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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
==Torpedoes== | ==Torpedoes== | ||
| − | In 1896, | + | In 1896, {{UK-Blenheim}} had a torpedo hang up on firing from a submerged tube. It eventually was fired from the bar, but broke up and sank. The issue was determined to be soft metal used in the construction of "stops", and harder metal was to replace these fittings.{{ARTS1896|p. 39}} |
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===Dreyer Table=== | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
| − | These ships had no fire control tables. | + | These ships had no fire control tables.{{DreyerH|p. 3}} |
===Fire Control Instruments=== | ===Fire Control Instruments=== | ||
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launch=23 Nov, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | launch=23 Nov, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
comm=2 Feb, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | comm=2 Feb, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
| − | fate= | + | fate=Sold |
fate2= | fate2= | ||
fatedate=9 Jun, 1922{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | fatedate=9 Jun, 1922{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
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name=Blenheim | name=Blenheim | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder=[[ | + | builder=[[Thames Ironworks]]{{Conways1860|p. 66}} |
order= | order= | ||
laid=Oct, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | laid=Oct, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
launch=5 Jul, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | launch=5 Jul, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
comm=26 May, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | comm=26 May, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
| − | fate= | + | fate=Sold |
fate2= | fate2= | ||
fatedate=13 Jul, 1926{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | fatedate=13 Jul, 1926{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 20 September 2012
The two protected cruisers of the Blake Class were completed in 1892 and 1894.
Armament
Torpedoes
In 1896, Blenheim had a torpedo hang up on firing from a submerged tube. It eventually was fired from the bar, but broke up and sank. The issue was determined to be soft metal used in the construction of "stops", and harder metal was to replace these fittings.[1]
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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