FENYA Electric Telegraph

FENYA Electric Telegraph
Synchronous type ship's bridge electric telegraph.

Fenya, Fabricaciones Eléctricas, Navales y Artilleras, S.A. Spain, circa mid-20th century. Bronze, glass, carved wooden base.

Synchronous electric control bridge telegraph, used, thanks to a replica in the engine room, to transmit the orders for the required speed. It has a square base of simple carved wood, a metal body with a door closed by screws and a circular top with its lever. This circular area has a transparent glass and a blue arrow to indicate various speeds (forward and reverse), above the manufacturer's emblem and the type of machinery, model and power.

It was a very effective mechanism and was used as long as there was no internal voice communication between different parts of the ship, while the engines had to be operated from the engine room itself. Although they were often changed as new technical developments arose, they are still valued today for their appearance and historical trajectory.

Fenya (Fabricaciones Eléctricas, Navales y Artilleras) was a company founded in Ferrol by José María González Llanos y Caruncho (who also founded ASTANO - Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste - in 1941), with three telephone designs as its first product. This proposal was followed by telephone exchanges, electrical equipment for ships, electrical panels and engines, becoming one of the main auxiliary companies in Ferrol. It closed definitively in 1997.

Dimensions: 42 x 42 x 130 cm; base 55 x 55 cm.