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name=Royal Sovereign | name=Royal Sovereign | ||
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Revision as of 14:12, 21 September 2012
The Royal Sovereign class was a class of eight first-class battleships built for the British Royal Navy in the early 1890s under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. The ships of the class were armed with four 13.5-inch arranged in twin barbettes, except for one ship, Hood, which had her main armament arranged in twin turrets.
Fire Control
Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the T.S.es in ships prior to Lord Nelson class is illustrated in Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914.[1]
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]
Directors
These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.[2]
Gunnery Control
Local Control in Turrets
There was no provision in these ships for local turret control wherein the receivers in the turret could be driven by transmitters in the officer's position at the back of the turret.[3]
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships never received Dreyer tables.[4]
Fire Control Instruments
In 1906, it was planned to equip Hood, Repulse and Ramillies with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout,[5] and the Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 shows that all other ships in the class were given Mark I equipment (except Redoubtable, which is conspicuously omitted).[6]
The equipment listed in the 1909 handbook indicates it is for the Mark I majority, but may also described the equipment of the Mark II ships:[7]
- Range: 4 transmitters, 21 receivers
- Orders: 4 transmitters, 14 receivers
- Rate: none
- Deflection: 4 transmitters, 21 receivers
Additionally, the entire class had the following Siemens equipment:[8]
- Group Switches: none
- Turret fire gongs: 4 with 2 keys (Revenge only)
- Fire Gongs: 10 with 2 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 14 with 1 key
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).
- ↑ Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 142-3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 50.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906. p. 82.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 56.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
Bibliography
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- 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.
- H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906, with Appendix (Wireless Telegraphy). Copy 46 at The National Archives. ADM 189/26.
- R A Burt. The Magnificent 7: The Royal Sovereign Class of 1889, a two part article in Warship, Issues 14-15.
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