Victorian Navy Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1856-1910)* |
Details| Last_Name | Alcock | | First_Name | Alfred Upton | | Rank | | | DOB | 22-09-1865 | | Branch | Businessman | | Profile | Alfred Upton Alcock
The second generator for the searchlights on Cerberus was an Alcock generator.
"In the mid-1880s Alcock became interested in electricity-supply to the public. He had constructed a dynamo and in 1888 he and his father established a generating-station in Corr's Lane, Melbourne.
Alcock's earliest major invention was a device for electrically co-ordinating the range-setter and fire-control for artillery, which was tested successfully at Port Phillip Heads; in 1897 he formed a small company to promote it."
Print Publication Details: G. B. Lincolne, 'Alcock, Alfred Upton (1865 - 1962)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 30-31.
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* Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.
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