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An active acoustic system for detecting submarines; the letters ASDIC stand for "Allied Submarine Detection Investigating Committee", the part of the [[Admiralty]] responsible for the work. | An active acoustic system for detecting submarines; the letters ASDIC stand for "Allied Submarine Detection Investigating Committee", the part of the [[Admiralty]] responsible for the work. | ||
WWI [[Philip Vassar Hunter]] collaborated with [[William Wordsworth Fisher|Admiral W. W. Fisher]] and [[William Henry Bragg|William Bragg]] | WWI [[Philip Vassar Hunter]] collaborated with [[William Wordsworth Fisher|Admiral W. W. Fisher]] and [[William Henry Bragg|William Bragg]] in a three-man committee to guide the work done | ||
by the [[Admiralty]] on the development of methods of detecting, locating and destroying | by the [[Admiralty]] on the development of methods of detecting, locating and destroying | ||
submarines. The best known and by far the most fruitful product of this association was ASDIC. | submarines. The best known and by far the most fruitful product of this association was ASDIC. | ||
Early work on hydrophones was carried out at the [[Admiralty Experimental Station]], first at Aberdour and later at Parkeston Quay where the term ASDIC seems to have been first used. | |||
The American name SONAR was later more widely used for this technique | The American name SONAR was later more widely used for this technique | ||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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* [https://acoustics.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/D1_WHackmann_History.pdf] | |||
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Revision as of 16:50, 6 June 2021
An active acoustic system for detecting submarines; the letters ASDIC stand for "Allied Submarine Detection Investigating Committee", the part of the Admiralty responsible for the work.
WWI Philip Vassar Hunter collaborated with Admiral W. W. Fisher and William Bragg in a three-man committee to guide the work done by the Admiralty on the development of methods of detecting, locating and destroying submarines. The best known and by far the most fruitful product of this association was ASDIC.
Early work on hydrophones was carried out at the Admiralty Experimental Station, first at Aberdour and later at Parkeston Quay where the term ASDIC seems to have been first used.
The American name SONAR was later more widely used for this technique
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