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  • St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)
    |[[Vickers]], Barrow-in-Furness According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • Colossus Class Battleship (1910)
    According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref The ten 12-in guns were Mark XI mounted in B. XII turrets. The mountings could elevate 15 degrees and
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  • Orion Class Battleship (1910)
    According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}} The ten 13.5-in Mark V(L) guns were in Mark II (or Mark II*) mountings. The sights were similar to those in {{UK-Lion}} and {{UK-P
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  • King George V Class Battleship (1911)
    According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}} * Gunnery Control Tower: 4 inches
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  • Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)
    |[[Vickers]] ...uld not be the same. She draws over 33 ft forward at this moment although I have got rid of 600 tons of oil. She is very wet indeed.<br>The <u>next</u
    25 KB (3,847 words) - 11:12, 10 February 2022
  • Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)
    ...s might be called ''Acadia'', ''Ontario'', and ''Quebec''.<ref>Tucker. '''I'''. p. 188.</ref> ...rst Sea Lord when she was designed, wrote to his friend Jack Sandars that "I regard her & her sister ships as my special children."<ref>Bridgeman to San
    34 KB (5,381 words) - 08:50, 29 March 2020
  • Revenge Class Battleship (1914)
    |[[Vickers]] According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)
    According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}} ...ets. The mountings could elevate 13.5 degrees and depress 5 degrees.<ref>I assume the B. VIII* elevation is as in the B VIII</ref>
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  • Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)
    |[[Vickers]] According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)
    According to the ambitions of 1909, these ships had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref * six 15-in Mark I B.L. guns in three twin turrets
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  • Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)
    ...the 885 in the {{DE-Blucher}} &c..<br>Yours truly<br>Fisher<br>25.1.15<br>I asked Crease to see you with a very rough memorandum of mine. Please expla <blockquote>The late Lord Fisher came into my room one day and said: "I have just been having a long talk with the Chancellor of the Exchequer." M
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  • Admiralty Pattern Number
    ...is found in ARTS up to that date, and they are found in 1890's edition and I have not seen 1886-1889. Here is a list of numbers I have seen referenced in primary sources. {{TONE}}
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  • H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)
    ...eet (Royal Navy)|Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet]] noted that Armstrong and Vickers had "taken the 12-inch gun machinery started for the "Lord Nelson" class an ...ansmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>
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  • H.M.S. Neptune (1909)
    ...{{UK-BS|1}} during the battle. She suffered no damage and contributed to fire against the {{DE-Wiesbaden|f=tp}}. This ship probably had [[Service Gear Mark II]] wireless upon completion.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • Majestic Class Battleship (1894)
    The 12-in guns were Mark VIII, though the turrets used differed by ship:{{TheSightM|p. 109}} ...pedo models in use were the {{Torp|18-in Mark IV|UK}} and the {{Torp|14-in Mark IX|UK}}.{{ARTS1895|p. 27}}
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  • Canopus Class Battleship (1897)
    |[[Vickers]], Barrow ...designated "fore" and "aft".<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet (Volume I), 1907'', p. 2.</ref> Different ships carried different mountings, and thos
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  • Formidable Class Battleship (1898)
    ...guns were also surrendered due to this alteration.{{UKTHVol4Part36|p. 9. I am inferring here that this class was treated as part of ''London'', ''Dunc ...as selected as being a better choice for the shorter ranges at which rapid fire would be most suitable (about 4,000 yards here), and it sped the firing cyc
    12 KB (1,741 words) - 09:06, 16 May 2018
  • London Class Battleship (1899)
