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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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Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 143</ref>, possibly situated high on her forward superstructure.
 
  
 
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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 21:00, 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

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

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