Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)
From The Dreadnought Project
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]
Shipwide Network
The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:[2]
- Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 6 transmitters, 27 receivers
- Group Switches: 3
- Rate: 4 transmitters, 8 receivers
- Bearing: none
- Range: none
Additionally, this class had the following fire control equipment:[3]
- Turret fire gongs (Siemens): 4 with 2 keys
- Fire Gongs (Vickers): 10 with 4 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells (Siemens): 16 with 1 key
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.
Bibliography
Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191. Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918 Template:Monmouth Class (1901)
