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==Fire Control==
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Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the TSes in ships prior to [[Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)|''Lord Nelson'' class]] is illustrated in ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914''<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).</ref>. 
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===Rangefinders===
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===Evershed Bearing Indicators===
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It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.{{INF}}
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===Directors===
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These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries<ref>''Director Firing Handbook, 1917'', pp. 142-3.</ref>.
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===Gunnery Control===
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===Local Control in Turrets===
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There was no provision in these ships for local turret control wherein the receivers in the turret could be driven by transmitters in the officer's position at the back of the turret<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 50.</ref>.
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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These ships never received Dreyer tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.
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===Shipwide Network===
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In 1906, it was planned to equip ''Hood'', ''Repulse'' and ''Ramillies'' with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout, but they are absent from a list of ships so equipped in a 1914 source.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906'', p. 82.</ref><ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 72</ref>
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===Torpedo Control===
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==See Also==
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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Revision as of 13:05, 11 September 2009

For the 20th century class of Super-Dreadnought sometimes referred to as the Royal Sovereign class, please go to the Revenge Class page.

Fire Control

Though it may have little relevance given the age difference, the general system of wiring between the TSes in ships prior to Lord Nelson class is illustrated in Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914[1].

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.[Inference]

Directors

These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries[2].

Gunnery Control

Local Control in Turrets

There was no provision in these ships for local turret control wherein the receivers in the turret could be driven by transmitters in the officer's position at the back of the turret[3].

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships never received Dreyer tables[4].

Shipwide Network

In 1906, it was planned to equip Hood, Repulse and Ramillies with Siemens Mark II equipment throughout, but they are absent from a list of ships so equipped in a 1914 source.[5][6]

Torpedo Control

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 50 & Plates 50 and 54(I).
  2. ↑ Director Firing Handbook, 1917, pp. 142-3.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 50.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906, p. 82.
  6. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 72

Bibliography

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