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| − | [[File:ARTS1913Plate13.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Bearing Rate Instrument'''<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913'', Plate 13.</ref> ]] | + | #REDIRECT [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument]] |
| − | The '''Bearing Rate Instrument''' was an experimental piece of equipment intended for deployment in the Torpedo Control Tower of a Royal Navy capital ship.
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| − | Two were allegedly built for trial in ''Queen Mary'' and ''King George V.''<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913'', pp. 31-32, plate 13.</ref>
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| − | They took relative bearings from the tower's rangefinder, rectified them by a gyrocompass repeater to true bearing and plotted them in a manner very similar to a [[Dreyer Fire Control Table|Dreyer table]]'s bearing plot. These would permit a bearing rate to be observed and applied through a set of slide rules to obtain a deflection to be applied to a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]].
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | ==Footnotes==
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| − | {{reflist}}
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | *{{BibUKARTS1912}}
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| − | *{{BibUKARTS1913}}
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| − | [[Category:Torpedo Control]]
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| − | [[Category:Shipboard Equipment]]
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 14 April 2011
