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Revision as of 10:39, 20 August 2009

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. The battery was divisible into forward ('A' turret) and aft ('Y' turret) groups, and a C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control[2]:

  • All guns on aloft director
  • All guns on armoured director
  • Forward group on aloft director, aft on armoured director

Secondary Battery

The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centre line, one forward and one aft[3]. A C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control[4]:

  • All guns on forward director
  • All guns on aft director
  • Forward group on forward director, aft group on on aft director

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables[5].

Shipwide Network

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142.
  2. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 89.
  3. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143.
  4. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 91.
  5. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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