Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)
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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
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.
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