H.M.S. Hood (1918)
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Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 34 (April, 1918)[1] |
Built By: | John Brown, Clydebank |
Laid Down: | 24 February, 1913 |
Launched: | 31 October, 1914 |
Commissioned: | 1 October, 1915 |
Sunk: | 25 November, 1941 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
In Command
Fire Control Systems
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
Hood was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower. Both were to be fitted with double cam grooves and two rollers.[2]
Secondary Battery
Her 5.5-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors situated high on her forward superstructure.[3]
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Dreyer Table
Hood had a Mark V Dreyer table.[4] It was probably the only one ever to go to sea.
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibRobertsBattlecruisers