Difference between revisions of "Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)"
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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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| + | The ships were fitted with a tripod-type director in a light aloft tower on the foremast along with a directing gun in the Y turret<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. pp. 88, 142.</ref>. The battery was not divisible into for split director firing<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 88.</ref>. | ||
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| + | ====Secondary Battery==== | ||
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| + | The 4-in broadside guns are not listed as ever having had directors installed<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. pp. 143.</ref>. | ||
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| + | ===Torpedo Control=== | ||
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| + | ===Transmitting Stations=== | ||
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| + | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
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| + | As of 1917, the surviving units still carried the Mark I Dreyer tables they'd been outfitted with<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. ''Indefatigable'' was lost with her Mark I table<ref>Sumida, Jon. ''In Defence of Naval Supremacy'' p. 300.</ref> at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. | ||
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| + | The ships were never given 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== | ||
| + | <small> | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | <small> | ||
| + | {{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}} | ||
| + | {{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
| + | {{Template:BibSumidaIDNS}} | ||
| + | {{Template:BibBrooksDreadnoughtGunnery}} | ||
| + | {{Template:BibRobertsBattlecruisers}} | ||
| + | </small> | ||
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Revision as of 13:57, 14 August 2009
Contents
Fire Control Systems
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
The ships were fitted with a tripod-type director in a light aloft tower on the foremast along with a directing gun in the Y turret[1]. The battery was not divisible into for split director firing[2].
Secondary Battery
The 4-in broadside guns are not listed as ever having had directors installed[3].
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
As of 1917, the surviving units still carried the Mark I Dreyer tables they'd been outfitted with[4]. Indefatigable was lost with her Mark I table[5] at the Battle of Jutland.
The ships were never given Dreyer Turret Control Tables[6].
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 88, 142.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 88.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 143.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Sumida, Jon. In Defence of Naval Supremacy p. 300.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918 Template:BibSumidaIDNS Template:BibBrooksDreadnoughtGunnery Template:BibRobertsBattlecruisers
