Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)
The two scout cruisers of the Boadicea Class were completed by 1910.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
In 1909, these were described as being similar to the Gem class, but the forecastle and poop guns could be controlled as separate groups or attached to the nearest broadside group on either side. The middle line guns could be connected to whichever side was desired.[2]
Directors
Main Battery
Secondary Battery
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[3]
Fire Control Instruments
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), marking a new wrinkle in equipment by replacing the Barr and Stroud equipment that had taken hold shortly after 1906. The equipment was fitted as follows:[5][6]
- 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.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Handbook of Fire Control Instruments, 1909, Plate 54.
- ↑ Handbook of Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 51-52.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook of Fire Control Instruments, 1909, Plate 52.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 57, 60.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909, p. 148.
- ↑ 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
