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    SW1C, short for Surface Warning, Model 1, Canadian, was an early radar system developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) for the Royal...
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    that RCN Flowers had in intercepting U-boats with their Canadian-designed SW1C metric radar, while the RN vessels were equipped with the technologically...
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    of SW radars (from 1940) CSC - anti-submarine radar, same as SW1 series SW1C - surface-warning radar for merchant ships and frigates (from 1941) SW2C...
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    the ship on 6 April 1942. Also in April Sackville received Canadian-built SW1C radar and worked up at Halifax and St. Margarets Bay. The ship was finally...
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    1st Canadian (SW1C) with the antenna hand-rotated through the use of a Chevrolet steering wheel in the operator's compartment. The SW1C was first tested...
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  • radar and optical equipment. The next system was a ship-borne set designated SW1C, for Surface Warning 1st Canadian, for corvettes and merchant ships. The...
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  • at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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  • at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) Complement 79 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × 4 inch BL Mk.IX...
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    knots (22.2 km/h)(13.8mph) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    Complement 6 officers, 79 enlisted Sensors and processing systems Radar – SW1C or 2C (later) Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 47 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 47 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    500 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 47 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    Complement 6 officers, 79 enlistend Sensors and processing systems Radar – SW1C or 2C (later) Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (102 mm)...
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    2 km/h) Complement 5 officers, 61 enlisted Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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    500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4-inch (101...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX...
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    at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and processing systems 1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar Armament 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm)...
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