Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)

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The two Scout Cruisers of the Boadicea Class were completed by 1910.

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.[1]

Shipwide Network

By 1909, both in this class were outfitted with the latest Vickers F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments (Mark I in Boadicea, Mark II in Bellona) as follows:[2]

  • Range Transmitters: 3
  • Deflection Transmitters: 3
  • Range Receivers: 6
  • Deflection Receivers: 6
  • C.O.S.: 1
  • Vickers Fire Gongs: 6 with 3 keys

None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 57, 60.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.

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

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