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The '''Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter''' was designed by {{LieutRN}} W. D. Kilroy to ensure that the [[Spotting Officer]] was watching the same target as was being fired upon by his own ship.
The '''Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter''' was designed by {{LieutRN}} W. D. Kilroy to ensure that the [[Spotting Officer]] was watching the same target as was being fired upon by his own ship.


==Mark I==
The need for this was envisioned in early 1916.  It seems likely that supply commenced in late 1916 at the earliest.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 25.</ref>
==Mark II==
Supply of these to the latest capital ships commenced in the early months of 1919.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 26.</ref>
==Mark II*==
This model was designed for use in light cruisers, and supply commenced in June, 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 26.</ref>
By 1919, it was supplied to the following classes:
* Effingham
* Cairo
* Caledon
* Dunedin
* Dragon
* Centaur
* Adelaide
with plans to eventually fit it in:
* Chatham
* Weymouth
* Cambrian
* Comus
* Royalist
* Diomede
* Despatch
* HMS Furious
* HMS Eagle
* HMS Hermes
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Revision as of 21:37, 2 October 2009

File:SpottingTopCroppedToShowAidToSpotter.jpg
Kilroy's Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter
I believe this is the critter seen in the top of an unidentified dreadnought.

The Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter was designed by Lieutenant W. D. Kilroy to ensure that the Spotting Officer was watching the same target as was being fired upon by his own ship.

Mark I

The need for this was envisioned in early 1916. It seems likely that supply commenced in late 1916 at the earliest.[1]

Mark II

Supply of these to the latest capital ships commenced in the early months of 1919.[2]

Mark II*

This model was designed for use in light cruisers, and supply commenced in June, 1918.[3]

By 1919, it was supplied to the following classes:

  • Effingham
  • Cairo
  • Caledon
  • Dunedin
  • Dragon
  • Centaur
  • Adelaide

with plans to eventually fit it in:

  • Chatham
  • Weymouth
  • Cambrian
  • Comus
  • Royalist
  • Diomede
  • Despatch
  • HMS Furious
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Hermes

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 25.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 26.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 26.

Bibliography

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