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UK SINS experimental model X3
UK S.I.N.S experimental model X3 use for navigational data
Designed at the ACO, 1961
Manufactured by Sperry Gyroscope at Bracknell, 1963
Installed in HMS/M Valiant at Barrow-in-Furness, 1965
Used for navigational data, latitude, longgitude and ship's head. Also provided roll and pitch for steering and hydroplanes abd supplied the submarine's clock system.
In 1967, HMS/M Valiant made a submerged passage from Portsmouth to Singapore - approximately 11,000 miles.
Designed at the ACO, 1961
Manufactured by Sperry Gyroscope at Bracknell, 1963
Installed in HMS/M Valiant at Barrow-in-Furness, 1965
Used for navigational data, latitude, longgitude and ship's head. Also provided roll and pitch for steering and hydroplanes abd supplied the submarine's clock system.
In 1967, HMS/M Valiant made a submerged passage from Portsmouth to Singapore - approximately 11,000 miles.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV1886 |
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| Type: | Inertial navigation system |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sperry |
| Date made: | 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | : 1220 x 190 x 870 mm |