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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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These ships were fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 142.</ref>.  There were no directing guns<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 88.</ref>.
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The guns could be divided into a fore (A & B) and aft (Y) groups.  Inferring from other ships with 2 directors<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 88-9.</ref>, a [[C.O.S]] in the [[T.S]] permitted these control options:
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# both groups on aloft director
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# both groups on armoured director
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# fore group on aloft, aft group on armoured
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It is likely that each gun had a local C.O.S. with 3 positions:
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# Gunlayer's Firing (aux and main circuits connected to local triggers)
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# Director 1 (local main to director main, local aux to director aux)
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# Director 2 (local main to director aux, local aux to director main)
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====Secondary Battery====
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The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors with double cam grooves and two rollers, one forward (on foremast below the spotting top) and one aft (on mainmast)<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 143</ref>.  This placement helped support that subset of the guns capable of firing to either side.
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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The ships each had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>, and 3 (?) 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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<references/>
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==Bibliography==
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{{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}}
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{{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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Revision as of 17:32, 13 August 2009

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

These ships were fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. There were no directing guns[2].

The guns could be divided into a fore (A & B) and aft (Y) groups. Inferring from other ships with 2 directors[3], a C.O.S in the T.S permitted these control options:

  1. both groups on aloft director
  2. both groups on armoured director
  3. fore group on aloft, aft group on armoured

It is likely that each gun had a local C.O.S. with 3 positions:

  1. Gunlayer's Firing (aux and main circuits connected to local triggers)
  2. Director 1 (local main to director main, local aux to director aux)
  3. Director 2 (local main to director aux, local aux to director main)

Secondary Battery

The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors with double cam grooves and two rollers, one forward (on foremast below the spotting top) and one aft (on mainmast)[4]. This placement helped support that subset of the guns capable of firing to either side.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

The ships each had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[5], and 3 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[6].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142.
  2. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 88.
  3. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 88-9.
  4. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  5. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  6. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918


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