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| − | These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 142.</ref> | + | These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower.<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 142.</ref> 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:<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 89.</ref> |
* All guns on aloft director | * All guns on aloft director | ||
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| − | The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centre line, one forward and one aft<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 143.</ref> | + | The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centre line, one forward and one aft.<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 143.</ref> A C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control:<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 91.</ref> |
* All guns on forward director | * All guns on forward director | ||
* All guns on aft director | * All guns on aft director | ||
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===Dreyer Table=== | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
| − | Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer | + | Each ship had a [[Mark IV* Dreyer Table]] and 2 (?) [[Turret Control Table]]s.<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 13:22, 22 September 2009
Contents
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
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 89.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 91.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918 Template:Courageous Class (1916)
