Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)

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Twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey Class were completed, twenty as part of the 1912-1913 Programme, and two as part of the 1914 War Emergency Programme.

They were the first Royal Navy destroyers to ship twin torpedo tubes, effectively doubling their outfit.

Armament

Guns

Three 4-in guns on centre line

Torpedoes

Two twin 21-in tubes on tne centre line

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]

Fire Control Instruments

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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