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Ten [[Flotilla Leader|flotilla leaders]] of the '''Shakespeare Class''' were ordered late in the war, but only two were canceled outright and only a few saw service before the end of the war.
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Ten [[Flotilla Leader|flotilla leaders]] of the '''''Scott'' Class''' were ordered late in the war, but though only two were canceled outright, few of those launched saw service before the end of the war.
  
 
==Machinery==
 
==Machinery==

Revision as of 19:15, 20 January 2012

Ten flotilla leaders of the Scott Class were ordered late in the war, but though only two were canceled outright, few of those launched saw service before the end of the war.

Machinery

Boilers

Engines

Generators

In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.<ref>Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 120.</ref> It is likely that this applied to this class.

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

On 26 January, 1918, Scott had her director's tilt test performed at Portsmouth.<ref>Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers, 1918, p. 49.</ref>

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.</ref>

Fire Control Instruments

See Also

Footnotes

<references/>

Bibliography

  • {{#if:|<ref>Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. .</ref>|Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.}}
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