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| The two [[Scout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''''Blonde'' Class''' were completed by 1911.
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| ==Fire Control==
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| ===Rangefinders===
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| ===Evershed Bearing Indicators===
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| ===Gunnery Control===
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| ====Control Positions====
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| ====Control Groups====
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| [[File:FireControlInstruments1909Plate54.jpg|thumb|300px|'''"Scout" class Gun Control Groups'''<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', Plate 54. </ref> ]]
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| In 1909, these were described as being similar to the [[Gem Class Cruiser (1903)|Gem class]], but the forecastle and poop guns could be controlled as separate groups or attached to the nearest broadside group on either side. The middle line guns could be connected to whichever side was desired.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', pp. 51-52. </ref>
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| <!-- COPIED FROM GEM CLASS Four groupings were possible for the forward guns:
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| * The three foremost broadside guns in 2 groups, port and starboard, with forecastle gun as third group.
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| * Number 2 and 3 broadside gun in two groups, port and starboard, with Number 1 broadside gun and fore gun as third group.
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| * As 1, but with forecastle gun in port group
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| * As 1, but with forecastle gun in starboard group
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| The aft guns had simpler groupings:
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| * broadside guns 4 and 5 in 2 groups, port and starboard, quarterdeck gun with port group.
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| * Same as above, but quarterdeck gun with starboard group. -->
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| ===Directors===
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| ====Main Battery====
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| ====Secondary Battery====
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| ===Torpedo Control===
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| ===Transmitting Stations===
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| ===Dreyer Table===
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| 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>
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| ===Fire Control Instruments===
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| In 1909, it was planned that both ships in this class were to be completed 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><ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909'', p. 148.</ref>
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| * Range Transmitters: 2
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| * Deflection Transmitters: 2
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| * Range Receivers: 10
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| * Deflection Receivers: 10
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| * C.O.S.: none
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| * Vickers Fire Gongs: 10 with 2 keys
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| None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 11.</ref>
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| ==Alterations==
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| By November 1918 the two ships along with the two ''Boadicea'' class ships were fitted with rails for 66 mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.<ref>Admiralty. ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918'', p. 11. Plate 7.</ref>
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| ==See Also==
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| {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_class_cruiser}}
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==Bibliography==
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| {{refbegin}}
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| *{{HFCI1909}}
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| *{{DreyerH}}
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| {{refend}}
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| {{Footer Blonde Class Cruiser (1909)}}
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