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'''H.M.S. ''Ramillies''''' was a [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Revenge Class (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Ramillies''''' was a [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Revenge Class (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]].
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Captain [[Oliver Backhouse]] took command of ''Ramillies'' in the forenoon of [[6 April]], [[1919]].
 
Captain [[Oliver Backhouse]] took command of ''Ramillies'' in the forenoon of [[6 April]], [[1919]].
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*Captain [[Ernest Wigram]], C.M.G., D.S.O.
 
*Captain [[Ernest Wigram]], C.M.G., D.S.O.
 
*Captain [[George Ronald Beddard Blount]], D.S.O.
 
*Captain [[George Ronald Beddard Blount]], D.S.O.
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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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''Ramillies'' 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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====Secondary Battery====
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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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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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Like her sisters, ''Ramillies'' had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>, and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.  The one table upon which most Dreyer table deployments is based implies that ''Ramillies'' may have been allocated a Mark V table at some point before being given a Mark IV*.
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===Miscellaneous===
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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{{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}}
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{{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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Revision as of 15:28, 13 August 2009

H.M.S. Ramillies
Career Details
Pendant Number: 21 (April, 1918)
Built By: Beardmore, Parkhead
Laid Down: 12 November, 1913
Launched: 12 September, 1916
Commissioned: May, 1917
Sold: 20 February, 1948
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Ramillies was a dreadnought battleship of the Revenge Class in the Royal Navy.

Captain Oliver Backhouse took command of Ramillies in the forenoon of 6 April, 1919.

In Command

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Ramillies was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1].

Secondary Battery

Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors[2], possibly situated high on her forward superstructure.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Like her sisters, Ramillies had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4]. The one table upon which most Dreyer table deployments is based implies that Ramillies may have been allocated a Mark V table at some point before being given a Mark IV*.

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918

Template:Revenge Class (1914)

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