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'''Lambert's Attack Director''' was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant [[ | '''Lambert's Attack Director''' was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant [[Walter Owen Hutton Lambert|Walter O. H. Lambert]]. | ||
Six of these were ordered in 1913. | Six of these were ordered in 1913.{{ARTS1913|p. 31}} | ||
Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1914. | Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1914.{{ARTS1914|p. 30}} | ||
It was not a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help judge the best course to steer to most rapidly intercept an approaching formation of enemy destroyers. | It was not a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help judge the best course to steer to most rapidly intercept an approaching formation of enemy destroyers. | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 15 April 2015
Lambert's Attack Director was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant Walter O. H. Lambert.
Six of these were ordered in 1913.[1]
Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1914.[2]
It was not a torpedo director, but a device to help judge the best course to steer to most rapidly intercept an approaching formation of enemy destroyers.
TODO: add photos of one which has been found in a modern collection.
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See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- H.M.S. Vernon. (Feb 1914) Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913, with Appendix (Wireless Telegraphy). Copy 42 at The National Archives. ADM 189/33.
- H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. Copy 5 at The National Archives. ADM 189/34.
