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The six [[Armoured Cruiser]]s of the '''Devonshire Class''' were completed in 1905. | The six [[Armoured Cruiser]]s of the '''Devonshire Class''' were completed in 1905. | ||
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| + | ==Armament== | ||
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| + | ===Guns=== | ||
| + | * 7.5-in guns were Mark I on Mark I mountings.<ref>''The Sight Manual, 1916'', p. 109.</ref> | ||
| + | * 6-in guns were Mark VII, on P III, P III* and/or P IV mountings.<ref>''The Sight Manual, 1916'', p. 110.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Torpedoes=== | ||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 31 July 2011
The six Armoured Cruisers of the Devonshire Class were completed in 1905.
Armament
Guns
- 7.5-in guns were Mark I on Mark I mountings.[1]
- 6-in guns were Mark VII, on P III, P III* and/or P IV mountings.[2]
Torpedoes
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]
Directors
These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.[3]
Gunnery Control
Local Control in Turrets
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships never received Dreyer tables.[4]
Fire Control Instruments
By 1909, all 6 ships were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments as follows:[5]
- Vickers range transmitters: 6
- Vickers deflection transmitters: 6
- Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 21
- Vickers C.O.S.: 3
- Vickers Check fire switches: 6
- Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
- Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
- Siemens turret fire gongs: 8 with 4 keys
- Vickers fire gongs: 6 with 2 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 12 with 1 key (supplier not stated)
These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[6]
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- 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.
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
