awesome, and I want one...but what is the technical name for them...

throttel

Telegraphs, I think.

Because they're awesome, ships are awesome, and I want one...but what is the technical name for them...

It is an engine room telegraph.

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Because they're awesome, ships are awesome, and I want one...but what is the technical name for them...

Also called an engine order telegraph.

Got a couple grand to spare? You can have one.
http://www.antiquesofthesea.com/telegraphs.html

And they are pretty cool.

it is a throttle obviously,but i'm not sure if the more nautical amongst us have a better term or technical term for it.
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it is pretty cool though.

it would be neat to have one of those.

i'd also like to have one of those old time brass diver helmets.

ive seen them for sale but they are big bucks.

a telegraph? what a strange name for it...well that will win me Jepordy some day or something.

Telegraph confirmed...what an odd name...

Thousands of dollars?!?!?! I think I'll make my own thank you.

One more question: Does it control speed directly or tell the engine room people to change speed?

Ebay (http://search.ebay.com/ship-telegraph_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1) has some cheap ones...some are tiny though and probably dont move...

It's called that because it has no control over the speed. If you could se a little higher up, you'd see 2 arrows; one is attached to the handle that the captain/helmsman/duty officer moves. The other is inside & notes the response from the engine room.

When you move the handle, it rings & sends a note down to the engine room, where a similar device is located. The engineers of duty hear the ring, look to see what's beeing called for, & change speeds accordingly. When they complete the action, they ring back to the bridge with acknowledgement.

It's also called an annunciator.

Well you know that thing was only a signal system - it doesn't control the throttles to the engines. It just lets the ship engineering department know what power is desired for propulsion.

If you're quick-eyed you might have seen how that worked out in Titantic (crappy movie otherwise).

Telegraph confirmed...what an odd name...

Thousands of dollars?!?!?! I think I'll make my own thank you.

One more question: Does it control speed directly or tell the engine room people to change speed?

Ebay (http://search.ebay.com/ship-telegraph_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1) has some cheap ones...some are tiny though and probably dont move...

It tells the engine room people to change speed.

It's called that because it has no control over the speed. If you could se a little higher up, you'd see 2 arrows; one is attached to the handle that the captain/helmsman/duty officer moves. The other is inside & notes the response from the engine room.

When you move the handle, it rings & sends a note down to the engine room, where a similar device is located. The engineers of duty hear the ring, look to see what's beeing called for, & change speeds accordingly. When they complete the action, they ring back to the bridge with acknowledgement.

It's also called an annunciator.

Yay ringing. Interesting...

Well you know that thing was only a signal system - it doesn't control the throttles to the engines. It just lets the ship engineering department know what power is desired for propulsion.

If you're quick-eyed you might have seen how that worked out in Titantic (crappy movie otherwise).

Yes I do remember that and also in K-19 Widowmaker...but its in Russian there.

Thank you all, especially Shikishima who seems to know a lot about ships. :)