"V" Class Flotilla Leader (1917)

The five flotilla leaders of the "V" Class... [TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

Machinery

Generators

In 1916, it was stated that flotilla leaders have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel with an additional 9 kw oil-fired set for emergency use.^[1] However, another source indicates the ships carried a single 36.5 kw set.^[2]

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.^[3]

Fire Control Instruments

Alterations

By November 1918, Valorous and Valentine (only), operating with the Eleventh and Thirteenth Destroyer Flotillas, respectively, were fitted to carry 40 "H" and "M" type mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.^[4]

Footnotes

↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 120.
↑ March, Edgar J. British Destroyers, pp. 205-206.
↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
↑ Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918, p. 11. Plate 7.

Bibliography

Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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[1] Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 120.

[2] March, Edgar J. British Destroyers, pp. 205-206.

[3] sent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

[4] Admiralty. Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918, p. 11. Plate 7.

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