Submarine snorkel
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A submarine snorkel is a device which allows the engine of a submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface. British Royal Navy personnel often refer to it as the snor
USS U-3008 (former German submarine U-3008) fairwater, with the snorkel raised.
Head of the snorkel mast from German type XXI submarine U-3503, scuttled outside Gothenburg on May 8, 1945 but raised by the Swedish Navy and carefully studied for the purpose of improving future Swedish submarine designs
Type 271 radar
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The Type 271 was a surface search radar used by the Royal Navy and allies during World War II. The first widely used naval microwave-frequency system, it was equipped with an antenna small enough to a
Submarine snorkel
…moving through the water) can be spotted in calm seas. During the early months of the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, British ships using the radar set Model 271 were able to detect the periscope of a submerged submarine at a distance of 800 m (0.50 mi) during tests in 1940. Autolycus (submarine detector…
Type 271 was the primary sub-hunting radar of HMCS Sackville. Its lighthouse-like radome can be seen above the bridge.
The cavity magnetron revolutionized radar development.
HMS Orchis was fitted with the first production 271, seen here atop the bridge.
HMS Nigeria was the first ship to mount the operational Type 273, which can be seen on the mast above the dark rectangle of her Type 284.