Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)

The ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class were completed in 1903 and 1904.

Fire Control

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.

Fire Control Instruments

By 1909, the 10 ships in this class were evenly split into two different types of fire control equipment.

Bedford, Essex, Kent, Monmouth and Suffolk were fitted with Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment with a few gongs and bells from other sources:

• 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:

• Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
• Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 10 with 4 keys
• Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key

Berwick, Cornwall, Cumberland, Donegal and Lancaster were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments:

• Vickers range transmitters: 6
• Vickers deflection transmitters: 6
• Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 21
• Vickers C.O.S.: 3
• Vickers Check fire switches: 6
• Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
• Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
• Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
• Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 6 with 2 keys
• Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key

None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.

See Also

• Wikipedia

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.
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