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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===
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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==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_class_monitor Wikipedia]
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==Footnotes==
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{{reflist}}
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==Bibliography==
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*{{BibUKHandbookFireControlInstruments1909}}
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*{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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*{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}}
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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.

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

  1. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 15.
  2. absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

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