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'''H.M.S. ''Fearless''''' was a scout cruiser in the [[Royal navy]] completed in 1913.  Modern sources often treat her as a member of a three-vessel ''Active'' class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]].
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==Guns==
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As the ship's gun mounts differed from those of her two sisters (which had P. IV** mountings), the particulars for {{UK-Fearless}} are recorded here on her ship's page.
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Ten (possibly just eight) 4-in B.L. Mark VII guns on P. VIII mountings which could elevate 15 degrees and depress 10 degrees, but though the sights could match the 15 degree elevation, the range dials were only graduated to 14 degrees (11,000 yards).  It appears that no other ships carried this particular mount.
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These cam-worked sights had range dials for 2750 fps, and 1-in and .303-in aiming rifles.  M.V. could be corrected by adjustable pointer through +/- 150 fps.
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The deflection gearing constant was 59.79 with 1 knot equal to 2.41 arc minutes, corresponding to 2750 fps at 2000 yards.  Drift was corrected by inclining the sight bracket 2 degrees.
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The layer's sight line was 12 inches above the bore, and 22.3 inches left.  The trainer's sight line was 12 inches above and 18.25 inches right.
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In addition to the M.V. corrector, the sight had a temperature correcting scale plate and a "C" corrector.
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These were F.T.P. sights.
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There was an open sight on both sides.  No mention is made of a [[Free Trainer's Sight|free sight]].{{TheSightM|pp. 81-82, 108, Plate 35}}
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==Battle of Jutland==
 
==Battle of Jutland==

Revision as of 14:55, 18 November 2012

H.M.S. Fearless (1912)
Pendant Number: 46 (1914)
64 (Jan 1918)
27 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1911 Programme[3]
Laid down: 15 Nov, 1911[4]
Launched: 1912[5]
Commissioned: Oct, 1913[6]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Fearless was a scout cruiser in the Royal navy completed in 1913. Modern sources often treat her as a member of a three-vessel Active class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the Boadicea class.

Battle of Jutland

Fearless led the First Destroyer Flotilla, attached to the Battle Cruiser Force.[8]

Fire Control Instruments

The ship may have been equipped with Vickers F.T.P. Mark III equipment for sending range and deflection to the guns, as was her sister, Active.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 123.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910. p. 148.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
  Boadicea Bellona  
Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
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