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Posted by Michael R.
on 10/11/2009, 8:41 am, in reply to "RN J/K/N-classes destroyers"
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From"British destroyers" by Edgar J. March, 1966:
C.N.S. decided: "I cannot help feeling bow fire is of overwhelmingly greater importance than astern which, owing to director limitation, must necessarily be ineffiecient and very temporare. More important to fight the way when advancing than fire right astern after attack when their own smoke screen would intefere with gunfire....."
the C.s-in-C. were agreed on training through right ahead.
And from Destroyer Weapons of WW2 by Peter Hodges and Norman Friedmann:J, K and N Classes: "As built" photographs always show "X"mounting housed with muzzles forward, but early in the war the stops were altered to allow the guns to stow at 180 degrees."
The latter remark explains why there are photographs of N-class DDs wit the X-guns trained aft or forward as well.
--Previous Message--
: Hi everybody!
: Please, may anone prevent me from running
: amok?
: I am looking and searching my eyes out for
: the reason why the J/K-class destroyers had
: their aft twin 4,7 in guns mounted forwads.
: I know I read it somewhere but do not find
: the exact reason for this. Also it seems as
: the N-class had their aft mounts traind aft.
: I saw pix of N-cl vessels showing their guns
: being trained exatcly in 180° ship long.
: axis. This would not have been possible in
: J+K-classes, as their mounts could only be
: trained from 170° stbd to 170° bbd.
: Or where all refitted later so their guns
: were mounted aft?
:
: Thanks a lot for any hints for the reason
: why to mount them showing forwards,
:
: very best regards,
:
: Thorsten
:
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