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- 14:59, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+282) . . N Ford Rangekeeper (Created page with 'The '''Ford Rangekeeper''' was an American Fire Control instrument to help a fighting ship track and fire upon an enemy ship in battle. ==Footnotes== <small> <references/> …') (current)
- 14:57, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . N AFCT (Redirected page to Admiralty Fire Control Table) (current)
- 14:56, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+311) . . N Admiralty Fire Control Table (Created page with 'Developed in the 1920s, the '''Admiralty Fire Control Table''' was the Royal Navy's successor to the Dreyer tables it used in World War I. ==Footn…')
- 14:53, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+5,764) . . N Dumaresq (Created page with 'A '''Dumaresq''' (sometimes the initial D is capitalised, though the practice subsided) is an mechanical analog fire control instrument helpful in related the re…')
- 14:41, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . John Saumarez Dumaresq
- 10:55, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Gun Deflection
- 10:55, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-26) . . Gun Deflection
- 10:54, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . N Sight Deflection (moved Sight Deflection to Gun Deflection) (current)
- 10:54, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Gun Deflection (moved Sight Deflection to Gun Deflection)
- 10:48, 4 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-15) . . Ballistics
- 17:49, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-52) . . Ballistics
- 17:47, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Ballistics (→Ballistics)
- 17:42, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+5,971) . . Ballistics
- 15:11, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+262) . . Ballistics
- 13:43, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+9,765) . . N Ballistics (Created page with ''''Ballistics''' is the physical science that governs how a projectile is fired and how it flies. In a pedantic definition, ballistics is treated as two separate realms: Intern…')
- 12:11, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . N File:GraphTOFSquaredVsDrift.jpg (Scatter plot using data from Table 50 in 1918 Range Tables for HM Fleet (ADM 186/236)) (current)
- 12:09, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . N File:GraphTanElevationVsMinutesOfDrift.jpg (A scatter plot using data from 1918 Range Tables for His Majesty's Fleet ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3184808 ADM 186/236])) (current)
- 00:16, 3 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+5,320) . . Dreyer Fire Control Table
- 23:20, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Template:DreyerH (Created page with 'H.M.S.O. (1918). ''Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables''. CB 1456, copy 10 on file at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, UK.')
- 23:16, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+66) . . Dreyer Fire Control Table
- 23:12, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Category:Shipboard Equipment (Created page with 'This category encompasses articles touching on all manner of shipboard equipment: fire control gear, searchlights, sounding machines, etc.') (current)
- 23:11, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+60) . . Dreyer Fire Control Table
- 23:09, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Director Firing
- 23:07, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . N Coriolis Effect (moved Coriolis Effect to Coriolis effect: Struggling to find he proper idiom for capitalization) (current)
- 23:07, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Coriolis effect (moved Coriolis Effect to Coriolis effect: Struggling to find he proper idiom for capitalization) (current)
- 23:04, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+3,595) . . N Coriolis effect (Created page with 'The '''Coriolis effect''' is a perceptual cause of apparent influence on a long range projectile's flight attributable to a continual change in frame of reference as it arcs high…')
- 22:30, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . N Speed-across (Redirected page to Sight Deflection)
- 22:30, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+399) . . N Director Firing (Created page with ''''Director Firing''' is a means of harmonising and centralising the pointing (and often firing) of a number of guns. It relies upon a director situated hig…')
- 22:23, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+482) . . N Port wine (Created page with ''''Port wine''' is a fortified wine based on grapes grown in the Douro Valley region of Portugal. Its notable stability in storage has long made it a favourite of the seafarers …')
- 22:18, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+714) . . N Time-of-Flight (Created page with ''''Time-of-flight''' is a period of time between a gun's discharge and the impact of the projectile against land, sea, or other object. Generally, time-of-flight is considered a…')
- 22:09, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . Gun Deflection
- 22:06, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . N Scale (Redirected page to Sight Deflection)
- 22:03, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Gun Deflection
- 22:02, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+789) . . The Dreadnought Project:Editing Guide
- 19:25, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+1,235) . . N Deflection (Created page with 'Deflection is an ambiguous term in many sources covering the World War I period, especially British ones owing to the twisted etymology of the word. Be careful when contemporary…')
- 18:59, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+464) . . N Gun Deflection (Created page with 'Sight Deflection or "Gun Deflection" (or even "Scale" in American parlance) is the angular difference between a gun's bearing and the line of sight to the target intended to plac…')
- 18:48, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-5) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 18:47, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 18:46, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Transmitting Station
