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After an initial effort with some dial instruments Vickers manufactured a variety of Step-by-Step Fire Control Instruments incorporating the "follow-the-pointer" principle.
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F.T.P. Instruments
Mark I Instruments
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- HFCI Plate 11 Mark I FTP diagram
- HFCI Plate 12 Mark I FTP tx
Mark II Instruments
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- HFCI Plate 13 Mark II FTP diagram
- HFCI Plate 14 Mark II FTP tx+rx
Mark III Instruments
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- HFCI Plate 15 Mark III FTP
- HFCI Plate 16 Mark III FTP details
These differed from Mark II by having the receiver not be part of the sight, rendering it cheaper and simpler in construction, and the transmitter did not have a sight dial as a tell-tale; simply a drum transmitter and repeat receiver.[1]
Mark III* Instruments
The transmitters of the Mark III* devices could use Cross-connecting Gear by virtue of their wheel gearing.[2]
Mark IV* Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 148.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 148.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKARTS1903
- Template:BibUKARTS1904
- Template:BibUKARTS1906
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1905
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1908
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1912
- Template:BibUKTorpedoDrillBook1914
- 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 (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
