Parker Class Flotilla Leader (1916)

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The six flotilla leaders of the Parker Class were completed in 1917.[Fact Check]

Parker was initially to be named Frobisher, and is so named in some early documents.[1]

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Grenville Cammell Laird 17 Jun, 1916 Dec, 1931
Parker Cammell Laird 16 Aug, 1916 5 Nov, 1921
Hoste Cammell Laird 16 Aug, 1916 Collision 21 Dec, 1916
Saumarez Cammell Laird 14 Oct, 1916 8 Jan, 1931
Seymour Cammell Laird 31 Aug, 1916 7 Jan, 1930
Anzac Denny 11 Jan, 1917 8 Aug, 1935

Machinery

Generators

In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.[2] It is fairly likely that this applied to this earlier class.

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

  • Two double revolving 21-in torpedo mounts[Citation needed]

In 1917, at least some of these ships were using 21-in Mark II***** torpedoes.[3]

Fire Control

Range and Order Instruments[4]

By the end of 1915, it was planned that all but Anzac at least were to be provided a range and order data system like that then being given to the "M" class destroyers and to the Faulknor class leaders.[5]

The scheme placed the combined transmitter on the forebridge, and a combined receiver near the sightsetter position of each gun. Ranges from 0 to 9900 yards in increments of 100 yards, and orders were "Independent", "Control" and "Fire" with illuminated indicators and a red indicator on the receivers to signal loss of power from the battery pack located below decks.

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Firing Circuits[6]
Training and Slewing Circuits[7]

In 1917, it was approved that all flotilla leaders except Swift and Abdiel should receive installations of the British Destroyer Director Firing System,[8] though no installations of this equipment were completed prior to 1918,[9] and a source from 1920 indicates that the Parkers had not received theirs.[10]

Torpedo Control

Alterations

By November 1918, Seymour (only), operating with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, was fitted to carry 40 "H" and "M" type mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.[11]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ e.g., Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, p. 3, Plate XIV.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 120.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 61.
  4. ↑ Admiralty.  Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, Plate XIV.
  5. ↑ Admiralty. Handbook of Fire Control in Torpedo Boat Destroyers of "M" Class and Later, and Flotilla Leaders, 1915, p. 3, Plate XIV.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate100.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. Plate101.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. 229.
  9. ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918. p. 37.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 34. p. 17.
  11. ↑ Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918, p. 11. Plate 7.

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


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