- 18:46, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+522) . . N Transmitting Station (Created page with 'A Transmitting Station (as it was termed by the Royal Navy; it was called a "Plotting Room" in American naval parlance) is a room deep within a large ship where communications a…')
- 18:36, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+93) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 18:32, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Follow-the-Pointer (moved Follow the pointer to Follow-the-pointer)
- 18:31, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+304) . . N PRO (Created page with 'PRO is an acronym for the UK's former Public Record Office, which is now called [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ The National Archives] (TNA) located in Kew, UK, just out…') (current)
- 18:29, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+316) . . N TNA (Created page with 'TNA is an acronym for [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ The National Archives] (formerly PRO, shorthand for when it was known as the Public Record Office) located in Kew, …') (current)
- 18:25, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+3,722) . . N Knot (Deflection) (Created page with 'In a field of study renowned for oddities in language and expression, the use of the "knot" as a unit of gun deflection is a topper. The Royal Navy called its…') (current)
- 17:39, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 17:37, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 17:36, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+50) . . Gunnery Director
- 17:36, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . Follow-the-Pointer
- 17:34, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+66) . . N Category:Technology (Created page with 'This category is for articles describing technologies and devices.') (current)
- 17:32, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+5,422) . . N Follow-the-Pointer (Created page with 'Follow-the-Pointer (F.T.P.) systems were composite data receivers and settable inputs by which a remotely indicated value could be replicated and input into a local device to bri…')
- 16:30, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Gunnery Director
- 16:30, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+5,345) . . N Gunnery Director (Created page with 'A director is the equipment occupying a centralised firing position on a naval ship. It tells the guns where to point and when to fire, and thus harmonises their destruction in …')
- 12:08, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+398) . . H.M.S. Majestic (1895)
- 11:19, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Template:Conways1860
- 11:14, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Template:Conways1860 (Created page with 'Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921''. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851771335.')
- 11:12, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Template:Conways1906 (Created page with 'Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921''. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772455.')
- 10:58, 2 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . H.M.S. Majestic (1895)
- 22:37, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . H.M.S. Hindustan (1903)
- 22:36, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)
- 22:36, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)
- 22:35, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
- 17:04, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+740) . . H.M.S. Hindustan (1903)
- 16:57, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . H.M.S. Indefatigable (1909)
- 16:55, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)
- 16:54, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+15) . . H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)
- 16:53, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
- 16:52, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+134) . . H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)
- 16:50, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
- 16:39, 1 August 2009 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m Abercrombie Class Monitor (1915)
- 17:50, 31 July 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . Hubert Edward Dannreuther
- 12:02, 14 July 2009 (diff | hist) . . (+203) . . The Dreadnought Project:About
- 19:58, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)
- 19:58, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Bretagne Class Battleship (1913)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Revenge Class Battleship (1914)
- 19:57, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)
- 19:56, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)
- 19:56, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . King George V Class Battleship (1911)
- 19:56, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Orion Class Battleship (1910)
- 19:56, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Colossus Class Battleship (1910)
- 19:56, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)
- 19:55, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (39 bytes) . . Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)
- 19:54, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (664 bytes) . . Category:Ship Class
- 19:53, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (643 bytes) . . Category:Ship Class
- 18:50, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (81 bytes) . . United States Navy
- 18:50, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (81 bytes) . . Imperial German Navy
- 18:50, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (81 bytes) . . Royal Navy
- 18:49, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (109 bytes) . . Royal Navy
- 18:49, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (117 bytes) . . Imperial German Navy
- 18:48, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (107 bytes) . . Royal Navy
- 18:48, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (105 bytes) . . Royal Navy
- 18:43, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (65 bytes) . . Category:Navy (current)
- 18:42, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (59 bytes) . . Category:Navy
- 14:08, 26 July 2006 (diff | hist) . . (229 bytes) . . Main Page
- 12:55, 25 April 2006 (diff | hist) . . (185 bytes) . . Main Page
- 11:37, 25 April 2006 (diff | hist) . . (56 bytes) . . Main Page
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