Parker Class Flotilla Leader (1916)

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The six flotilla leaders of the Parker Class were completed in 1917.[Fact Check]

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Grenville Cammell Laird 17 Jun, 1916 Dec, 1931
Parker Cammell Laird 16 Aug, 1916 5 Nov, 1921
Hoste Cammell Laird 16 Aug, 1916 Collision 21 Dec, 1916
Saumarez Cammell Laird 14 Oct, 1916 8 Jan, 1931
Seymour Cammell Laird 31 Aug, 1916 7 Jan, 1930
Anzac William Denny & Brothers 11 Jan, 1917 8 Aug, 1935

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 fairly likely that this applied to this earlier class.

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

  • Two double revolving 21-in torpedo mounts[Citation needed]

In 1917, at least some of these ships were using 21-in Mark II***** torpedoes.[3]

Fire Control

Range and Order Instruments[4]

By the end of 1915, it was planned that all but Anzac at least were to be provided a range and order data system like that then being given to the "M" class destroyers and to the Faulknor class leaders.[5]

The scheme placed the combined transmitter on the forebridge, and a combined receiver near the sightsetter position of each gun. Ranges from 0 to 9900 yards in increments of 100 yards, and orders were "Independent", "Control" and "Fire" with illuminated indicators and a red indicator on the receivers to signal loss of power from the battery pack located below decks.

Rangefinders

By 1921, all R.N. destroyer leaders mounted a 9ft F.Q. 2 on an M.Q. 1, M.Q. 9 or M.Q. 12 mount on their fore bridge.[6]

Directors

Firing Circuits[7]
Training and Slewing Circuits[8]

In 1917, it was approved that all flotilla leaders except Swift and Abdiel should receive installations of the British Destroyer Director Firing System,[9] though no installations of this equipment were completed prior to 1918,[10] and though a source from 1920 indicates that the Parkers had not received theirs,[11] the 1918 handbook on the destroyer director system indicates the surviving units had them.[12]

Additionally, the Director Firing Handbook, 1917 reports that they had Small Type Training Receivers of pattern number 20 on #1, #2 and #3, and pattern number 21 on #4.[13]

Torpedo Control

In 1919, it was decided that all these ships except Anzac should each receive a Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type A.[14] A year later, the allocation was increased to include Anzac.[15]

Alterations

By November 1918, Seymour (only), operating with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, was fitted to carry forty "H" and "M" type mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.[16]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 120.
  2. ↑ Director Firing For Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers. p. 55.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 61.
  4. ↑ Admiralty.  Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, Plate XIV.
  5. ↑ Admiralty. Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, p. 3, Plate XIV.
  6. ↑ Handbook for Naval Range-Finders and Mountings, Book I. p. 168.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate100.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate101.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 229.
  10. ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918. p. 37.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 34. p. 17.
  12. ↑ Director Firing For Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers. p. 55.
  13. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook. p. 146.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 119.
  15. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1920. pp. 90-1.
  16. ↑ Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918, p. 11. Plate 7.

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


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