Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)
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Twenty destroyers of the Acasta Class were completed as part of the 1911-1912 Programme. Twelve were Admiralty design, and eight were Specials.
They were the first Royal Navy destroyers to drop the 12-pdr gun and use only 4-in guns.
In 1913, they were redesignated the "K" class.[1]
Armament
Guns
Three 4-in guns on centre line
Torpedoes
Two single 21-in tubes on the centre line
Fire Control
By 1915, at least, these ships also had fixed voice pipes installed between decks with the last lengths being flexible (one voice pipe for gunnery, one for torpedoes) fitted between bridge and guns, torpedo tubes, and searchlights. A third voicepipe, entirely flexible, ran from bridge to the forward gun.[2]
Instruments
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
