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2: The missiles were assembled in RN Armament Depots from components from various suppliers*, RNAD Ernesettle was the main one and there was a second at Singapore; when the latter closed the set up was transferred to RNAD Gosport.3: The missiles took their serial numbers from the Aft Body with a prefix depending on the type, SE for a MK1 or S2E for a Mk2; I remember S2Es getting into the 300s but I don't know what number they started with, and I don't think they did the WW2 trick of scrambling numbers to confuse the Russians potential enemy. The Mk1 missile used valve (thermionic tube) technology but Mk2 used discrete solid state components but I never got to see inside the Guidance Receiver. I did have an opened-up Seaslug gyro on my desk and frequently spun the innards, even with a finger flick it spun for a long time.*To reduce costs and speed up delivery the empty containers were sent back to the suppliers for the next delivery; this caused real problems when we were taking the missile out of service as there weren't anywhere near enough -even for things like warheads!
2: The missiles were assembled in RN Armament Depots from components from various suppliers*, RNAD Ernesettle was the main one and there was a second at Singapore; when the latter closed the set up was transferred to RNAD Gosport.
3: The missiles took their serial numbers from the Aft Body with a prefix depending on the type, SE for a MK1 or S2E for a Mk2; I remember S2Es getting into the 300s but I don't know what number they started with, and I don't think they did the WW2 trick of scrambling numbers to confuse the Russians potential enemy.
The Mk1 missile used valve (thermionic tube) technology but Mk2 used discrete solid state components but I never got to see inside the Guidance Receiver. I did have an opened-up Seaslug gyro on my desk and frequently spun the innards, even with a finger flick it spun for a long time.
*To reduce costs and speed up delivery the empty containers were sent back to the suppliers for the next delivery; this caused real problems when we were taking the missile out of service as there weren't anywhere near enough -even for things like warheads!
