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NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE

Docking Telegraphs are fitted in big ships, usually one at the stem
and sometimes another at the bow. They are geared to their corres-
ponding telegraphs on the bridge in the same way as the engine-room
telegraph. The dials are marked so as to distinguish clearly between
the mooring ropes on the starboard side and those on the port side as
indicated in the adjoining illustration which, in this case, admits of
the following orders being transmitted from the bridge to the officer
attending to the mooring of the ship.

Fig. 2 —Docking Telegraph.

Astern

Not Clear

Heave in Stern Hope

Heave in Spring

Make fast Stern Rope

Make fast Spring

All Fast

Ahead
All Clear
Slack away Stern Hope
Slack away Spring
Let go Stern Rope
Let go Spring
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