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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> | ||
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In 1909, it was planned that all four ships in this class were to be completed with the latest [[Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments]] as follows:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', pp. 57, 60.</ref> | In 1909, it was planned that all four ships in this class were to be completed with the latest [[Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments]] as follows:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', pp. 57, 60.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:50, 22 September 2009
The four Light Cruisers of the Weymouth Class (sometimes called Improved Bristol Class, or referred to as the Weymouth subclass of the Town Class) were completed by 1912. They consolidated the mixed battery of the Bristol class into a uniform battery of eight 6-in guns.
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.[1]
Fire Control Instruments
In 1909, it was planned that all four ships in this class were to be completed with the latest Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments as follows:[2]
- Range Transmitters: 2
- Deflection Transmitters: 2
- Range Receivers: 8
- Deflection Receivers: 8
- C.O.S.: none
- Vickers Fire Gongs: 8 with 2 keys
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[3]
See Also
Footnotes
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
