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Revision as of 12:20, 5 October 2009
The two light cruisers of the Emerald Class were completed in 1926. A third vessel, Euphrates, was not completed.
Contents
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
These ships almost certainly had Evershed gear for gun control from delivery, and would also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control after orders for such installations from February 1917.[1]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
All ships were completed with gunnery directors in place.[2]
The director was likely on a pedestal mounting in a tower on the foremast. 'X' or 'Y' may have served as a directing gun in addition.[3]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Fire Control Instruments
[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 11.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918., p. 142 and plate opposite.
I am inferring that the pattern of installation prevalent on the larger light cruisers would be adopted.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
