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| + | The [[Centaur Class Cruiser (1916)|''Centaur'' class]] were the first light cruisers fitted with [[Evershed Bearing Indicator|Evershed gear]] for gun control, but it is not clear whether older light cruisers were ever fitted.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref> | ||
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| + | Orders for Evershed installations for searchlight control from February 1917 first applied to the [[Danae Class Cruiser (1917)|''Danae'' class]], but seem unlikely to have applied to earlier ships.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:00, 1 October 2009
The eight light cruisers of the Arethusa Class (sometimes called the Birmingham subclass of the Town Class) were completed in 1914 and 1915.
Contents
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
The Centaur class were the first light cruisers fitted with Evershed gear for gun control, but it is not clear whether older light cruisers were ever fitted.[1]
Orders for Evershed installations for searchlight control from February 1917 first applied to the Danae class, but seem unlikely to have applied to earlier ships.[2]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
All eight ships were fitted with directors in 1917 and 1918.[3]
The elevation limits of their weapons may have increased in late 1917 or early 1918, resulting in orders for adapting their director systems issued 13 November, 1917. It is not clear whether these alterations were for the entire class or just Arethusa herself, or when they were effected.[4]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[5]
Fire Control Instruments
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See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 14.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
- 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
