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Ring main
A ring main. On the side of the ring main picked out in red 'SECTION OF ELECTRIC RING MAIN H.M.S. KING GEORGE V INSPECTED BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING 5TH FEBRUARY 1913'. On the base 'THE WHOLE OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND POWER OF THIS SHIP IS SUPPLIED THROUGH THIS RING MAIN CABLE. THE CURRENT BEING OBTAINED FROM 3 DYNAMOS OF 900 AMPERES EACH AT A PRESSURE OF 225 VOLTS LENGTH OF CABLE 700 FEET WEIGHT 11 TONS'. 'HMS KING GEORGE V'
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0162 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Ring main |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | King George V (1911) |
| People: | Queen Mary, Consort of King George V |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 45 mm |