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These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 142.</ref>. The battery was divisible into forward ('A' turret) and aft ('Y' turret) groups, and a [[C.O.S.]] in the [[TS]] allowed the following modes of control<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 89.</ref>: | These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 142.</ref>. The battery was divisible into forward ('A' turret) and aft ('Y' turret) groups, and a [[C.O.S.]] in the [[TS]] allowed the following modes of control<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 89.</ref>: | ||
− | + | * All guns on aloft director | |
− | + | * All guns on armoured director | |
− | + | * Forward group on aloft director, aft on armoured director | |
====Secondary Battery==== | ====Secondary Battery==== | ||
− | The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the | + | The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centre line, one forward and one aft<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 143.</ref>. A C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''. p. 91.</ref>: |
− | + | * All guns on forward director | |
− | + | * All guns on aft director | |
− | + | * Forward group on forward director, aft group on on aft director | |
===Torpedo Control=== | ===Torpedo Control=== | ||
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Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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− | {{ | + | {{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} |
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Revision as of 19:56, 19 August 2009
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
These ships were fitted with 2 cam-type, tripod-mounted directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. The battery was divisible into forward ('A' turret) and aft ('Y' turret) groups, and a C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control[2]:
- All guns on aloft director
- All guns on armoured director
- Forward group on aloft director, aft on armoured director
Secondary Battery
The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centre line, one forward and one aft[3]. A C.O.S. in the TS allowed the following modes of control[4]:
- All guns on forward director
- All guns on aft director
- Forward group on forward director, aft group on on aft director
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables[5].
Shipwide Network
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918