    ...designated "Fore" and "Aft".<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet (Volume I), 1907'', pp. 1, 2.</ref> However, some vessels had twin B. VI mountings a * twelve 6-in B.L. Mark VII guns
    14 KB (1,966 words) - 14:58, 1 August 2017
  • Duncan Class Battleship (1901)
    ...designated "Fore" and "Aft".<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet (Volume I), 1907'', pp. 1, 2.</ref> However, some vessels had twin B. VI mountings a Originally, the ship was provided twelve 6-in/45 B.L. Mark VII guns, eight in casemates and four on the upper deck. During the war, t
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  • King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)
    |[[Vickers]] ...ing on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. Those two were slated to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 13}}
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  • H.M.S. Tiger (1913)
    ...rds of Warship Construction during the War. 1914&mdash;1918''. '''Volume I.''' ADM 1/8547/430. p. 78.</ref> ''Tiger'' was launched on 15 December, ...), her one dynamo that is effective cannot do the work of the fire control instruments, lighting, etc., and she would be a present to the Germans.<ref>''Fear God
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  • H.M.S. Furious (1916)
    |builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]]{{DittColl|p. 37}} ''Furious'' paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 23 June, 1922.{{NLApr25|p. 241}}
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  • H.M.S. Erin (1913)
    |builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 36}} ...dnought battleship ordered along with her uncompleted sister-ship ''Reshad-i-Hamiss'' by the [[Osmanlı Donanması|Ottoman Navy]] in 1911. She was consi
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  • Duke of Edinburgh Class Cruiser (1904)
    The six 9.2-in guns were Mark X, mounted in Mark V S single mountings.{{TheSightM|p. 110}} ...d those to port "B" and "Y".<ref>''Manual of Gunnery in H.M. Fleet (Volume I), 1907'', p. 2.</ref>
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  • Follow-the-Pointer
    ...ans of seeing it done. The Royal Navy employed F.T.P. widely in World War I, most commonly on gun sights where a remotely signaled range or deflection ...ges, and when they occurred, manually entering them into an entirely other control, noting its indication (which might differ arbitrarily from the visual mode
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  • Dumaresq
    ...though the practice subsided) is an mechanical analog [[Fire Control|fire control]] instrument helpful in related the relative motion of one's [[Own Ship|own ...nciples. Initially, they were manufactured by [[Elliott Brothers]], but a Mark VIII instrument salvaged from the lost {{UK-Vanguard|f=cp}} bears manufactu
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  • Vickers Range Clock
    ...ism revealed.<ref name=Plate4>Admiralty. ''Pamphlet on Minor Fire Control Instruments, 1946'', Plate 4.</ref>]] ...ohn. ''Dreadnought Gunnery and The Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control'' p. 25.</ref>
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  • Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)
    * Four 7.5-in Mark I B.L. guns on Mark I mountings with 180 rounds per gun, in single turrets, fore, aft, and each s * Six 6-in Mark VII B.L. guns, on P. III mountings with 200 rounds per gun initially all ar
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  • Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)
    * fourteen 6-in Mark VII or Mark VIII guns (variously) on T. I mountings ({{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-Essex}}, {{UK-1Kent}}, {{UK-1Suffolk}}) o These ships had no fire control tables.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
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  • Barr and Stroud Fire Control Instruments
    ...a healthy proportion of adoption alongside those of [[Vickers Fire Control Instruments]]. ...neously send their indications. Barr and Stroud delivered range and order instruments in 1894 and refined it over a period of 4 years and started installations o
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  • Warrior Class Cruiser (1905)
    |[[Vickers]], Barrow The six 9.2-in B.L. guns Mark X were mounted in single Mark V S mountings, as they were in the [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903
    10 KB (1,397 words) - 15:30, 6 April 2018
  • Barr and Stroud Mark I Fire Control Instruments
    ...dely deployed for long except the order instruments. It was not until the Mark II family that the product line gained some maturity. In 1903, some Barr and Stroud prototype instruments were bolted onto plates, the backside of which were fired upon by a Maxim m
