King George V Class Battleship (1911)
Fire Control Systems
Rangefinders
Directors
Main Battery
The ships were fitted with a cam-type tripod-type director in a light aloft tower on the foremast along with a directing gun in 'X' turret[1].
The main battery could be divided into forward ('A', 'B' & 'Q') and aft ('X' & 'Y') groups for split director control[2].
A C.O.S. in the TS afforded these options[3]:
- all turrets on aloft tower
- all turrets on directing gun
- forward group on aloft tower, aft group on directing gun
Secondary Battery
The 4-in guns never had directors installed[4].
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
These ships discarded the second TS found in earlier dreadnoughts and relied on a single TS[5].
Dreyer Table
King George V had a Mark III Dreyer table while the other three units received Mark II Dreyer tables[6][7]. As of June 1918, they had not been provided Dreyer Turret Control Tables[8].
Miscellaneous
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 88, 142.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917, p. 88.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 88.
- ↑ absent from list in The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. pp. 143.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, pp. 6-7.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Brooks, John. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland, p. 166.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
Bibliography
Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191. Template:BibBrooksDreadnoughtGunnery Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918