Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Voice pipe

A hollow tube used to convey spoken orders, usually between the conning tower and below-decks control spaces in a warship. Very low-tech communications method, but still used as a fail-safe in times when power has failed.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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