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at the apparatus.
It is possible, however, to put the
【rilled ar
whole thing out of their reach by having the sireless
esbin within
The only part of the
wireless equipment which would then be accessible to
persons outside would be the halliards attaching the
aerials to the mustheids. These are usually croucht
don to the deck, but I was informed that they could
be made at instead to the oro gat
They could then
only be reached by climbing the rigging, and a pirate
who attempted to do that could be shot from the bridg
It is true that most of the ships only arry one wireless
operater and that he might be off duty at the time of the
attack, but it would be possible to allow for that by ty
the installation of an automatic alarm signal which could
be set in motion by the officer of the watch. I ander.
und that some such evice is now being prepared by
the company's wireless department.
The bridge area, including the wireless room,
should be protected with steel plating pierced with
loopholes to command the approaches. There should w
one entranos only, kept looked and guard
ou toe
by an armed sentry under the eye of the officer of the
watuh. The ships' rifles or revolvers thould be kapt
within this ar
- it is
available for immedi
futile to leave thea in officers cabins, where they are
invariably seized by the pirates
* *mill supply of
- and there should be
ter in case the realstange
wore prolonged. On the bridge there would be the officer
of the watch, the quartermaster and the armed guard.
r
If the bridge were fortified as
four, if th
should be able
stout resi
scribed, these thre
viraless operator were also there
put up
and defeat
the object of the pirates, provided help from the navy