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'''The Repeater''' was a British fire control data receiver placed in [[Control Position|control positions]] aloft and in the [[Gun Control Tower]]<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 70.</ref> which displayed the enemy's [[Inclination|inclination]], speed and [[Range Rate|range rate]] in use on the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]].<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 8.</ref> | '''The Repeater''' was a British fire control data receiver placed in [[Control Position|control positions]] aloft and in the [[Gun Control Tower]]<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 70.</ref> which displayed the enemy's [[Inclination|inclination]], speed and [[Range Rate|range rate]] in use on the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]].<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 8.</ref> | ||
| − | These were likely used only in ships carrying Mark IV and Mark IV* Dreyer tables, as these were the only ones featuring [[Electrical Dumaresq]]s with commutators in their unique centreworks to transmit enemy speed and inclination.<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 76. Plate 25.</ref> | + | These were likely used only in ships carrying [[Dreyer Table Mark IV|Mark IV]] and [[Dreyer Table Mark IV*|Mark IV*]] and [[Dreyer Table Mark V|Mark V Dreyer tables]], as these were the only ones featuring [[Electrical Dumaresq]]s with commutators in their unique centreworks to transmit enemy speed and inclination.<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p. 76. Plate 25.</ref> |
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| + | The Dreyer Handbook alludes to a "rate transmitter on the Dreyer table"<ref>''Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918'', p 76.</ref> providing the range rate signals, but none of its descriptions of the various tables allude to such a transmitter. They could have been bulkhead-mounted transmitters or one within electrical dumaresqs and their underslung range clocks. | ||
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Revision as of 20:14, 16 March 2012
The Repeater was a British fire control data receiver placed in control positions aloft and in the Gun Control Tower[2] which displayed the enemy's inclination, speed and range rate in use on the Dreyer Fire Control Table.[3]
These were likely used only in ships carrying Mark IV and Mark IV* and Mark V Dreyer tables, as these were the only ones featuring Electrical Dumaresqs with commutators in their unique centreworks to transmit enemy speed and inclination.[4]
The Dreyer Handbook alludes to a "rate transmitter on the Dreyer table"[5] providing the range rate signals, but none of its descriptions of the various tables allude to such a transmitter. They could have been bulkhead-mounted transmitters or one within electrical dumaresqs and their underslung range clocks.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty. Dreyer Table Handbook, 1918, Plate 33.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 70.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 8.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 76. Plate 25.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p 76.
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