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Speed Trials with the Decca Navigator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. Th. Verstelle
J. Th. Verstelle
Affiliation:
(Hydrographic Office, Royal Netherlands Navy
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Recently two ships of the Holland-Amerika Line carried out speed trials, using the Decca system. With the permission of this company, which has shown great interest in this new method, the results of the trials are given in this paper. For comparison, some figures for trials on a measured mile are also given.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1955 , pp. 41 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1955

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