1939 - The steam yacht ELETTRA used by Marconi for radio telegraphy experiments. Guglielmo Marconi's steam yacht was a seaborne laboratory used to conduct experiments with wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony and other communication and direction-finding techniques during the inter-war period. Previously she had been a private yacht and a naval patrol boat. She was originally built in the shipyards of Ramage and Ferguson Ltd of Leith -----The vessel was built in Scotland for Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria under her original name of Rovenska

1939 - The steam yacht ELETTRA used by Marconi for radio telegraphy experiments.  Guglielmo Marconi's steam yacht was a seaborne laboratory used to conduct experiments with wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony and other communication and direction-finding techniques during the inter-war period. Previously she had been a private yacht and a naval patrol boat. She was originally built in the shipyards of Ramage and Ferguson Ltd of Leith -----The vessel was  built in Scotland for  Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria under her original  name of Rovenska Stock Photo
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Colin Waters / Alamy Stock Photo

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5906 x 2945 px | 50 x 24.9 cm | 19.7 x 9.8 inches | 300dpi

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2 August 2021

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