Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)

Sixteen destroyers of the Beagle Class were ordered as part of the 1908-1909 Naval Programme.

They inaugurated the use of 21-in torpedoes on Royal Navy destroyers.

Armament

Guns

One 4-in QF Mark VIII gun forward Three 12-pdr 12 cwt guns, two in echelon on the beam and one aft

Torpedoes

Two single 21-in tubes on the centre line, one right aft, firing the short 18.5-foot Mark I.^[1]

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.^[2]

Fire Control Instruments

Footnotes

↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 32.
↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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[1] Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 32.

[2] sent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

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