Electrical Switchboard
This image is of the main electrical switchboard in a Royal Navy cruiser that was operational from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. This distributed all the electrical power required by the ship's systems and her 800+ crew.
I assume that this is no longer in use and the ship's lighting and electrical power is provided from somewhere else... Indeed, I wonder if modern health and safety rules would even allow such an installation to be powered-up today?
Taken aboard HMS Belfast (C35) in the Pool of London.
Electrical Switchboard
This image is of the main electrical switchboard in a Royal Navy cruiser that was operational from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. This distributed all the electrical power required by the ship's systems and her 800+ crew.
I assume that this is no longer in use and the ship's lighting and electrical power is provided from somewhere else... Indeed, I wonder if modern health and safety rules would even allow such an installation to be powered-up today?
Taken aboard HMS Belfast (C35) in the Pool of London.