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===Directors===
 
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On 26 January, 1918, ''Scott'' had her director's tilt test performed at Portsmouth.<ref>''Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers, 1918'', p. 49.</ref>
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Revision as of 14:15, 22 September 2012

Ten flotilla leaders of the Scott Class were ordered late in the war, but though only two were canceled outright, few of those launched saw service before the end of the war.

Machinery

Generators

In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[1] It is likely that this applied to this class.

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

The ships mounted two Triple Revolving Above Water tubes on the centerline.[2]

Directors

On 26 January, 1918, Scott had her director's tilt test performed at Portsmouth.[3]

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[4]

Fire Control Instruments

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 120.
  2. March. British Destroyers. Plate 24/A.
  3. Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers, 1918, p. 49.
  4. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.


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