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In 1917 ''Queen Elizabeth'' carried a Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft, number A-6006. | In 1917 ''Queen Elizabeth'' carried a Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft, number A-6006. | ||
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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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+ | ''Queen Elizabeth'' was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower. Hers did not feature double cam grooves with two rollers<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 142</ref>. | ||
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+ | ====Secondary Battery==== | ||
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+ | Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 143</ref>, possibly situated high on her forward superstructure. | ||
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+ | ===Torpedo Control=== | ||
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+ | ===Transmitting Stations=== | ||
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+ | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
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+ | Unlike her 4 sister ships which had Mark IV* tables, ''Queen Elizabeth'' had a Mark IV Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>, and 4 (?) Dreyer 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== | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
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+ | {{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | ||
+ | {{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:11, 13 August 2009
H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 00 (April, 1918) |
Built By: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
Laid Down: | 21 October, 1912 |
Launched: | 16 October, 1913 |
Commissioned: | 22 December, 1914 |
Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Contents
Myths and Rumours
According to R. L. B. Cunliffe, on her Quarter-Deck Queen Elizabeth had a highly-polished coal shovel, beneath which was the caption: "Lest we forget."
In 1917 Queen Elizabeth carried a Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft, number A-6006.
Fire Control Systems
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
Queen Elizabeth was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower. Hers did not feature double cam grooves with two rollers[1].
Secondary Battery
Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors[2], possibly situated high on her forward superstructure.
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Unlike her 4 sister ships which had Mark IV* tables, Queen Elizabeth had a Mark IV Dreyer table[3], and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918