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| + | ==Fire Control Systems== | ||
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| + | ===Rangefinders=== | ||
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| + | ===Directors=== | ||
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| + | ====Main Battery==== | ||
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| + | ''Royal Sovereign'' 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>. It is likely that B turret had a directing gun in its right position. | ||
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| + | ====Secondary Battery==== | ||
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| + | Her 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors with double cam grooves and two rollers, one forward (on foremast below the spotting top) and one aft (on mainmast)<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 143</ref>. | ||
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| + | ===Torpedo Control=== | ||
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| + | ===Transmitting Stations=== | ||
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| + | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
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| + | Like her sister, ''Repulse'' had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>, and 3 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | ||
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| + | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | ==Footnotes== | ||
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| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| + | {{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | ||
| + | {{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
| + | </small> | ||
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Revision as of 19:43, 13 August 2009
| H.M.S. Repulse | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 26 (April, 1918) |
| Built By: | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Laid Down: | 25 January, 1915 |
| Launched: | 8 January, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 18 August, 1916 |
| Sunk: | 10 December, 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk off Malaya |
Fire Control Systems
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
Royal Sovereign was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. It is likely that B turret had a directing gun in its right position.
Secondary Battery
Her 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors with double cam grooves and two rollers, one forward (on foremast below the spotting top) and one aft (on mainmast)[2].
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Like her sister, Repulse had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and 3 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
