Shaw Savill line

SOUTHERN CROSS

THIS PICTURE OF THE RADIO ROOM WAS TAKEN VERY EARLY ON IN THE VESSELS LIFE, IN ALL LIKELY HOOD THIS IS THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION FITTED PRIOR TO HER BEING  LAUNCHED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGE SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE VESSELS LIFE. THE RECEIVER TO THE R/O'S RIGHT IS THE MARCONI ELECTRA, THE ONE TO THE LEFT BEING THE MARCONI MERCURY RECEIVER. ABOVE THE MERCURY RECEIVER IS THE ALERT 500 kHz WATCH KEEPING/EMERGENCY RECEIVER. ABOVE THE ELECTRA RECEIVER IS THE MARCONI AUTOMATIC KEYING DEVICE. TO THE LEFT OF THESE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IS THE AERIAL SWITCHING UNIT. IN THE CORNER IS THE MARCONI RELIANCE EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER. TO THE RELIANCE'S LEFT IS A MARCONI ATALANTA RECEIVER. THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT  SITTING ON TOP OF THE ATALANTA RECEIVER IS THE SPEECH INVERTER.PRIVACY UNIT, ABOVE IT ON THE BULK HEAD IS THE BATTERY CHARGING UNIT, AND TO THE LEFT THE MAIN TRANSMITTER A  MARCONI GLOBESPAN. THE OPERATOR APPEARS TO BE USING A MECHANICAL VIBOPLEX MORSE KEY. THE RADIO OFFICERS ( FOUR IN TOTAL ) WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY MARCONI MARINE AND NOT DIRECTLY BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION.THE THREE RADIO CALLSIGNS ON  PLAQUES ON THE BULKHEAD ARE GSWW / SOUTHERN  CROSS'S CALLSIGN, GTZM / MARCONI MARINE COLLECTIVE CALLSIGN AND GZTR / SHAW SAVILL & ALBION'S COLLECTIVE CALLSIGN.