Minotaur Class Cruiser (1906): Difference between revisions
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
These ships had no Dreyer table<ref>absent from table in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | These ships had no Dreyer table<ref>absent from table in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>. | ||
=== | ===Fire Control Instruments=== | ||
The ships in this class varied in their instruments. By late 1914, ''Africa'', ''Britannia'', ''Dominion'' and ''Hibernia'' were equipped with instruments from [[Vickers|Vickers, Son and Maxim]] paired with [[Barr and Stroud]] [[Range Rate|rate]] instruments. | The ships in this class varied in their instruments. By late 1914, ''Africa'', ''Britannia'', ''Dominion'' and ''Hibernia'' were equipped with instruments from [[Vickers|Vickers, Son and Maxim]] paired with [[Barr and Stroud]] [[Range Rate|rate]] instruments. | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 22 September 2009
The three Armoured Cruisers of the Minotaur Class were completed in 1908 and 1909.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
Secondary Battery
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no Dreyer table[1].
Fire Control Instruments
The ships in this class varied in their instruments. By late 1914, Africa, Britannia, Dominion and Hibernia were equipped with instruments from Vickers, Son and Maxim paired with Barr and Stroud rate instruments.
In 1905, Commonwealth, Hindustan, King Edward VII and Zealandia were slated to be equipped with Barr and Stroud Mark I range and order instruments (the range instruments probably changed to Mark II before installation), and Vickers deflection instruments. However, by 1909, these 4 were apparently equipped entirely with Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment.[2] I think it most likely that plans had changed before the ships received the earlier assortment of 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: 8 transmitters, 40 receivers
- Group Switches: 4
- Rate: 4 transmitters, 12 receivers
- Bearing: none
- Range: none
Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:[4]
- Turret fire gongs: 26 with 8 keys
- Fire Gongs: 8 with 2 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
Template:BibConways1906-1921 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:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
