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Revision as of 17:37, 18 April 2012
The six flotilla leaders of the Parker Class were completed in 1917.[Fact Check]
Parker was initially to be named Frobisher, and is so named in some early documents.[1]
Machinery
Generators
In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[2] It is fairly likely that this applied to this earlier class.
Armament
Guns
Torpedoes
Fire Control
By the end of 1915, it was planned that all but Anzac at least were to be provided a range and order data system like that then being given to the "M" class destroyers and to the Faulknor class leaders.[4]
The scheme placed the combined transmitter on the forebridge, and a combined receiver near the sightsetter position of each gun. Ranges from 0 to 9900 yards in increments of 100 yards, and orders were "Independent", "Control" and "Fire" with illuminated indicators and a red indicator on the receivers to signal loss of power from the battery pack located below decks.
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ e.g., Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, p. 3, Plate XIV.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 120.
- ↑ Admiralty. Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, Plate XIV.
- ↑ Admiralty. Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, p. 3, Plate XIV.
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