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| + | One 1-pdr (or 1.5-pdr) HA gun and two .303-in Maxim machine guns.<ref>Conway's. p. 77.</ref> | ||
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| + | When three of the ships served at Dover after the loss of ''Tipperary'', their 4-in guns were outranged by German destroyer guns, prompting the exchange in March 1918 of two 4.7-in BL Mark I guns on CP VI mountings capable of 30 degree elevation for the fore and aft 4-in weapons. With a range of 16,000 yards as opposed to 12,000, the ships were much more dangerous, but weight considerations prevented a complete change to 4.7-in guns.<ref>Conway's. p. 78.</ref><ref>''Technical History and Index'' Vol. 4, Part 34, p. 14.</ref> | ||
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| + | The ships carried two 21-in torpedo tubes on each broadside, ''Faulknor'' and ''Broke'' as four single mounts, and the others as two double mounts.<ref>Conway's. p. 77.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:59, 8 August 2011
The four flotilla leaders of the Faulknor Class were completed between 1914 and 1916.
Armament
4-in Guns
The ships carried six 4-in QF Mark VI 45cal guns.[1][2]
Other Guns
One 1-pdr (or 1.5-pdr) HA gun and two .303-in Maxim machine guns.[3]
When three of the ships served at Dover after the loss of Tipperary, their 4-in guns were outranged by German destroyer guns, prompting the exchange in March 1918 of two 4.7-in BL Mark I guns on CP VI mountings capable of 30 degree elevation for the fore and aft 4-in weapons. With a range of 16,000 yards as opposed to 12,000, the ships were much more dangerous, but weight considerations prevented a complete change to 4.7-in guns.[4][5]
Torpedoes
The ships carried two 21-in torpedo tubes on each broadside, Faulknor and Broke as four single mounts, and the others as two double mounts.[6]
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.[7]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
