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Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1914.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914'', p. 30.</ref> | Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1914.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914'', p. 30.</ref> | ||
It was a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.{{INF}} | It was not a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.{{INF}} | ||
TODO: add photos of one which has been found in a modern collection. | TODO: add photos of one which has been found in a modern collection. | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 16 September 2011
Lambert's Attack Director was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant W. 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 frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.[Inference]
TODO: add photos of one which has been found in a modern collection.
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