H.M.S. Resolution (1915)

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H.M.S. Resolution
Career Details
Pendant Number: 57 (April, 1918)
Built By: Palmers, Hebburn
Laid Down: 29 December, 1913
Launched: 14 January, 1915
Commissioned: December, 1916
Sold: 5 May, 1948
Fate: Scrapped

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Resolution was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[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

Like her sisters, Resolution had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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