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| − | The two [[Scout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''Forward class''' were completed in 1905. This class is sometimes considered as one of four 2-ship subclasses (broken down by builders) of the ''Scout class'' cruisers.
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| − | ==Armament==
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| − | ===Guns===
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| − | As built:
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| − | *Ten 12-pdr guns
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| − | *Eight 3-pdr
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| − | After 1911/1912:
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| − | * Nine 4-in guns (4 on each broadside, 1 on CL aft)
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| − | * Six 6-pdr
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| − | ===Torpedoes===
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| − | * Two 18-in torpedo tubes, above water
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| − | ==Fire Control==
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| − | ===Rangefinders===
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| − | ===Evershed Bearing Indicators===
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| − | This equipment was unlikely to have been fitted for gun or searchlight control.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref>
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| − | ===Gunnery Control===
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| − | ====Control Positions====
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| − | ====Control Groups====
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| − | When the armament was converted to nine 4-in guns, the general control means created 4 groups:<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913'', p. 112.</ref>
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| − | # No.1 gun port and starboard (these guns could be split out into groups 2 and 3)
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| − | # Port guns 2-4
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| − | # Starboard guns 2-4
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| − | # Aft CL gun (this could be thrown into group 2 or 3)
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| − | Voicepipes permitted this scheme to be blurred further if required.
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| − | ===Torpedo Control===
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| − | ===Transmitting Stations===
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| − | The ships had a TS with 2 COS and 4 sets of transmitters.
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| − | ===Dreyer Table===
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| − | These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
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| − | ===Fire Control Instruments===
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| − | [[File:ARTS1913Plate64.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Fire Control Systems'''<br>As shown in ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913''. ]]
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| − | By 1913, after their light 12-pdr armament had been traded in for 4-in guns, these ships were equipped with Vickers Mark III F.T.P. instruments for their sightsetting. The arrangements are documented in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913''.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913'', p. 112.</ref>
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| − | Their TS was equipped with 4 sets of fire pushes and transmitters with repeat receivers:
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| − | * panel 'A' addressed No. 1 guns port and starboard
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| − | * panel 'B' addressed the aft, CL gun
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| − | * panel 'P' addressed port guns Nos. 2-4
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| − | * panel 'S' addressed starboard guns Nos. 2-4
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| − | There were 2 C.O.S.es. The two No. 1 guns were wired through C.O.S. No. 1 with repeats on the gun side which had 3 positions, of which number 2 was regarded as useful only for switching over cleanly between positions 1 and 3:
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| − | # both No. 1 guns on 'A'
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| − | # No. 1 gun port on 'A', No. 1 starboard on 'S'
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| − | # No. 1 gun port on 'P', No. 1 starboard on 'S'
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| − | The change-over was synchronised in this manner when splitting the guns for broadside fire:
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| − | # get 'A' repeat receivers to the same range and deflection as 'S'
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| − | # switch C.O.S. 1 to position 2
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| − | # work 'A' to match No. 1 port's repeats to 'P'
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| − | # switch C.O.S. 1 to position 3
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| − | The aft CL gun was wired through the second C.O.S. with repeat receivers on the gun side. It also had 3 positions:
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| − | # aft gun on 'B' (its own)
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| − | # aft gun on 'S'
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| − | # aft gun on 'P'
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| − | The guns had continuous ringing fire gongs, and the fire pushes were wired through the C.O.S.es.
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| − | Voicepipes connected the control positions to the TS and to all guns. This could be used in parallel with the instruments to further divide fire.
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_class_cruiser Wikipedia]
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| − | ==Footnotes==
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| − | {{reflist}}
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | {{refbegin}}
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| − | *{{BibUKARTS1913}}
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| − | *{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}}
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| − | *{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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| − | {{refend}}
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| − | {{CatClassUKScoutCruiser}}
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| − | {{Forward Class (1904)}}
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