Dreyer Table Mark I
The Dreyer Fire Control Table Mark I was a downsized version of the earlier Mark III table, and probably first deployed in 1915<Brooks, John. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control, p. 176.</ref>. With a footprint 23% smaller than the Mark III table's[1], it could more comfortably fit within the smaller transmitting stations of the early dreadnoughts and battlecruisers into which it was retro-fitted.
Particulars
The Mark I was entirely hand-worked. Although the Mark III table could fall back to a hand-worked mode[2], with the Mark I (and Mark I* tables, this was the only means of operation.
Range Plot
The range plot ran the entire width of the table in the back, with a range rate grid positioned over it. As first created, the tables used a Brownrigg keyboard, but by 1918 they were being replaced by the 9 key range typewriter. The range scale
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Deployment
| Ship using Mark I table | Date equipped | Notes |
| Dreadnought | mid 1916, perhaps by May 25[3] | installed in fore TS |
| Colossus | N/A | |
| Hercules | ??? | |
| Neptune | ??? | |
| Collingwood | ??? | |
| St. Vincent | ??? | |
| Agincourt | ??? | |
| Erin | ??? | |
| Bellerophon | before Jutland[4] | |
| Marlborough | ??? | |
| Superb | ??? | |
| Temeraire | ??? | |
| Australia | ??? | |
| New Zealand | after Jutland[Inference][5] | |
| Inflexible | ??? | |
| Invincible | ??? |
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Template:BibBrooksDreadnoughtGunnery
- Template:BibRobertsAnatomyDreadnought
