As I am not a naval engineer I am aware this may be a daft question to ask, but given the wartime experiences of warships being lost quickly has there ever been a system of utilising what in aircraft are referred to as ''black box recorders'' to the bridges of warships to record orders given etc.?
In the case of both Hood and Bismarck such a ''black box recorder'' - assuming it could be recovered intact - would be of immense value to historians and people like ourselves. Have such devices ever been considered?
Warship black boxes
Warship black boxes
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Re: Warship black boxes
Not in that day and age. The usual method of recording such data was the ships log or war diary--usually an officer being assigned to take notes and update the log or war diary as necessary.
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Re: Warship black boxes
tommy303,
Noting your first sentence, has there been any recent moves to electronic recording of command decisions and reports as they happen?
Noting your first sentence, has there been any recent moves to electronic recording of command decisions and reports as they happen?
''Give me a Ping and one Ping only'' - Sean Connery.