H.M.S. Valiant (1914)
| H.M.S. Valiant | |
| Career | Details |
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| Pendant Number: | 43 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
| Laid Down: | 31 January, 1913 |
| Launched: | 4 November, 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February, 1916 |
| Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Motto: | Valiant yet Vigilant |
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Valiant had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Contents
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[2]
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[3]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[4][5]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[6]
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, Valiant proposed a pair of transversing mountings atop the beef screen, one each side. Vernon did not want the transversing mountings, owing to the loss in efficiency they incurred on the rangefinder.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
