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==Fire Control Systems==
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The two '''Triumph class  battleships''' (called ''Swiftsure'' class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain whi;e under construction.
  
Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for foreign sale and so seem to have missed mention in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'' which would have been prepared soon after their seizure.{{INF}}
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==Fire Control Systems==
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Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and seem to have missed mention in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.
  
 
It might be reasonable to assume that their particulars resembled those of the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{INF}}  
 
It might be reasonable to assume that their particulars resembled those of the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{INF}}  

Revision as of 16:13, 17 March 2012

The two Triumph class battleships (called Swiftsure class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain whi;e under construction.

Fire Control Systems

Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and seem to have missed mention in Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914.

It might be reasonable to assume that their particulars resembled those of the Duncan class.[Inference]

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Local Control in Turrets

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries[1].

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables[2].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
  2. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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