Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)
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Twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron Class were completed between 1911 and 1912. Twenty were part of the 1911-1912 Programme, and an additional six (later nine) Specials were ordered.
They were the last Royal Navy destroyers to use the 12-pdr gun.
Armament
Guns
Two 4-in guns, fore and aft Two 12 cwt 12-pdr guns, one on each cheek
Torpedoes
Two single 21-in tubes on tne centre line
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.[1]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
