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==Fire Control Systems==
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===Rangefinders===
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===Directors===
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====Main Battery====
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These ships were fitted with 2 tripod-type 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 fore (A) and aft (Y) groups, and a [[C.O.S.]] in the [[T.S.]] allowed the following modes of control<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 89.</ref>:
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# all guns on aloft director
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# all guns on armoured director
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# forward group on aloft, aft on armoured
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====Secondary Battery====
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The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centreline, one fore and one aft<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 143.</ref>.  A C.O.S. in the T.S. likely allowed the following modes of control<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 91.</ref>:
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# all guns on forward director
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# all guns on aft director
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# forward group on forward director, aft group on on aft director
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables<ref>=''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.
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===Miscellaneous===
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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<references/>
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==Bibliography==
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{{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}}
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{{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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</small>
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Revision as of 12:36, 14 August 2009

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

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

  1. all guns on aloft director
  2. all guns on armoured director
  3. forward group on aloft, aft on armoured

Secondary Battery

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

  1. all guns on forward director
  2. all guns on aft director
  3. 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].

Miscellaneous

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

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918


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