Difference between revisions of "Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)"
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====Main Battery==== | ====Main Battery==== | ||
− | These ships were fitted with 2 tripod- | + | 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 aloft director | ||
# all guns on armoured director | # all guns on armoured director | ||
− | # forward group on aloft, aft on armoured | + | # 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 centreline, one | + | The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centreline, 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 forward director | ||
# all guns on aft director | # all guns on aft director | ||
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===Dreyer Table=== | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
− | Each ship had a Mark IV* Dreyer table and 2 (?) Turret Control Tables<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>. |
===Miscellaneous=== | ===Miscellaneous=== |
Revision as of 22:34, 15 August 2009
Fire Control Systems
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 centreline, 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].
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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