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The telescopes used initially had crosswires, a 5-power magnification, and field of view of 7 degs, 10 minutes. It was not given illumination, as the regular sights would be used at night. Improvements in moving the rear sight along the tangent bar were incorporated, and an additional scale along the sighting bar allowed the maximum firing range to be read off directly. A disc labelled 0 to 180 degrees, port and starboard was added and a pointer on the speed and course of enemy bar. This disc was fitted only when a director was mounted on its ship, as the disc was oriented to own ship's keel, with 0 degrees being forward. The intent was that enemy heading could be communicated and set on the sight as a relative heading to own ship's course.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909'', p. 23.</ref> | The telescopes used initially had crosswires, a 5-power magnification, and field of view of 7 degs, 10 minutes. It was not given illumination, as the regular sights would be used at night. Improvements in moving the rear sight along the tangent bar were incorporated, and an additional scale along the sighting bar allowed the maximum firing range to be read off directly. A disc labelled 0 to 180 degrees, port and starboard was added and a pointer on the speed and course of enemy bar. This disc was fitted only when a director was mounted on its ship, as the disc was oriented to own ship's keel, with 0 degrees being forward. The intent was that enemy heading could be communicated and set on the sight as a relative heading to own ship's course.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909'', p. 23.</ref> | ||
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[[File:HandbookTorpedoControlPlate14.jpg|thumb|400px| Alterations to a deflection sight, c1917.<ref>''Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916'', p. 26, Plate 14.</ref><br>In this form, it may have been called a T.D.S. Mark I. ]] | [[File:HandbookTorpedoControlPlate14.jpg|thumb|400px| Alterations to a deflection sight, c1917.<ref>''Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916'', p. 26, Plate 14.</ref><br>In this form, it may have been called a T.D.S. Mark I. ]] | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 3 April 2011
The Torpedo Director Pattern 2391 (along with the 2391a, 2392 and 2392a) was a circular British torpedo director used in conning and torpedo control towers of surface ships, introduced by at least 1909-1910.[3]
Design
The 2391 was a "right handed" director for installation, and the 2392 a "left handed" model. The "handedness" of the design was due to the fact that they were fitted with tangent bars that had to point to the mouth of the tube being fired, and this might be to left or right. They had open sights as well as the capability to mount a telescope.[4][5] The 2391a and 2392a were adaptations fitted for gyro angling, sometime after 1912.[6][7]
They featured a possible shot scale alongside the sight bar which was graduated according to the torpedo in use and obviated the need for performing arithmetic as was required by the sight arm scaling used in the Pattern 2006.
In 1912, a design was approved to add a Carpenter's disc(what is this?) sight to the director.[8]
The telescopes used initially had crosswires, a 5-power magnification, and field of view of 7 degs, 10 minutes. It was not given illumination, as the regular sights would be used at night. Improvements in moving the rear sight along the tangent bar were incorporated, and an additional scale along the sighting bar allowed the maximum firing range to be read off directly. A disc labelled 0 to 180 degrees, port and starboard was added and a pointer on the speed and course of enemy bar. This disc was fitted only when a director was mounted on its ship, as the disc was oriented to own ship's keel, with 0 degrees being forward. The intent was that enemy heading could be communicated and set on the sight as a relative heading to own ship's course.[9]
Alterations
The original telescope in use was a Pattern 2393 of 5 power and field 7 degrees 10 minutes, but in 1915, the need for the lower power scope for haze and rain was realised. A quick trial resulted in the Pattern 3341 of 2.5 power, ~25 degree field being introduced, likely sometime in 1916.[11][12]
Around 1910, as on the 2006, the directors were provided slides underneath permitting 3 inches of lateral motion to look around obstacles.[13]
By mid 1917, the 2391a and 2392a models were being altered to deflection method, at which time they may have been redesignated as Torpedo Deflection Sight Mark I.[14][15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 23.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 23.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910, p. 32.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910, p. 32.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, Plate 7.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912, p. 25.
- ↑ Torpedo Drill Book, 1914, p. 564.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912, p. 25.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 23.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 26, Plate 14.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, Plate 4.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 17.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910, p. 33. (C. of N. 17th May 1910, G. 5217/10)
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 26, Plate 14.
- ↑ The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917, p. 190. Minor uncertainty on designation attributable to reference made to "A.W. Directors converted", where the 2391 was more often used for aiming submerged torpedo tubes.
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