Difference between revisions of "Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)"
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==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 30 June 2011
Twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey Class were completed, twenty as part of the 1912-1913 Programme, and two as part of the 1914 War Emergency Programme.
They were the first Royal Navy destroyers to ship twin torpedo tubes, effectively doubling their outfit.
Contents
Armament
Guns
Three 4-in guns on centre line.
Torpedoes
Two twin 21-in tubes on the centre line.
These were the first British destroyers to have double tubes. The W class was to debut the triple mounting in 1917.[1]
Fire Control
By 1915, at least, these ships also had fixed voice pipes installed between decks with the last lengths being flexible (one voice pipe for gunnery, one for torpedoes) fitted between bridge and guns, torpedo tubes, and searchlights. A third voicepipe, entirely flexible, ran from bridge to the forward gun.[2]
Instruments
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
