home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ 100 Years of Barrow-Built RN Submarines / 100YearsOfBarrow-builtRnSubmarines.iso / century2.cxt / 00250_Text_250.txt < prev    next >
Text File  |  2001-04-24  |  691b  |  5 lines

  1. day running ranged from high and low voltage electrical power, steam, hydraulic, pneumatic, lubricating oil and water for essential ship's services, to freshwater, air-conditioning and refrigeration for domestic purposes.  A network of communications and control systems was used for the transmission of information, for direction of remote services, and for round-the-clock monitoring of conditions throughout the ship.
  2.  
  3. MAINTAINING THE PEACE 
  4.  
  5. Polaris submarines were designed to carry, and maintain in a state of readiness to fire, 16 Type A-3 Polaris missiles in addition to their conventional torpedo armament.  The Admiralty believed that if the missiles were ever employed they