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==Machinery==
 
==Machinery==
 
===Generators===
 
===Generators===
In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additiona 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 120.</ref>  It is likely that this applied to this class.
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In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916'', p. 120.</ref>  However, another source indicates the ships carried a single 36.5 kw set.<ref>March, Edgar J. ''British Destroyers'', pp. 205-206.</ref>
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==

Revision as of 22:35, 22 January 2012

The five flotilla leaders of the "V" Class... [TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

Machinery

Generators

In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[1] However, another source indicates the ships carried a single 36.5 kw set.[2]

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

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.[3]

Fire Control Instruments

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 120.
  2. March, Edgar J. British Destroyers, pp. 205-206.
  3. absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

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

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