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'''Lambert's Attack Director''' was a torpedo control device.  Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1915.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915'',  p. 30.</ref>
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'''Lambert's Attack Director''' was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant [[W. O. H. Lambert]].   
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Six of these were ordered in 1913.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913'',  p. 31.</ref>
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Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1915.<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915'',  p. 30.</ref>
  
 
By its name, it was likely not merely a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.{{INF}}
 
By its name, it was likely not merely a [[Torpedo Director|torpedo director]], but a device to help frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.{{INF}}
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Revision as of 21:46, 25 February 2011

Lambert's Attack Director was a torpedo control device invented by Lieutenant W. O. H. Lambert.

Six of these were ordered in 1913.[1]

Seven of them were undergoing trial at sea around 1915.[2]

By its name, it was likely not merely a torpedo director, but a device to help frame the approach to a firing or to coordinate the fire of multiple ships.[Inference]

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]TONY LOVELL, Editor.

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Footnotes

  1. The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913, p. 31.
  2. The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 30.

Bibliography