Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 100
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not being used - The commander has a telephone at his head - That's from the bridge 2E Conning tower - Curtains – red curtains shut the officers – 2 in number from the crew -
Go aft a bit more & you have on either side of you a vast switch board full of electrical contrivances - Go on & you come on the engines – a starboard & port engine one for these boats have 2 Screws – 2 propellers & all the consequent gear - Each engine is of 800 horse power – oil fuel – when they dive they run on electric motors - The men were messing somewhere about here at a small table & I noticed an electric stove & the food looked good & smelt most appetizing - Peas, potatoes & good beef are all right - Aft of this I noticed torpedoes in their tubes – ready to be discharged - & also 2 spare ones - There are 8 torpedoes in this submarine & we carry 8 spare ones for them - There were huge dynamos & a marvellous gyroscopic compass - Value of the latter runs into thousands 2 - 3000 £ I believe - Then I retraced my steps to the wardroom & examined the gyro periscope – value 500£ By an