Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)

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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,[5] and the Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 shows that all other ships in the class were given Mark I equipment (except Redoubtable, which is conspicuously omitted).[6]

The equipment listed in the 1909 handbook indicates it is for the Mark I majority, but may also described the equipment of the Mark II ships:[7]

  • Range: 4 transmitters, 21 receivers
  • Orders: 4 transmitters, 14 receivers
  • Rate: none
  • Deflection: 4 transmitters, 21 receivers

Additionally, the entire class had the following Siemens equipment:[8]

  • Group Switches: none
  • Turret fire gongs: 4 with 2 keys (Revenge only)
  • Fire Gongs: 10 with 2 keys
  • Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 14 with 1 key

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, 1909, p. 56.
  7. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.
  8. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 59.

Bibliography

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  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
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