"V" Class Flotilla Leader (1917)
The five flotilla leaders of the "V" Class were completed in 1917 and boasted a higher speed so they could keep pace with the very fast "S" class destroyers.
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
Four 4-in Q.F. Mark V guns on C.P. II mountings, recoiling 20 inches, elevating 30 degrees with sights etched to 13,600 yards.[3]
Torpedoes
Fire Control
These ships had electric fire control systems as did the earlier flotilla leaders, but also had the light training director system.[4]
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[5]
Alterations
By November 1918, Valorous and Valentine (only), operating with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla and Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla, 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.[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 120.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. Edgar J. British Destroyers, pp. 205-206.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 34. p. 17.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 34. p. 17.
- ↑ 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.
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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