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[[File:ARTS1917Plate53.jpg|thumb|400px| '''T.D.S. Mark V'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 53}}]] 
The '''Torpedo Deflection Sight Mark V Types''' were British [[Torpedo Deflection Sight|torpedo deflection sights]]. Unlike most of the others, these had only a single torpedo setting graduated on their deflection ring.

==Mark V==
The Mark V had just a single deflection ring, bearing the letter designation of a C in a circle, etched for the 26.75-27.25 knot setting of the 18-in Mark IV and the 14-in R.G.F. Mark X*.
  
By mid 1919, the 14-in torpedo tubes had been removed from the [[P Boat Class (1915)]], and so the T.D.S. Mark V was removed from them, leaving them only on the subset of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] that carried 18-in tubes.  Shortly thereafter, those ships would also lose their 18-in torpedos, leaving no vessels carrying the Mark V.{{ARTS1918|p. 159}}  

==Mark V*==
[[File:ARTS1920Plate27.jpg|thumb|200px| '''T.D.S. Mark V*'''{{ARTS1920|Plate 27}}]] 
[[File:ARTS1920Plate28.jpg|thumb|200px| '''T.D.S. Mark V* Pedestal'''{{ARTS1920|Plate 28}}]] 
In 1920, however, it was desired to have sights graduated no in torpedo deflection but simply in director angle.   The disused Mark V devices were an easy alteration to this purpose and so became the '''T.D.S. Mark V*'''.{{ARTS1920|p. 77}}

These were supplied, two each, to the four of the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'' class]] ({{UK-QueenElizabeth}} already possessed sights altered to this standard), the [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]], the [[Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)|''Iron Duke'' class]], and {{UK-KingGeorgeV|f=p}}, replacing torpedo directors [[Torpedo Director Pattern 2391|Pattern 2391]] and [[Torpedo Director Pattern 2392|Pattern 2392]]. Two Mark V* sights also went to ''Vernon'', two to serve as spares, and one each to ''Actæon'' and ''Defiance''.  Ships' artificers were to alter the sight pedestals to receive the new sights.{{ARTS1920|p. 78, Plate 28}}

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