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===Torpedoes===
 
===Torpedoes===
In ''Talbot's'' trials, she was able to fire from submerged tubes with no deflection while running full speed.  Her stern tube appears to have been above-water by design but was firing reliably even when full of water at speed, unlike the [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] which found this problematic the same year.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896'', pp. 36, 37, 41.</ref>
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In ''Talbot's'' trials, she was able to fire from submerged tubes with no deflection while running full speed.  Her stern tube appears to have been above-water by design but was firing reliably even when full of water at speed, unlike the [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] which found this problematic the same year.{{ARTS1896|pp. 36, 37, 41}}
  
 
==Fire Control==
 
==Fire Control==

Revision as of 22:13, 18 September 2012

The nine Second-Class Cruisers of the Eclipse Class were quite old during World War I.

Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Diana
Dido
Doris
Eclipse
Isis
Juno
Minerva
Talbot
Venus

Armament

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Other Guns

Torpedoes

In Talbot's trials, she was able to fire from submerged tubes with no deflection while running full speed. Her stern tube appears to have been above-water by design but was firing reliably even when full of water at speed, unlike the Apollo class which found this problematic the same year.[1]

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Transmitting Stations

Fire Control Instruments

Torpedo Control

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. 36, 37, 41.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


Eclipse Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Diana Dido Doris Eclipse Isis
  Juno Minerva Talbot Venus  
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