Difference between revisions of "Centaur Class Cruiser (1916)"
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| − | In 1916, it was decided that all light cruisers of ''Bristol'' class and later should have torpedo firing keys (Pattern 2333) fitted on the fore bridge, in parallel with those in the CT, and that a flexible voice pipe be fitted between these positions.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1916'', p. 146.</ref> | + | In 1916, it was decided that all light cruisers of ''Bristol'' class and later should have torpedo firing keys (Pattern 2333) fitted on the fore bridge, in parallel with those in the CT, and that a flexible voice pipe be fitted between these positions. Additionally, all light cruiser with submerged tubes were to receive torpedo order and gyro angle instruments between torpedo flats and both control positions. The ''C'' class (which may or may not encompass the ''Centaur'' class) was to receive [[Chadburn Torpedo Telegraph]]s to meet this need. Otherwise, Barr and Stroud would be a likely choice.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1916'', p. 146.</ref> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 10 May 2011
The two light cruisers of the Centaur Class were completed in 1916.
Armament
Guns
Torpedoes
Two Service Bar 21-in submerged broadside tubes amidships depressed 4 degrees and bearing 90.[1]
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Sometime during or after 1917, an additional 9-foot rangefinder being handed down from a battleship or battlecruiser (likely an F.T. 24) was to be added specifically to augment torpedo control.[2]
Evershed Bearing Indicators
This class was the first light cruiser class to feature Evershed installations, possibly upon their very completion. Such equipment became standard from here on out.[3]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Both were completed with gunnery directors in place.[4]
The director was in a tower on a pedestal mounting and was probably augmented by use of their 'X' gun as a directing gun.[5][Inference]
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[6]
Fire Control Instruments
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Torpedo Control
In 1916, it was decided that all light cruisers of Bristol class and later should have torpedo firing keys (Pattern 2333) fitted on the fore bridge, in parallel with those in the CT, and that a flexible voice pipe be fitted between these positions. Additionally, all light cruiser with submerged tubes were to receive torpedo order and gyro angle instruments between torpedo flats and both control positions. The C class (which may or may not encompass the Centaur class) was to receive Chadburn Torpedo Telegraphs to meet this need. Otherwise, Barr and Stroud would be a likely choice.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 36.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917, p. 199. (possibly pertinent: C.I.O. 481/17)
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 11.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918., p. 142 and plate opposite.
I am inferring that the 2 light cruisers shown in the plate are meant to represent those with and without a tower. - ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1916, p. 146.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKARTS1915
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
