Duke of Edinburgh Class Cruiser (1904)

The two Armoured Cruisers of the Duke of Edinburgh Class were completed in 1906.

Fire Control

Evershed Bearing Indicators

It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.^[Inference]

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables.

Shipwide Network

By 1909, both ships were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments as follows:

• Vickers range transmitters: 10
• Vickers deflection transmitters: 10
• Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 33
• Vickers C.O.S.: 5
• Vickers Check fire switches: 10
• Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
• Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
• Siemens turret fire gongs: 12 with 6 keys
• Vickers fire gongs: 10 with 4 keys
• Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 (16 in Duke of Edinburgh) with 1 key (supplier not stated)

These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.

Bibliography

• Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
• Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
• Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
• Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918

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