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The eight [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Danae Class''' were completed between 1918 and 1922.  An additional four planned ships were not completed.
The eight [[Light Cruiser|light cruisers]] of the '''Danae Class''' were completed between 1918 and 1922.  An additional four planned ships were not completed.
==Armament==
==Guns==
The six 6-in guns on the centre-line had a maximum elevation of 30 degrees.<ref>''Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918", p. 10.</ref>
==Torpedoes==


==Fire Control==
==Fire Control==
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Revision as of 18:12, 21 February 2011

The eight light cruisers of the Danae Class were completed between 1918 and 1922. An additional four planned ships were not completed.

Armament

Guns

The six 6-in guns on the centre-line had a maximum elevation of 30 degrees.[1]

Torpedoes

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

These ships almost certainly had Evershed gear for gun control from delivery, and were the first new light cruisers to also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control.[2]

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

All ships were completed with gunnery directors in place.[3] The director was in a tower on a pedestal mounting and may have been augmented by use of their 'X' gun as a directing gun as on the earlier Caledon class ships.[4]

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Fire Control Instruments

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918", p. 10.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 11.
  4. Handbook of Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 142 and plate opposite.

Bibliography

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