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===Gunnery Control=== | ===Gunnery Control=== |
Revision as of 20:02, 1 October 2009
The five light cruisers of the Bristol Class (sometimes called Town Class) were completed by 1911.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
This equipment was unlikely to have been fitted for gun or searchlight control.[1]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
Main Battery
Secondary Battery
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
In 1909, it was planned that all five ships in this class were to be completed with the latest Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments as follows:[3]
- Range Transmitters: 4
- Deflection Transmitters: 4
- Range Receivers: 12
- Deflection Receivers: 12
- C.O.S.: 1
- Vickers Fire Gongs: 12 with 4 keys
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
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