Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)

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The two protected cruisers of the Powerful Class were completed in 1897 and 1898.

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.[1]

Gunnery Control

Local Control in Turrets

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables.[2]

Fire Control Instruments

By 1909, both ships were equipped with Siemens Mark I Fire Control Instruments for range, orders and deflection.[3]

The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Mark I equipment for as:[4]

  • Range: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers
  • Orders: 6 transmitters, 24 receivers in Powerful and 20 in Terrible
  • Rate: 4 transmitters, 12 receivers
  • Deflection: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers

Additionally, the entire class had the following Siemens equipment:[5]

  • Group Switches: 3
  • Turret fire gongs: 2 with 1 keys
  • Fire Gongs: 20 in Powerful, 16 in Terrible, both with 4 keys
  • Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 20 with 1 key

These ships lacked Target Visible and Gun Ready signals.[6]

Torpedo Control

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
  2. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 56.
  4. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
  5. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
  6. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.

Bibliography

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