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The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in 1906.
 
The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in 1906.
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==Armament==
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===Guns===
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The 9.2-in guns were Mark X, mounted in Mk V S single mountings.<ref>''The Sight Manual, 1916'', p. 110.</ref>
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===Torpedoes===
  
 
==Fire Control==
 
==Fire Control==

Revision as of 10:57, 31 July 2011

The two armoured cruisers of the Duke of Edinburgh Class were completed in 1906.

Armament

Guns

The 9.2-in guns were Mark X, mounted in Mk V S single mountings.[1]

Torpedoes

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]

Directors

In 1916, it was approved that the ships of this class should be retrofitted with directors as time, resources and opportunity permitted,[2] but these plans were slow to execute. Duke of Edinburgh received one in October 1918, but Black Prince was likely lost before her equipment was ever ordered.[3][Inference]

Gunnery Control

Local Control in Turrets

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables.[4]

Fire Control Instruments

By 1909, both ships were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments as follows:[5]

  • Vickers range transmitters: 10
  • Vickers deflection transmitters: 10
  • Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 33
  • Vickers C.O.S.: 5
  • Vickers Check fire switches: 10
  • Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
  • Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
  • Siemens turret fire gongs: 12 with 6 keys
  • Vickers fire gongs: 10 with 4 keys
  • Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 (16 in Duke of Edinburgh) with 1 key (supplier not stated)

As in the Minotaur class, bearing instruments were installed in or by 1915. The receivers in the four 9.2-in broadside guns and the 6-in officers' positions are operated in by transmitters in the TS for their side or by their respective master transmitters in the foretop. The two centre-line turrets are connected to a transmitter in the TS or to one of the master transmitters. The 6-in guns are worked om transmitters in the O.O.Q. position on that side.[6] The overall bill of fare ran to:

  • 2 special "master" bearing transmitters, Graham's type (in foretop, P&S)
  • 6 Barr and Stroud bearing transmitters:
    • 2 in the O.O.Q.'s position, P & S
    • 2 in the foretop, P & S
    • 2 in the TS, P & S
  • 23 Barr and Stroud bearing receivers:
    • 10 for the 6-in guns (1 each)
    • 6 for the 9.2-in guns (1 per turret)
    • 2 in the O.O.Q.'s position, P & S
    • 1 repeat in the fore TS
    • 2 repeats in the foretop
  • Three C.O.S. (one in fore TS, and two in foretop)

These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[7]

Torpedo Control

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Sight Manual, 1916, p. 110.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 175.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 15.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
  5. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 56, 60.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 219.
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  7. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 11.

Bibliography

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