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''Valiant'' was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower.  Hers did not feature double cam grooves with two rollers<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 142</ref>.
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''Valiant'' was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 142</ref>.
  
 
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Like all her sisters except [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)]] (which had a Mark IV), ''Valiant'' had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.  She was also outfitted with 4 (?) Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.
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Like all her sisters except [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|Queen Elizabeth]] (which had a Mark IV table), ''Valiant'' had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.  She was also outfitted with 4 (?) Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:21, 13 August 2009

H.M.S. Valiant
Career Details
Pendant Number: 43 (April, 1918)
Built By: Fairfield, Govan
Laid Down: 31 January, 1913
Launched: 4 November, 1914
Commissioned: 19 February, 1916
Sold: 19 March, 1948
Fate: Scrapped
Motto: Valiant yet Vigilant
General Characteristics
Displacement:
Length:
Beam:
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed:
Range:
Complement:
Armament:

Valiant had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Valiant was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1].

Secondary Battery

Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors[2], possibly situated high on her forward superstructure.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Like all her sisters except Queen Elizabeth (which had a Mark IV table), Valiant had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3]. She was also outfitted with 4 (?) Turret Control Tables[4].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918

Template:HMS Queen Elizabeth Class (1913)