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===Dreyer Table=== | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> | These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> | ||
===Fire Control Instruments=== | ===Fire Control Instruments=== | ||
| − | The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as: | + | The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}} |
* Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers | * Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers | ||
* Group Switches: 2 | * Group Switches: 2 | ||
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* Bearing: none | * Bearing: none | ||
* Range: none | * Range: none | ||
| − | Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment: | + | Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}} |
* Turret fire gongs: none | * Turret fire gongs: none | ||
* Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys | * Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys | ||
* Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key | * Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key | ||
| − | None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals. | + | None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}} |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* Keith McBride. ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44. | * Keith McBride. ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44. | ||
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Revision as of 19:46, 25 July 2012
The eight protected cruisers of the Diadem Class were completed between 1898 and 1903.
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphitrite | Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness | 8 December, 1896 | 5 January, 1898 | 17 September, 1901 | Sold 14 April, 1920 |
| Andromeda | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 2 December, 1895 | 30 April, 1897 | 5 September, 1899 | Sold August, 1956 |
| Argonaut | Fairfield, Govan | 23 November, 1896 | 24 January, 1898 | 19 April, 1900 | Sunk 26 July, 1917 by U.C.65 |
| Ariadne | J. &. G. Thomson, Clydebank | 29 October, 1896 | 22 April, 1898 | 5 June, 1902 | |
| Diadem | Fairfield, Govan | 23 January, 1896 | 21 October, 1896 | 19 July, 1898 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
| Europa | J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank | 10 January, 1896 | 20 March, 1897 | 23 November, 1899 | Sold 15 September, 1920 |
| Niobe | Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness | 16 December, 1895 | 20 February, 1897 | 6 December, 1898 | Broken up 1922 |
| Spartiate | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 10 May, 1897 | 27 October, 1898 | 17 March, 1903 | Sold July, 1932 |
Contents
Armament
Guns
Secondary Battery
Other Guns
Torpedoes
Two submerged tubes forward, presumably firing directly abeam.[1]
Fire Control
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:[3]
- Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers
- Group Switches: 2
- Rate: 4 transmitters, 4 receivers
- Bearing: none
- Range: none
Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:[4]
- Turret fire gongs: none
- Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896, p. 40.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 11.
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- 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:BibBrooksDreadnoughtGunnery
- Template:DirectorFiringH1917
- Template:DreyerTableH1918
- Keith McBride. The Diadem Class Cruisers in Warship, Volume XI Issue 44.
