Category:Hydrophones (UK)
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The British first developed shore-based hydrophone stations, based initially on the Ryan Hydrophone.
By April, 1919, a system of twenty-one stations was in place.[1]
| Station | Established | Abolished | Instruments | Operators |
| Oxcars | Mar 1915 | May 1915 | 4 | 4 |
| Inchcolm | May 1915 | Aug 1915 | 5 | 4 |
| Elieness | May 1915 | Aug 1915 | 5 | 4 |
| Cromarty | Jul 1915 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Cromarty, reorganized | Feb 1917 | Dec 1918 | 4 | 6 |
| Lowestoft | Oct 1915 | Jun 1916 | 6 | 4 |
| Elieness | Dec 1916 | Dec 1918 | 6 | 6 |
| Fidra | Feb 1917 | Dec 1918 | 6 | 6 |
| Inchkeith | Nov 1916 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Stanger Head | Feb 1917 | Jan 1919 | 5 | 6 |
| Crail | May 1917 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Seacliff | Aug 1917 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Greenore Point | Aug 1917 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Cuckmere | Oct 1917 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| St. David's Head | Feb 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Rame Head | Jan 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy | Nov 1917 | Nov 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Freshwater | Mar 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Mull of Cantyre | May 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Torr Head | Jun 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Tory Island | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 | |
| Margate | Aug 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Walton-on-Naze | Jul 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Lulworth | May 1918 | Dec 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Malta #1 | Aug 1918 | Nov 1918 | 5 | 6 |
| Malta #2 | Jul 1918 | Nov 1918 | 5 | 6 |
See Also
- Hawkcraig Experimental Station
- Malta Experimental Station
- Lancashire Anti-Submarine Committee
- Clyde Anti-Submarine Committee
- Dartmouth Deep-Water Station
- Gallipoli Hydrophone School
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 7. Fig. 49.
Pages in category "Hydrophones (UK)"
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