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The two '''Triumph class  battleships''' (called the '''''Swiftsure'' class'' in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain while under construction.
The two '''Triumph class  battleships''' (called the '''''Swiftsure'' class'' in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain while under construction.


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==Fire Control Systems==
==Fire Control Systems==
Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and their 10-in main battery made them such oddities in the Royal Navy that they were seemingly omitted from ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.
Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and their 10-in main battery made them such oddities in the Royal Navy that they were seemingly omitted from ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.

Revision as of 16:07, 23 September 2012

The two Triumph class battleships' (called the Swiftsure class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain while under construction.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Swiftsure Armstrong 26 Feb, 1902 12 Jan, 1903 Jun, 1904 Sold 18 Jun, 1920
Triumph Vickers 26 Feb, 1902 15 Jan, 1903 Jun, 1904 Torpedoed 25 May, 1915

Fire Control Systems

Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and their 10-in main battery made them such oddities in the Royal Navy that they were seemingly omitted from Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914.

Their particulars very loosely resembled those of the Duncan class.[Inference]

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.[1]

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables.[2]

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook. pp. 142-3.
  2. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.



Triumph Class Pre-dreadnought
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