Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)
The two Protected Cruisers of the Powerful Class were completed in 1897 and 1898.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]
Directors
These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.[1]
Gunnery Control
Local Control in Turrets
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships never received Dreyer tables.[2]
Shipwide Network
By 1909, both ships were equipped with Siemens Mark I Fire Control Instruments for range, orders and deflection.[3]
The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Mark I equipment for as:[4]
- Range: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers
- Orders: 6 transmitters, 24 receivers in Powerful and 20 in Terrible
- Rate: 4 transmitters, 12 receivers
- Deflection: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers
Additionally, the entire class had the following Siemens equipment:[5]
- Group Switches: 3
- Turret fire gongs: 2 with 1 keys
- Fire Gongs: 20 in Powerful, 16 in Terrible, both with 4 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 20 with 1 key
These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[6]
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 56.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.
Bibliography
Template:BibUKARTS1902 Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191. Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
