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==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 never received Dreyer tables.<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables''.  p. 3.</ref>
===Shipwide Network===
By 1909, the 6 ships in this class were equipped with [[Vickers|Vickers, Son and Maxim]] instruments for range, deflection and orders and with [[Barr and Stroud]] [[Range Rate|rate]] instruments:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', pp. 56, 60.</ref>
* Vickers range transmitters:  6
* Vickers deflection transmitters:  6
* Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 23
* Vickers C.O.S.: 3
* Vickers Check fire switches: 6
* Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
* Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
* Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
* Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 12 with 4 keys
* Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells:  18 with 1 key
These ships lacked ''Target Visible'' and ''Gun Ready'' signals.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''.  p. 11.</ref>
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_class_cruiser Wikipedia]
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
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{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}}
{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1914}}
{{BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}}
{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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Revision as of 19:51, 20 September 2009

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 never received Dreyer tables.[1]

Shipwide Network

By 1909, the 6 ships in this class were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments:[2]

  • Vickers range transmitters: 6
  • Vickers deflection transmitters: 6
  • Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 23
  • Vickers C.O.S.: 3
  • Vickers Check fire switches: 6
  • Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
  • Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
  • Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
  • Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 12 with 4 keys
  • Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key

These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
  2. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 56, 60.
  3. ↑ 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:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918


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