    24 KB (3,716 words) - 14:58, 1 August 2017
  • Barr and Stroud Mark II Fire Control Instruments
    ...es of [[Step-by-Step|step-by-step]] [[Fire Control Instrument|fire control instruments]] introduced what would remain the classic pattern of design for Barr and S ..., single order and single deflection would continue to be produced through Mark III to provide flexibility and in recognition that order information was no
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  • Drake Class Cruiser (1901)
    |[[Vickers|Vickers, Barrow]] ...splaced and surrendered by this reconfiguration.{{UKTHVol4Part36|p. 9-10. I do not understand this configuration}}{{FC}}
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  • Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)
    |[[Vickers]] |[[Vickers|Vickers, Barrow]]
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  • Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)
    |[[Vickers]], Barrow There were four submerged 18-in torpedo tubes arranged for broadside fire:{{ARTS1896|pp. 39-40}}
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  • Siemens Fire Control Instruments
    ...ntrol Instruments|Barr and Stroud]] and [[Vickers Fire Control Instruments|Vickers]] for installations after around 1907. ==Mark I Instruments==
    9 KB (1,343 words) - 15:41, 10 October 2012
  • Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)
    * six 4-in B.L. Mark VII guns on P. IV mountings * six ({{UK-Bellona}}) or ten (({{UK-Blonde}} and {{UK-1Blanche}}) 4-in B.L. Mark VII guns on P. IV* mountings with {{FTP}} sights.{{TheSightM|p. 86}}
    18 KB (2,502 words) - 20:06, 31 March 2020
  • Chatham Class Cruiser (1911)
    At the [[Battle of Jutland]], {{UK-1Southampton}} fired a {{Torp|21-in Mark II**|UK}} from her starboard tube; various persons aboard thought a hit was In 1917, at least some of these tubes were firing {{Torp|21-in Mark II*****|UK}}es.{{ARTS1917|p. 61}}
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  • Birmingham Class Cruiser (1913)
    *Nine 6-in 45cal B.L. Mark XII guns on P. VII mountings{{TheSightM|p. 66}} ({{AU-Adelaide}} may have h In 1915, all received a 3-in 20cwt Mark I gun on H.A. mounting on a centreline platform abaft the funnel.
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  • Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)
    |[[Vickers]] |[[Vickers]]
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  • Caroline Class Cruiser (1914)
    ...der to ensure it could be operable in any sea state and also to facilitate control of the 6-in guns by placing them close together.{{UKTHVol4Part36|p. 4}} * Two 6-in 45cal B.L. Mark XII guns aft on P. VII mountings (one source indicates P. VII*),{{DirectorH
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  • Calliope Class Cruiser (1914)
    * Two 6-in 45cal B.L. Mark XII guns aft on P. VII mountings (one source indicates P. VII*){{DirectorH| * Eight semi-automatic 4-in 45cal Q.F. Mark V guns; 2 in tandem forward, 3 on each beam
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  • Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)
    * Two 6-in 45cal B.L. Mark XII guns aft on P VII mountings (one source indicates P. VII*),{{DirectorH| * Eight semi-automatic 4-in 45cal Q.F. Mark V guns on P. X mountings,{{DirectorH|p. 145}} two in tandem forward, three
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  • Centaur Class Cruiser (1916)
    |[[Vickers]] |[[Vickers]]
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  • Caledon Class Cruiser (1916)
    |[[Vickers]] ...e, 3/16 inch on sides and top, weighing 1.25 tons.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 18. I presume the described ""C" class" pertains to these ships}}
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  • Ceres Class Cruiser (1917)
    |[[Vickers]] ...e, 3/16 inch on sides and top, weighing 1.25 tons.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 18. I presume this is what is referred to as "C" class}}
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  • Capetown Class Cruiser (1918)
    |[[Vickers]] ...e, 3/16 inch on sides and top, weighing 1.25 tons.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 18. I presume this is what is referred to as "C" class}}
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  • Danae Class Cruiser (1917)
    |[[Vickers]] * Six 6-in 45cal B.L. Mark XII guns on C.P. XIV mountings on the centre-line with a maximum elevation
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  • Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)
    |[[Vickers]] |[[Vickers]]
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