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...into service in the [[Orion Class Battleship (1910)|''Orion'']] and [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|''Lion classes]]. ...moured rangefinder position. From the ''Queen Elizabeth'' class and later capital ships, it was surmounted by an [[Armoured Tower]] containing a secondary di

...is a generic term for a powerful capital ship carrying the mantle of the "Ship of the Line" from the days of sail: large size, heavy armament, and heavy a ...of name changes over the era and the preceding decades: ironclad, turret ship, battleship, dreadnought.

...ed Director Tower''' was a well-protected revolving structure on a capital ship within which a [[Gunnery Director|gun director]] was situated. It was gen ...evenge'']], [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Renown'']], [[Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)|''Courageous'']] and {{UK-Hood}} classes were built wi

...from the small [[Torpedo Boat]]s of the 1800s who represented a threat to capital ships. Navies reacted to this threat by creating slightly larger vessels w Destroyers, like other ship types, generally grew in size and capability as time went on.

...can be found in their articles detailing their [[:Category:Ship Class|ship class]].

...irst British gunnery director generally deployed, and the one on which its capital ships relied during the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ...deemed the primary director in recognition of its higher placement in the ship and the presumably better view it enjoyed, despite its more vulnerable posi

The two cruisers of the '''''Challenger'' class''' were completed in 1904 and 1905. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Two '''''Kaiser'' class armored frigates''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1875 {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...rom the right at a range of 8,000 yards, but was checked at o'clock as the ship fired at was enveloped in a high column of smoke and was not seen again ; i At about this time another torpedo was observed to pass underneath the ship, and emerge the other side.

The two '''''Triumph'' class battleships''' (called the '''''Swiftsure'' class''' in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...issing in the Royal Navy's [[British Tripod Director Firing System|capital ship director system]]. ...for the bulky equipment that comprised the director firing systems used in capital ships, but some simplifications and compromises were seen as helpful in pre

...ure that all members of the fire control staff were in harmony as to which ship their own was targeting. ...ss Battleship (1910)|''Orions'']], and the three surviving [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George Vs'']].

...s introduced. The remote placement of the director was often necessary on capital ships with submerged broadside tubes, or desirable on ships where the aimin ...ted to a given fixed distance from director to firing tube. As such, each ship's director positions would require their own tangent bars. The range set u

...S. ''Baden''''' was one of two [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] during the Great W A ship's bell from ''Baden'' is in the possession of the Imperial War Museum, Cata

...ed in 1904 and 1905. They were occasionally referred to as the ''Topaze'' class. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

....S. Invincible (1907)|H.M.S. ''Invincible'']] is usually seen as the first ship of the type, though her sister [[H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)|''Inflexible'']] ...t would not be needed by such a fast (and therefore, he felt, hard to hit) ship might give the Royal Navy a type which could lasso enemy cruisers on the hi

...east the outbreak of the war. She was launched at 1:20pm on the 23rd.<ref>Ship's log of {{UK-Astraea}} at {{TNA|ADM 53/34351.}}</ref> In March 1914, the ship was to carry a single red band on second and fourth funnel.{{AWO1914|924 of

The four [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Drake'' Class''' were completed in 1902 and 1903. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

The two [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Duke of Edinburgh Class''' were completed in 1906. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

The ship had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Col In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 250, though the boat was not yet