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Museums: Gosport, England - British X-24 (Internal) |
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| Contributor: | Ray Keefer |
| Last update: | 03 Sep 1999 |
| Scope: | This page contains the pictures taken of the inside of the X-24 at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport, England. |
| Looking fwd from where hull was seperated at engine compartment. Glare is from plexiglass window protecting interior. The "T" shapped thing at the end of the compartment is the periscope. Wheels on right side control the dive planes. rk 25 Aug 1998 |
| Inside, from about the main hatch looking fwd. Hatches are to diver lockout chamber and battery room beyond. Green machines in lower left of photo are pumps and red valves are for the pumping and trim manifolds. Attack periscope in middle with hand grips folded up. Just to right of periscope is seat and steering wheel of helmsman. Periscope motor drum to right. Wooden deck flooring above rusty tank top. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Fwd pump on port side of control room. Note that the valve handles are all at different heights, some with disks. This is possible for identification of correct valve in dark. On floor is wooden platform on top of a rusty tank top. The pump is on top of a tank that ran down both sides of the control cabin. To left of photo is periscope. Per notes, the second valve from right was labled "FORD TRIM DISCH OVERBOARD". Per notes, forth valve from right was labled "No2 MAIN BALLAST". rk 20 June 1999 |
| One of the pumps on port side, one that was the most aftward. Looking at the valves. Looked like most of the pipes were capped off. I think there must of been more pipes then this when the X-24 was operational. Per notes the third knob from left was labled "AFT TRIM DISCHARGE OVERBOARD". rk 20 June 1999 |
| Good view through diver lockout chamber into battery room. Hatch door on left swung fwd to seal off battery room and hatch door on right swung aft to seal off the crew compartment from the diver lockout chamber. Oval looking wood seat on stainless steel bowl on diver lockout chamber was the only toilet. Flat platform in battery room was for sleeping. It was over where the batteries were kept. Not a popular place to sleep, if you rolled over and your hand fell on top of a battery you could get a nasty burn. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Head in Diver Lockout Chamber. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Hatch in Diver Lockout Chamber. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Helmsman Position. Brass rimmed guage to upper right of wheel is the depth guage. It is gradualated: 0-100-200-300-400-500-600 feet To left of that is Direction Indicator. Brass seen through wheel spokes is the rudder indicator. Port Starboard [in red paint] [in green paint] 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 Wood platform is the helmsman's seat. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Attempt of closeup of pericope pulley system. Three pulleys in middle of photo, two upper ones, aid in lifting periscope while the bottom one lowers periscope. Good view of drum on periscope motor. Horizontal black rod just above motor is the stearing shaft. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Closeup of back of pericope with periscope motor in background. Knob on back of periscope is for focusing. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Pericope. From aft looking forward. You can see the area extended above hull so you can almost stand up to use the periscope. Note periscope lifting cables. Board behind pericope is to hold some museum lighting equipment. Just above board on left side is a brass cylinder opject. The operates the swivel shutter over the port view port. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Planesman position. The outer wheel controlled the planes the inner wheel was a backup for the helmsman (rudder). To left of wheels is the engine control box. Shafts behind wheels are the control shafts. The one that is continuous out both sides if the the rudder. Going to left to the helmsman. This was on the starboard side. Just behind the wheels, arrow pointing up as seen through top of bigger wheel was rudder indicator: Port Starboard 30 0 30 Brass thing just to left of the rudder indicator is the dive plane indicator: Dive 30 0 Rise 30 The curved brass box with brass levers to left of the wheels is the engine control box. Reading from left to right, "Tail Clutch", "Engine Clutch", "Engine Throttle", and "Engine Cut Out": IN OUT SLOW OUT | | | | | | | | OUT IN FULL IN TAIL ENGINE ENGINE ENGINE CLUTCH CLUTCH THROTTLE CUTOUTrk 20 June 1999 |
| Looking aft from where hull was seperated at engine compartment. Glare is from plexiglass window protecting interior. rk 25 Aug 1998 |
| Diesel Engine. Looking aft on port side. rk 20 June 1999 |
| Diesel Engine. Looking aft on starboard side. rk 20 June 1999 |
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