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

Repulse 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

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918

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