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Re: HMS Alynbank
Posted by:
Mark C. Jones
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Date: June 26, 2010 10:07AM
A coder is an enlisted sailor (rating in British parlance) specially trained in communications. The task is to take a message and either transform the words into a code or take a coded message and turn it into words. Radio broadcasts can be intercepted by anyone with a receiver, so it was necessary to code/decode all messages. Coders, signalmen and radio operators (telegraphists) were three of the types of ratings central to the RN communications branch during the war. Hope this is helpful.
Mark C. Jones
Mark C. Jones