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The two [[Scout Cruiser]]s of the '''Boadicea Class''' were completed by 1910.
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==Fire Control==
 
===Rangefinders===
 
===Evershed Bearing Indicators===
 
===Gunnery Control===
 
====Control Positions====
 
====Control Groups====
 
===Directors===
 
====Main Battery====
 
====Secondary Battery====
 
===Torpedo Control===
 
===Transmitting Stations===
 
===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>
 
===Shipwide Network===
 
By 1909, both ships in this class were outfitted with the latest [[Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments]] as follows:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', pp. 57, 60.</ref>
* Range Transmitters:  2
* Deflection Transmitters:  2
* Range Receivers:  10
* Deflection Receivers:  10
* C.O.S.: none
* Vickers Fire Gongs: 10 with 2 keys
 
None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 11.</ref>
 
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_class_cruiser Wikipedia]
 
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
 
==Bibliography==
<small>
{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}}
{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
</small>
 
[[Category:Ship Class]]
 
{{Blonde Class (1901)}}

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