Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)

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Twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron Class were completed between 1911 and 1912. Twenty were part of the 1911-1912 Programme, and an additional six (later nine) Specials were ordered.

They were the last Royal Navy destroyers to use the 12-pdr gun.

Armament

Guns

Two 4-in guns, fore and aft Two 12 cwt 12-pdr guns, one on each cheek

Torpedoes

Two single 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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