Hydrostatic depht charge pistol question.

[Michel]

Today I got this British depht charge pistol. As far as I know its complete with the ajust key. The depht is from 50 feet down to 500 feet.
The marks on the "dial" read HTA (1928) Ltd Mark VII **. I read someware that the 500 feet model was introduced later than the 300 feet model.
Does the 1928 stand for the original design? And does the two stars (**) mean anything. Any info is welkom.

Sorry if there are spelling faults, English class is a long time ago.:tinysmile_hmm_t:

Groet Michel

 

[TimG]

Michel,

Your pistol would appear to have been made by Halls Telephone Accessories (1928) Ltd. The date is part of the manufacturer's name. On British land service fuzes an asterisk following the Mark denotes a conversion, so assuming the Navy followed the same convention, this pistol has been converted twice.

Your English is fine. Just remember, for you, English is probably your second or third language. For the vast majority of us in the UK, it is our only language and thus we are in no place to criticise.

Regards

TimG

 

[Michel]

Tim,

Thanks for your swift reply this resolves my questions. I thougt it had to
do some thing with the regular DC (slow moving ships) and the heavy DC (fast moving ships) or even the air dropped one but these where set at 25 feet (dial would be wrong) but all where of the mark VII model.
If there are any technical drawings of the Mark VII depht charge and working of the pistol out there it would be apreciated.

Met vriendelijke groet,
Michel