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Revision as of 16:19, 14 September 2012
Keep Nearer the Enemy
—signal hoisted in H.M.S. Lion
The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought in the North Sea on 24 January, 1915.
Gunnery
In a 1919 Naval Staff précis of naval gunnery during the war, it was claimed that, "From a gunnery point of view the outstanding feature of this battle was that the British battle cruisers commenced to hit their opponents at 19,000 yds."[1]
British Torpedoes
The Royal Navy quantised its use of torpedoes during the action thusly, with target inclinations and speeds noted. [2]
- 11:00am, Miranda fired a torpedo from 5,500 yards with 135R and 20 knot target, securing a hit under the bridge.
- 11:20am, Tiger fired a torpedo from 6,000 yards with 96L and 10 knot target speed, securing a hit under fore funnel.
- 11:20am, Tiger fired a torpedo from 6,000 yards with 96L and 0 knot target speed and 10 knots on director, missing ahead.[3]
- 11:30am, Arethusa fired a high speed torpedo from 1,600 yards at 90L and 5 knots, hitting under fore turret.
- 11:30am, Arethusa fired a high speed torpedo from 1,600 yards at 90L and 5 knots, hitting the engine room.
- at 11:30am, Mentor fired three torpedoes, claiming one hit.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914 to 1918. p. 29.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 23.
- ↑ I don't see how the target could be going 10 knots and zero knots at the same time!
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery and Torpedo Division (July, 1919). Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918. C.B. 902. The National Archives. ADM 186/238.
- Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1921). Naval Operations. Volume II. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
- Goldrick, James (1984). The King's Ships Were At Sea: The War in the North Sea August 1914–February 1916. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-334-2.
- Marder, Arthur Jacob (1965). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919: The War Years : To the Eve of Jutland.. Volume II. London: Oxford University Press.
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (July, 1921). Naval Staff Monographs. (Fleet Issue.) Volume III. O.U. 6181 (late C.B. 1585). Copy No 127 at The National Archives. ADM 186/610.