H.M.S. Repulse (1916)

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H.M.S. Repulse
Career Details
Pendant Number: 26 (April, 1918)
Built By: John Brown, Clydebank
Laid Down: 25 January, 1915
Launched: 8 January, 1916
Commissioned: 18 August, 1916
Sunk: 10 December, 1941
Fate: Sunk off Malaya

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Royal Sovereign was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. It is likely that B turret had a directing gun in its right position.

Secondary Battery

Her 4-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors with double cam grooves and two rollers, one forward (on foremast below the spotting top) and one aft (on mainmast)[2].

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Like her sister, Repulse had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and 3 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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