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'''Longmore's Disc''' was a disc that could be added to a British [[Torpedo Director]] to permit the crossing angle between the enemy and the torpedo bar to be read off directly.{{CN}} | '''Longmore's Disc''' was a disc that could be added to a British [[Torpedo Director]] to permit the crossing angle between the enemy and the torpedo bar to be read off directly.{{CN}} | ||
It was not a bad idea, but not the best idea. It was fitted on [[Torpedo Director Pattern 2380]], but upon the creation of [[Robinson's Disc]] in 1914-15, it was to be replaced on these directors with that disc (which measured the angle between enemy heading and line of sight... the [[Inclination]]). | It was not a bad idea, but not the best idea. It was fitted on [[Torpedo Director Pattern 2380]], but upon the creation of [[Robinson's Disc]] in 1914-15, it was to be replaced on these directors with that disc (which measured the angle between enemy heading and line of sight... the [[Inclination]]).{{ARTS1915|p. 59}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 17:34, 24 July 2012
Longmore's Disc was a disc that could be added to a British Torpedo Director to permit the crossing angle between the enemy and the torpedo bar to be read off directly.[Citation needed]
It was not a bad idea, but not the best idea. It was fitted on Torpedo Director Pattern 2380, but upon the creation of Robinson's Disc in 1914-15, it was to be replaced on these directors with that disc (which measured the angle between enemy heading and line of sight... the Inclination).[1]
See Also
- Torpedo Director.
- T.O. No. 124 of 1915.
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 59.
Bibliography
- H.M.S. Vernon. (Jan 1916) Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. C.B. 1166. Copy 1025 at The National Archives. ADM 189/35.