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| − | + | Plans to outfit these ships with directors were slow to execute. ''Achilles'' and ''Duke of Edinburgh'' received theirs in October 1918, but the war ended before ''Cochrane'' received hers.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 15.</ref> | |
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===Gunnery Control=== | ===Gunnery Control=== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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*{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}} | *{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}} | ||
*{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1914}} | *{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1914}} | ||
*{{BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | *{{BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | ||
*{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | *{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
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[[Category:Ship Class]] | [[Category:Ship Class]] | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 2 October 2009
The four aromoured cruisers of the Warrior Class were completed in 1906 and 1907.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]
Directors
Plans to outfit these ships with directors were slow to execute. Achilles and Duke of Edinburgh received theirs in October 1918, but the war ended before Cochrane received hers.[1]
Gunnery Control
Local Control in Turrets
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships never received Dreyer tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
By 1909, all 4 ships were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments as follows:[3]
- Vickers range transmitters: 10
- Vickers deflection transmitters: 10
- Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 31
- Vickers C.O.S.: 5
- Vickers Check fire switches: 10
- Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
- Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 12
- Siemens turret fire gongs: 20 with 10 keys
- Vickers fire gongs: none
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 10 with 1 key (supplier not stated)
These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[4]
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
