Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)
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Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
These ships were fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. The battery was divisible into fore (A) and aft (Y) groups, and a C.O.S. in the T.S. allowed the following modes of control[2]:
- all guns on aloft director
- all guns on armoured director
- forward group on aloft, aft on armoured
Secondary Battery
The 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated on the centreline, one fore and one aft[3]. A C.O.S. in the T.S. likely 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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