The telemotor derived its name from telemetry, which is the process of making measurements and sending the data by radio. In essence, the telemotor was like the remote control for the Titanic’s steering gear and here is how it worked.
There were two wheels mounted forward on the Bridge. The main wheel was enclosed in the Wheelhouse and was connected to the master control of the Brown’s Patent Telemotor.
Directly forward of the Wheelhouse was a second wheel which was linked directly to the master by shafts and gears so that when one wheel was moved, the other would move as well.
The Telemotor system operates on pressurized hydraulic fluid to relay the movement of the wheel from a piston on the master to a slave in the steering...