105. Hurricane lamps - or similar portable lamps.
Torches (flash-lights) are useful, but not always very adequate. Seeing the tops of "black +/-" oil valves on the diesels can be very difficult to see when the boat has been damaged and light-bulbs destroyed as torchlight from one's own torch cannot be positioned to cast light on them. It might be handy to have a few "hurricane lamps" or similar larger battery-operated temporary lighting available for use in such situations, which would also serve to give some situational and appearance variety to individual missions where they are used?
I would suggest that they be installable on certain horizontal surfaces of approximately desk height, eg on the tables in the NCO's and Officers mess, the desks in hydrophone or radio room, the small desk area in the diesel-room, or (perhaps) on the floor in the emotor room. Some fairly stark shadows would need to be cast with softening of shadows where remaining lights in other areas cast light on said shadows. I find it hard to believe there was no provision for portable lighting other than individual torches, and would be interested to hear what form such lighting took! (if anyone knows!)
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