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HMS Revenge 1916 & aircraft
While trying to get a better view of a WWI era
British RN BB gun turret, I found: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...le_drawing.png IMHO a nice set of color line drawings! OK, not that unusual, both the top (front and rear) main gun turrets, have wood planking constructed to enable a bi-plane to take off. OK, at ship top speed, & bit of a breeze, the plane could take off, & give scouting capability (& perhaps if all was worked up very well with a wireless, maybe even spotting capability,, although noting, even in 1939&40 that often did not go all that well,,). Question #1, under non-combat conditions could the bi-plane generally land safely on that platform? (Hey, ISTM, if the battle fleet is engaged & firing, the least important concern is aircraft recovery, when out of gas, ditch near a DD & hitch hike home.) Question #2, when the main guns elevated & fired, how much of that scaffolding fell off? Or, was it planned to quickly dismantle & cast overboard? Question #3A (while I have someone looking at this drawing ((??)) I may as well ask a more ignorant question) Go up the main front mast. There is here, & routinely, a large 'spar' that sits horizontal, and atwartship (90 degrees to ship centerline). I've long believed it to be a optical rangefinder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coincidence_rangefinder But I can not find pictures of it at an angle (or aimed toward a broadside target) Is it an optical rangefinder, or just a spar? #3B, if that is not an optical rangefinder, where is the rangefinder? #3C, where does the primary gunfire director crew sit/work? |
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