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==Torpedo Control==
 
==Torpedo Control==
 
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate79.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 79}}]]
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate79.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 79}}]]
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate80.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|p. 210. Plate 80}}]]
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate80.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|p. 210. Plate 80}}]]
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate82.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Later Flotilla Leaders and "W" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|p. 210. Plate 82}}]]
 
[[File:ARTS1917Plate82.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits in Later Flotilla Leaders and "W" class T.B.D.s'''{{ARTS1917|p. 210. Plate 82}}]]
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[[File:ARTS1917Plate86.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Chadburn's Order and Deflection Equipment'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 86}}]]
  
 
Flotilla leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class destroyers had nearly identical torpedo control facilities, with sighting positions on both sides of a bridge that had been enlarged from earlier classes with firing pushes and keys for sounding buzzers at the tubes.  The order and deflection transmitters were situated centrally on a panel on the bridge, between the two sights.{{ARTS1917|p. 210}}
 
Flotilla leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class destroyers had nearly identical torpedo control facilities, with sighting positions on both sides of a bridge that had been enlarged from earlier classes with firing pushes and keys for sounding buzzers at the tubes.  The order and deflection transmitters were situated centrally on a panel on the bridge, between the two sights.{{ARTS1917|p. 210}}
  
These ships were also equipped with [[Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraph]]s for orders and deflection and battery-worked electrical firing and firing gongs.{{ARTS1917|p. 210, Plate 82}}
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The "W" class were also equipped with [[Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraph]]s for communicating orders and deflections to the T.R. tubes.  Battery-worked electrical firing and firing gongs augmented this arrangement.{{ARTS1917|pp. 210, 211.  Plate 82}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 10:54, 10 May 2013

Twenty-one destroyers of the "W" Class were completed in 1917-1918. They were essentially the same design as the "V" class, but incorporated the triple torpedo tube mounts that had not been ready in time for the "V"s.

Late in the war, an additional order was placed for a large number of Modified "W" class destroyers, most of which were cancelled.

Torpedoes

  • Two Triple Revolving 21-in tubes[1]

Other Weapons

Fire Control

Instruments

Rangefinders

Directors

On 26 April, 1918, Wolsey had her director tilt tested at Southampton.[2]

Torpedo Control

Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s[3]
Torpedo Control Circuits in Flotilla Leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class T.B.D.s[4]
Torpedo Control Circuits in Later Flotilla Leaders and "W" class T.B.D.s[5]
Chadburn's Order and Deflection Equipment[6]

Flotilla leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class destroyers had nearly identical torpedo control facilities, with sighting positions on both sides of a bridge that had been enlarged from earlier classes with firing pushes and keys for sounding buzzers at the tubes. The order and deflection transmitters were situated centrally on a panel on the bridge, between the two sights.[7]

The "W" class were also equipped with Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs for communicating orders and deflections to the T.R. tubes. Battery-worked electrical firing and firing gongs augmented this arrangement.[8]

Alterations

By November 1918, Warwick and Whirlwind were operating out of Dover and were equipped to carry 74 "M" type sinker mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.[9]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 210.
  2. Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers, 1918, p. 45.
  3. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate 79.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 210. Plate 80.
  5. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 210. Plate 82.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate 86.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 210.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. pp. 210, 211. Plate 82.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 11. Plate 7.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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