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The '''Armoured Director Tower''' was a well-protected revolving structure on a capital ship within which a [[Gunnery Director|gun director]] was situated. It was generally regarded as the fall-back director position in the event of casualty or visibility problems being experienced by the primary aloft director. | The '''Armoured Director Tower''' was a well-protected revolving structure on a capital ship within which a [[Gunnery Director|gun director]] was situated. It was generally regarded as the fall-back director position in the event of casualty or visibility problems being experienced by the primary aloft director. | ||
| − | The innovation was a late-breaking one for the Royal Navy, as it was only then being realised the primacy of director firing to naval combat. Only the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']], [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'']], [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Renown'']] | + | The innovation was a late-breaking one for the Royal Navy, as it was only then being realised the primacy of director firing to naval combat. Only the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']], [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'']], [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Renown'']], [[Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Courageous'']] and [[Hood Class Battlecruiser (1918)|''Hood'']] classes were built with these features. Other ships relied on use of [[Directing Gun|directing guns]] as a secondary director position. |
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Revision as of 17:05, 27 September 2009
The Armoured Director Tower was a well-protected revolving structure on a capital ship within which a gun director was situated. It was generally regarded as the fall-back director position in the event of casualty or visibility problems being experienced by the primary aloft director.
The innovation was a late-breaking one for the Royal Navy, as it was only then being realised the primacy of director firing to naval combat. Only the Queen Elizabeth, Revenge, Renown, Courageous and Hood classes were built with these features. Other ships relied on use of directing guns as a secondary director position.
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