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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>, as well as a directing gun in the X turret<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  pp. 88, 142.</ref>.
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The battery's fire could be divided into fore (A & B) and aft (X & Y) groups, with a [[C.O.S]] in the [[T.S.]] affording these options<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  pp. 88-9.</ref>:
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# all on aloft director
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# all on armoured director
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# all on directing gun
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# forward group on aloft director, aft group on armoured director
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# forward group on armoured director, aft group on directing gun
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====Secondary Battery====
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The 6-in broadside guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 143</ref>, situated to port and starboard on her forward superstructure.  There were no options to use a director other than the one on the given broadside.
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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These ships each 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}}
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{{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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Revision as of 17:16, 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], as well as a directing gun in the X turret[2].

The battery's fire could be divided into fore (A & B) and aft (X & Y) groups, with a C.O.S in the T.S. affording these options[3]:

  1. all on aloft director
  2. all on armoured director
  3. all on directing gun
  4. forward group on aloft director, aft group on armoured director
  5. forward group on armoured director, aft group on directing gun

Secondary Battery

The 6-in broadside guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors[4], situated to port and starboard on her forward superstructure. There were no options to use a director other than the one on the given broadside.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships each had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[5], and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[6].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142.
  2. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 88, 142.
  3. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 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

Template:Revenge Class (1914)

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