Torpedo Sight Corrector
A Torpedo Sight Corrector was a British apparatus suggested by Lieutenant-Commander William F. Wake-Walker to demonstrate the effect of director errors for men using the Torpedo Attack Trainer.[2]
Design and Use
The device combined an adapted torpedo director whose various bars could be locked down with a target ship. It would be used after a trial run on the torpedo attack trainer and illustrate, in debrief manner, how the sailor had performed.
A target ship image of appropriate scale for the range in the training scenario at which the sailor had fired, and would be positioned in a suitable inclination to the user. The sight bar is aligned on the target and locked down and the enemy bar set for enemy speed and heading. The torpedo bar would then be locked down and the sight bar unlocked so the enemy bar could then be adjusted to the actual speed and heading of the enemy in the training scenario just undertaken. This causes the sight bar to move, and a spot of light traces the actual place in the enemy line through which the torpedo would have passed.[3]
Allocation
By mid 1919, 110 of these instruments were under manufacture, and some had been received and supplied to ships and bases. The intended allocation (1 each unless otherwise noted) was to be:[4]
Stores to accompany each T.S.C.[7] | ||
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Item | Patt. # | Quantity |
Battery box Note: normally, the 2630 accommodated 8 cells. In this case, packing material should be used to fill the void of 2 missing cells. |
2630 | 1 |
Receptacle (for 2630?) | 2631 | 1 |
Battery cell | 3361 | 6 |
Push | 1918 | 1 |
Cable | 726 | 12 feet |
Lamp | 1661 | 2 |
Connection | 3362 | 5 |
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. Plate 41.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 34. (A.L. G. 6788/16).
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 34.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. pp. 228-229.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. Plate 47.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 229.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 229.
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. C.B. 302. Copy No. 141 at The National Archives. ADM 186/381.
- H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Originally C.B. 1474. Copy 7 at The National Archives. ADM 189/37.
- H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. C.B. 1527. Copy 143 at The National Archives. ADM 189/38.