Danae Class Cruiser (1917)

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The eight light cruisers of the Danae Class were completed between 1918 and 1922. An additional four planned ships were not completed.

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

These ships almost certainly had Evershed gear for gun control from delivery, and were the first new light cruisers to also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control.[1]

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

All ships were completed with gunnery directors in place.[2] The director was in a tower on a pedestal mounting and may have been augmented by use of their 'X' gun as a directing gun as on the earlier Caledon class ships.[3]

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Fire Control Instruments

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 11.
  3. Handbook of Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918, p. 142 and plate opposite.

Bibliography

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