Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 02:00, 25 February 2011 by Tone (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search
Kilroy's Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter
This may be such a device, or an Evershed transmitter.

The Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter was designed by Lieutenant W. D. Kilroy to ensure that the spotting officer was watching the same target as was being fired upon by his own ship.

Mark I

The need for this was envisioned in early 1916. It seems likely that supply commenced in late 1916 at the earliest.[1]

Mark II

Supply of these to the latest capital ships commenced in the early months of 1919.[2]

Mark II*

This model was designed for use in light cruisers, and supply commenced in June, 1918.[3]

By 1919, it was supplied to the following classes:

  • Effingham
  • Cairo
  • Caledon
  • Dunedin
  • Dragon
  • Centaur
  • Adelaide

with plans to eventually fit it in:

  • Chatham
  • Weymouth
  • Cambrian
  • Comus
  • Royalist
  • Diomede
  • Despatch
  • HMS Furious
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Hermes

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 25.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 26.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 26.

Bibliography

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=Mechanical_Aid-to-Spotter&oldid=20814"