Birmingham Class Cruiser (1913)
From The Dreadnought Project
Three of the four light cruisers of the Birmingham Class (sometimes called the Birmingham subclass of the Town Class) were completed in 1914, but Adelaide was completed in 1922.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
This equipment was unlikely to have been fitted for gun or searchlight control.[1]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Birmingham and Lowestoft were fitted with directors in 1917 and 1918.[2] It is likely that Adelaide completed with one in place.[Inference]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[3]
Fire Control Instruments
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See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919