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==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the TSes in ships prior to [[Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)|''Lord Nelson'' class]] is illustrated in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).</ref>. | Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the TSes in ships prior to [[Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)|''Lord Nelson'' class]] is illustrated in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).</ref>. | ||
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===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== | ===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== | ||
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.{{INF}} | It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.{{INF}} | ||
===Directors=== | ===Directors=== | ||
These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries<ref>''Director Firing Handbook, 1917'', pp. 142-3.</ref>. | These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries<ref>''Director Firing Handbook, 1917'', pp. 142-3.</ref>. | ||
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===Dreyer Table=== | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
These ships never received Dreyer tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | These ships never received Dreyer tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | ||
===Fire Control Instruments=== | ===Fire Control Instruments=== | ||
In 1906, it was planned to equip ''Centurion'' with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout, but she is absent from a list of ships so equipped in a 1914 source.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906'', p. 82.</ref><ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 72</ref> No reference to similar plans for ''Barfleur'' have been located. | In 1906, it was planned to equip ''Centurion'' with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout, but she is absent from a list of ships so equipped in a 1914 source.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906'', p. 82.</ref><ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 72</ref> No reference to similar plans for ''Barfleur'' have been located. | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, 24 April 2012
Fire Control
Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the TSes in ships prior to Lord Nelson class is illustrated in Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914[1].
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]
Directors
These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries[2].
Gunnery Control
Local Control in Turrets
There was no provision in these ships for local turret control wherein the receivers in the turret could be driven by transmitters in the officer's position at the back of the turret[3].
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships never received Dreyer tables[4].
Fire Control Instruments
In 1906, it was planned to equip Centurion with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout, but she is absent from a list of ships so equipped in a 1914 source.[5][6] No reference to similar plans for Barfleur have been located.
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).
- ↑ Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 50.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906, p. 82.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 72
Bibliography
Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191. Template:BibUKARTS1906
