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The four [[Flotilla Leader|flotilla leaders]] of the '''''Faulknor'' Class''' (sometimes referred to as the '''''Botha'' Class''') were completed between 1914 and 1916. <div name=fredbot:ships> {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; |- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 4 vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | {{UK-Botha|y=1914}} |[[J. S. White]] | |2 Dec, 1914 | |To Chile May, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Broke|y=1914}} |[[J. S. White]] | |25 May, 1914 | |To Chile May, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Faulknor|y=1914}} |[[J. S. White]] | |26 Feb, 1914 | |To Chile May, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Tipperary|y=1915}} |[[J. S. White]] | |5 Mar, 1915 | |Sunk 1 Jun, 1916 |} </div name=fredbot:ships> ==Machinery== ===Generators=== In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additiona 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School', 1916', p. 120.</ref> It is likely but not certain that this applied to this earlier class. ==Armament== ===4-in Guns=== The ships carried six 4-in Q.F. Mark VI 45cal guns{{Conways1906|p. 77}}{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 14}} on P. XI mountings.{{March|p. 166}} These guns could elevate 25 degrees and the sights were ranged to 11,700 yards.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 17}} In March, 1918, four of ''Broke'''s 4-in guns were replaced by two 4.7-in B.L. guns on C.P. VI mountings. The other ships were later similarly equipped.{{March|p. 169}} These weapons could elevate 30 degrees and were sighted to 16,00 yards.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 17}} ===Other Guns=== One 1-pdr (or 1.5-pdr) H.A. gun and two .303-in Maxim machine guns.{{Conways1906|p. 77}}{{March|p. 166}} In ''Botha'' and ''Tipperary'', at least, the 1.5-pdrs were later replaced by 2-pdrs Mark I.{{March|p. 169}} When three of the ships served at Dover after the loss of ''Tipperary'', their 4-in guns were outranged by German destroyer guns, prompting the exchange in March 1918 of two 4.7-in B.L. Mark I guns on C.P. VI mountings capable of 30 degree elevation for the fore and aft 4-in weapons. With a range of 16,000 yards as opposed to 12,000, the ships were much more dangerous, but weight considerations prevented a complete change to 4.7-in guns.{{Conways1906|p. 78}}{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 14}} Plates XII and XIII in the ''Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915'' (see below) seem to indicate that ''Botha'' and ''Tipperary'' were then mounting single guns (4-in, presumably) on centre line fore and aft, and four on the broadsides. This better arrangement was perhaps attributable to their different torpedo arrangements (see below).{{INF}} ===Torpedoes=== The ships carried two 21-in torpedo tubes on each broadside, ''Faulknor'' and ''Broke'' as four single mounts, and the others as two double mounts en echelon.{{Conways1906|p. 77}} ==Fire Control== [[File:HandbookFCMClass1915_Plate12.jpg|thumb|480px|''Faulknor'' and ''Broke'' Instruments<ref>Admiralty.  ''Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915'', Plate XII.</ref>]] [[File:HandbookFCMClass1915_Plate13.jpg|thumb|480px|''Botha'' and ''Tipperary'' Instruments<ref>Admiralty.  ''Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915'', Plate XIII.</ref>]] By the end of 1915, at least, these ships had or were to be provided a [[Barr and Stroud Mark I Fire Control Instruments#Destroyer Range and Order Instruments|range and order data system]] similar recent Barr and Stroud patterns.<ref>Admiralty. ''Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915'', p. 3.</ref> The scheme placed the combined transmitter on the forebridge (two on {{UK-Faulknor}} and {{UK-Broke}}, apparently sending to the two broadsides separately), and a combined receiver near the sightsetter position of each gun. Ranges from 0 to 9900 yards in increments of 100 yards, and orders were "Independent", "Control" and "Fire" with illuminated indicators and a red indicator to signal loss of power on the receivers. The ships did not receive a director.{{UKTHVol4Part34|p. 17}} ===Rangefinders=== The ships featured two 7-foot rangefinders sited on the bridge forward and on the aft searchlight platform.{{March|p. 166, caption to photo 21/1}} ===Dreyer Table=== These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> ==See Also== {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulknor_class_leader}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{HFCI1909}} *{{DreyerH}} *{{UKTHVol4Part34}} {{refend}} {{Footer Faulknor Class Flotilla Leader (1914)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faulknor}} {{CatClassFlotillaLeader|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=FlotillaLeader type=flotilla leader chain=Destroyer Leaders {ship name=Botha pend=H.5C (1914)<br>G.60 (Feb 1917)<br>F.61 (Apr 1917)<br>F.50 (Jan 1918)<br>D.80 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 65}} builder=[[J. S. White]]{{Conways1906|p. 78}} order= laid= launch=2 12 1914{{Conways1906|p. 78}} comm= fate=To Chile fatedate=5 1920{{DittColl|p. 65}} } {ship name=Broke pend=H.98 (1914)<br>H.23 (Jan 1918)<br>D.10 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 65}} builder=" order= laid= launch=25 5 1914{{Conways1906|p. 78}} comm= fate=To Chile fatedate=5 1920{{DittColl|p. 65}} } {ship name=Faulknor pend=H.84 (1914)<br>H.31 (Jan 1918)<br>D.16 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 65}} builder=" order= laid= launch=26 2 1914{{Conways1906|p. 78}} comm= fate=To Chile fatedate=5 1920{{DittColl|p. 65}} } {ship name=Tipperary pend=H.6C (1914){{DittColl|p. 65}} builder=" order= laid= launch=5 3 1915{{Conways1906|p. 78}} comm= fate=Sunk fate2=at [[Battle of Jutland]] fatedate=1 6 1916{{Conways1906|p. 78}} } data -->

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