Danae Class Cruiser (1917)
The eight light cruisers of the Danae Class were completed between 1918 and 1922. An additional four planned ships were not completed.
Armament
Guns
The six 6-in guns on the centre-line had a maximum elevation of 30 degrees.[1]
Torpedoes
Four triple 21-in mounts, two each side, bearing 60-120 degrees.[2]
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Sometime during or after 1917, an additional 9-foot rangefinder was to be added aft to augment torpedo control.[3]
Evershed Bearing Indicators
These ships almost certainly had Evershed gear for gun control from delivery, and were the first new light cruisers to also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control.[4]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
All ships were completed with gunnery directors in place.[5] The director was in a tower on a pedestal mounting and may have been augmented by use of their 'X' gun as a directing gun as on the earlier Caledon class ships.[6]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Fire Control Instruments
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See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918", p. 10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 35.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917, p. 199. (possibly pertinent: C.I.O. 481/17)
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 11.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 142 and plate opposite.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibUKProgressInNavalGunnery1914-1918
