1946. A SECRET Radar Pamphlet handed out to all executive officers at the end
of WW2. By just reading these three files, you will have an excellent
overview of the origins of radar in the Royal Navy from 1938 until 1946.
Have a good look at Page 34 in Part 2. The top picture shows the
aerial for the very first Naval radar at sea in HMS Rodney and
HMS Sheffield in 1938, which was Airguard Type 79. Now for a
treat! This picture is of HMS Rodney with her radar aerials on both the
foremast and the mainmast taken at a time when her crew are swarming
over her with their tools, chipping-hammers and paint brushes.
Note the man actual sitting on the foremast radar aerial. This is
fortuitous and gives us a good idea of the size of the aerial as
compared with the size of a man, albeit one bent over in a working
position RODNEY
WITH HER TYPE 79 AERIALS.pdf This thumbnail leads to the Type
79 Airguard Height versus Sea Mile graph
See the following files
1946 radar pamphlet Part 1.pdf
1946 radar pamphlet Part 2.pdf
1946 radar pamphlet Part 3.pdf