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The two '''Triumph class  battleships''' (called ''Swiftsure'' class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain whi;e under construction.
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The two '''Triumph class  battleships''' (called ''Swiftsure'' class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain while under construction.
  
 
==Fire Control Systems==
 
==Fire Control Systems==
Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and seem to have missed mention in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.
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Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and their 10-in main battery made them such oddities in the Royal Navy that they were seemingly omitted from ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.
  
It might be reasonable to assume that their particulars resembled those of the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{INF}}  
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Their particulars very loosely resembled those of the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{INF}}  
  
 
===Rangefinders===
 
===Rangefinders===
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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>.
  

Revision as of 20:26, 17 March 2012

The two Triumph class battleships (called Swiftsure class in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but purchased instead by Great Britain while under construction.

Fire Control Systems

Details on this class are fairly sparse, as they were originally produced for Chile and their 10-in main battery made them such oddities in the Royal Navy that they were seemingly omitted from Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914.

Their particulars very loosely resembled those of the Duncan class.[Inference]

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Local Control in Turrets

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries[1].

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables[2].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
  2. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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