Faulknor Class Flotilla Leader (1914)
The four flotilla leaders of the Faulknor Class were completed between 1914 and 1916.
Machinery
Generators
In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additiona 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[1] It is likely but not certain that this applied to this earlier class.
Armament
4-in Guns
The ships carried six 4-in QF Mark VI 45cal guns.[2][3]
Other Guns
One 1-pdr (or 1.5-pdr) HA gun and two .303-in Maxim machine guns.[4]
When three of the ships served at Dover after the loss of Tipperary, their 4-in guns were outranged by German destroyer guns, prompting the exchange in March 1918 of two 4.7-in BL Mark I guns on CP VI mountings capable of 30 degree elevation for the fore and aft 4-in weapons. With a range of 16,000 yards as opposed to 12,000, the ships were much more dangerous, but weight considerations prevented a complete change to 4.7-in guns.[5][6]
Torpedoes
The ships carried two 21-in torpedo tubes on each broadside, Faulknor and Broke as four single mounts, and the others as two double mounts.[7]
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Main Battery
Secondary Battery
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[8]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School', 1916', p. 120.
- ↑ Conway's. p. 77.
- ↑ Technical History and Index Vol. 4, Part 34, p. 14.
- ↑ Conway's. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's. p. 78.
- ↑ Technical History and Index Vol. 4, Part 34, p. 14.
- ↑ Conway's. p. 77.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
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
