The Kelvite sounding machine was a small motor- or hand-operated windlass mounted on the deck of a ship. It was used to deploy and retrieve a wire sounding...

manufactured Marine navigation equipment such as "Kelvite" binnacle compasses and sounding machines at the Kelvin Works, Hillington, Glasgow. In 1934...

automatic helmsman, wireless direction finding equipment, an echo sounding device, and Kelvite and Husun compasses. As built, Andes had 14 lifeboats with a...