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===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== | ===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== | ||
These ships almost certainly had [[Evershed Bearing Indicator|Evershed gear]] for gun control from delivery, and would also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control after orders for such installations from February 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 29.</ref> | |||
===Gunnery Control=== | ===Gunnery Control=== | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 1 October 2009
The two light cruisers of the Emerald Class were completed in 1926. A third vessel, Euphrates, was not completed.
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Evershed Bearing Indicators
These ships almost certainly had Evershed gear for gun control from delivery, and would also feature Evershed installations for searchlight control after orders for such installations from February 1917.[1]
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Directors
All ships were completed with gunnery directors in place.[2]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Fire Control Instruments
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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
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
