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− | + | The two [[Coast Defence Battleship|coast defence battleships]] (sometimes referred to as [[Monitor|monitors]]) of the '''Gorgon Class''' were being built for the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] and were taken up for Royal Navy service. They were completed in 1918. | |
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+ | ==Fire Control== | ||
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+ | ===Rangefinders=== | ||
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+ | ===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== | ||
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+ | ===Gunnery Control=== | ||
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+ | ====Control Positions==== | ||
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+ | ====Control Groups==== | ||
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+ | ===Directors=== | ||
+ | Both ships had directors for main and secondary batteries in place upon joining the fleet.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 15.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Torpedo Control=== | ||
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+ | ===Transmitting Stations=== | ||
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+ | ===Dreyer Table=== | ||
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+ | These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Fire Control Instruments=== | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_class_monitor Wikipedia] | ||
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+ | ==Footnotes== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | <small> | ||
+ | *{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}} | ||
+ | *{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}} | ||
+ | *{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}} | ||
+ | </small> | ||
[[Category:Ship Class]] | [[Category:Ship Class]] | ||
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+ | {{Gorgon Class (1913)}} |
Revision as of 14:59, 1 October 2009
The two coast defence battleships (sometimes referred to as monitors) of the Gorgon Class were being built for the Royal Norwegian Navy and were taken up for Royal Navy service. They were completed in 1918.
Contents
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Both ships had directors for main and secondary batteries in place upon joining the fleet.[1]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 15.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
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
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919