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Signals can be in the form of blasts on alarm bells, sounds on the ship's whistle or code names paged over the PA system. Alpha, alpha, alpha is the code for a medical emergency aboard Royal Caribbean and Norwegian ships. [1] Alpha Team, Alpha Team, Alpha Team is the code for a fire emergency aboard Carnival Cruise Line ships.
A boatswain's call, pipe, or bosun's whistle is a pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on naval ships by a boatswain. The pipe consists of a narrow tube (the gun) which directs air over a metal sphere (the buoy) with a hole in the top. The player opens and closes the hand over the hole to change the pitch.
RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.The ship was equipped with a new Marconi wireless telegraphy transmitter, and issued a CQD distress call, resulting in the saving of around 1,500 lives.
Dowler also made button whistles: escargot-type whistle with metal buttons or coins at the sides of the barrel. Though Dowler is mostly known such models, rare models attributed to him include the Hiat Registered Design of 1894: a combination of an escargot whistle with button sides and a beaufort with mouthpiece, sometimes referred to as Crest ...
General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations (the positions they are to assume when the vessel is in combat) as quickly as possible.
A merchant seaman qualified to perform all routine duties on a vessel, or a junior rank in some navies. aboard On or in a vessel. Synonymous with "on board". See also close aboard. about To change the course of a ship by tacking. "Ready about" is the order to prepare for tacking. [8] above board On or above the deck; in plain view; not hiding ...
Their Tornado 2000 whistle is capable of easily reaching 122 decibels. J Hudson & Co was founded in the 1870s in Birmingham by Joseph Hudson (1848–1930) and his brother James Hudson (1850–1889). The company became a manufacturer of whistles and continues as Acme Whistles .
USS Aroostook (ID-1256 / CM-3 / AK-44) was a steamship that was built as the coastal cargo liner Bunker Hill.She was launched in 1907 by Rose Fitzgerald, who in 1914 became Rose Kennedy.