Argo Company, Limited

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Company founded by Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen on 31 December, 1907, [1] for the development and manufacture of fire-control equipment. Its formation was announced on 5 January, 1909 to the Board of Admiralty.

Officed at Bishophill House, York, England.

It was noted for building the Argo Clocks and other components of the Argo Aim Corrector system as well as gyro-stablised rangefinder mountings.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Brooks. p. 111.

Bibliography

  • Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro (1989). In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. Winchester, Mass.: Unwin Hyman, Inc.. ISBN 0044451040. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).