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The [[Centaur Class Cruiser (1916)|''Centaur'' class]] were the first light cruisers fitted with [[Evershed Bearing Indicator|Evershed gear]] for gun control, but it is not clear whether older light cruisers were ever fitted.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref> | |||
Orders for Evershed installations for searchlight control from February 1917 first applied to the [[Danae Class Cruiser (1917)|''Danae'' class]], but seem unlikely to have applied to earlier ships.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 19:59, 1 October 2009
The two light cruisers of the Birkenhead Class were completed in 1915 and 1916.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
The Centaur class were the first light cruisers fitted with Evershed gear for gun control, but it is not clear whether older light cruisers were ever fitted.[1]
Orders for Evershed installations for searchlight control from February 1917 first applied to the Danae class, but seem unlikely to have applied to earlier ships.[2]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Both were fitted with directors in 1917 and 1918.[3]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[4]
Fire Control Instruments
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See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 11-12.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
