Argo Mounting
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The Argo Mounting was a rangefinder mounting that was gyro-stabilised in yaw.
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Design
Installations
The mounting could be in a revolving armoured hood in the G.C.T. or be free-standing, typically in the fore top. A ship – always a capital ship[Fact Check] – typically had just one, if any.
The following ships with an Argo Mount in their fore top were to be provided one telescope Pattern G. 329 from Portsmouth in May, 1914:[1]
- Lord Nelson class
- H.M.S. Dreadnought
- Bellerophon class
- St. Vincent class
- H.M.S. Neptune
- Colossus class
- Orion class
- Invincible class
- Indefatigable class
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Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 1082 of 8 May 1914.
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