Difference between revisions of "Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)"
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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>: | ||
+ | # all guns on aloft director | ||
+ | # all guns on armoured director | ||
+ | # 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>: | ||
+ | # all guns on forward director | ||
+ | # all guns on aft director | ||
+ | # 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== | ||
+ | <small> | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
+ | </small> | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | <small> | ||
+ | {{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | ||
+ | {{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
+ | </small> | ||
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[[Category:Ship Class|Courageous Class (1916), HMS]] | [[Category:Ship Class|Courageous Class (1916), HMS]] |
Revision as of 12:36, 14 August 2009
Contents
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]:
- all guns on aloft director
- all guns on armoured director
- 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]:
- 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].
Miscellaneous
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