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The '''Torpedo Director Pattern 2389''' was a British torpedo director similar to the [[Torpedo Director Pattern 2390|Pattern 2390]], but fitted with a [[Tangent Arm]] so it could be worked from the bridge.<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 564.</ref> It was likely a 60 degree arc, just as the 2390.{{INF}}
 
 
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The '''Torpedo Director Pattern 2389''' was a circular British torpedo director similar to the [['Torpedo Director Pattern 2390|Pattern 2390]], but fitted with a [[Tangent Arm]] so it could be worked from the bridge.<ref>''Torpedo Drill Book, 1914'', p. 564.</ref>
 
  
 
It was initially available by 1910, at least.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910'', p. 32.</ref>
 
It was initially available by 1910, at least.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910'', p. 32.</ref>

Revision as of 20:46, 19 March 2011

The Torpedo Director Pattern 2389 was a British torpedo director similar to the Pattern 2390, but fitted with a Tangent Arm so it could be worked from the bridge.[1] It was likely a 60 degree arc, just as the 2390.[Inference]

It was initially available by 1910, at least.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Torpedo Drill Book, 1914, p. 564.
  2. The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910, p. 32.

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