Bristol Class Cruiser (1909)

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The five light cruisers of the Bristol Class (sometimes called Town Class) were completed by 1911.

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

This equipment was unlikely to have been fitted for gun or searchlight control.[1]

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[2]

Fire Control Instruments

In 1909, it was planned that all five ships in this class were to be completed with the latest Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments as follows:[3]

  • Range Transmitters: 4
  • Deflection Transmitters: 4
  • Range Receivers: 12
  • Deflection Receivers: 12
  • C.O.S.: 1
  • Vickers Fire Gongs: 12 with 4 keys

None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 29.
  2. ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 57, 60.
  4. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.

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

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