Australian Navy : Metric or Imperial ? What do they use ?

goldorak · 03-25-10, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

From what I know they use a bit of both. Knots and Nautical miles for navigation metres, and clicks or KM for range.

Thanks for answering. I thought that maybe they had chosen one system over the other. It seems this is not the case. So what system do we use aboard the Collins for the DWX mod ? Metric or Imperial ? We can't have it 50-50. Its one or the other.

diver · 03-26-10, 04:17 AM

Depths in metres. Heights in feet. Lengths of vessels/objects in Metres. Distance in yards/nautical miles. Range of contacts in yards/nautical miles. Speed in knots.

and lastly volume by standard metric ****loads.

alexradu89 · 03-26-10, 07:15 AM

have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia

diver · 03-26-10, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by alexradu89

have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia

None of that is really applicable to the RAN though.

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diver Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Depths in metres. Heights in feet. Lengths of vessels/objects in Metres. Distance in yards/nautical miles. Range of contacts in yards/nautical miles. Speed in knots. and lastly volume by standard metric ***loads. Last edited by diver; 03-26-10 at 04:32 PM.*

03-26-10, 07:15 AM	#3
alexradu89 Lieutenant Join Date: May 2009 Location: Romania Posts: 259 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia