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Revision as of 12:13, 18 September 2012
H.M.S. Eagle was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1920 but laid down as a dreadnought battleship for Chile. She is, or is not, a sister to Canada, depending on your perspective. We treat her as distinct. Though she resembled the modern conception of an aircraft carrier in having a continuous flight deck, her basis upon a battleship design offered her no greater aircraft accommodation than the succeeding purpose-built Hermes, which was half her displacement.
Contents
History
On 13 February, 1918, the First Sea Lord Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss requested the War Cabinet to approve the purchase of Almirante Cochrane for completion as a "seaplane carrier", noting that the Chilean government was willing to transfer the ship on terms similar to those on which Almirante Latorre had been purchased in 1914. Wemyss also noted that at this stage about 9,000 tons of steel had been built into the Cochrane, and that the conversion could be expedited in nine months.[1]
Eagle was commissioned on the Tyne on 6 April, 1920, by Captain Eric V. F. R. Dugmore.[2]
Torpedo Control
There is a wealth of information on the ship's torpedo arrangements.
She had a T.C.T. aloft, just abaft the G.C.T. and above the navigating top and a second one aft, over the stern of the ship. In addition, she had a night firing position on the compass platform.[4]
She was to have a 15-foot rangefinder in this T.C.T., protected from blast.[5] [TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]
Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter
As of 1920, she was likely equipped with four Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter Mark II*s with Elliott's Bearing Transmission. The installations may have been similar to those in the Mark I and Mark II patterns used in capital ships:[Inference]
- one on each side of the foretop, driven by flexible shafting from a gearbox on the director tower
- one on each side of the Gun Control Tower employing an electrical F.T.P. system.
Supplies of these devices begane in June 1918.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Eric V. F. R. Dugmore, 12 March, 1920.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. G.T. 3607. p. 26.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 765.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. Plate 133.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 211.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 176.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 25-6.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 764.
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