Lightfoot Class Flotilla Leader (1915)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe seven flotilla leaders of the Lightfoot Class (sometimes referred to as "Marksman class destroyers") were completed in 1915-16.
Machinery
Generators
In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[1] It is fairly likely that this applied to this earlier class.
Armament
Guns
Four 4-in QF Mark IV guns on P IX mountings.[2]
Torpedoes
Two double revolving 21-in torpedo mounts.[3]
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.[4]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKTHVol4Part34
- Template:BibMarchBritishDestroyers
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
