British naval weapons of World War Two. Volume I, Destroyer weapons. : the John Lambert collection / edited and introduced by Norman Friedman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Norman, editor.

Series:

The John Lambert Collection

The John Lambert Collection ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

"For anyone wishing to super-detail any British destroyer of this era, this book looks to be a real must-have." -- Nautical Research Guild's Model Ship World John Lambert was a renowned naval draftsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

About the Author

Publishers' Note

Introduction

THE PLANS

Ships: S Series

S 1 HMS Whitehall, as completed July 1924

S 2 HMS Harvester, May 1940

S 3 HMS Matabele, 'Tribal' class, January 1939

S 4 HMS Napier: guns and torpedo arcs, December 1940

S 5 Sketch design of 1939 for HMS Quilliam

S 6 HMS Caesar, as completed October 1944

S 7 Shipbuilders' drawings for common World War Two naval weapons

Guns: G Series

G 1 4in QF Mk IV on P.IX mounting, 1916-1945

G 2 4in BL Mk VIII gun on P (Pedestal) Mk VII mounting, 1911-12

G 3 4.7in BL Mk I gun CP Mk VI mounting, 1917

G 4 QFSA 4.7in/45 Mk IX gun on CP Mk XIII mounting, 1931

G 5 4.7in QF Mk IX** Gun as in 1943

G 6 QFSA 4.7in/45 Mk IX** gun on CP Mk XVIII mounting, 1934-1942

G 7 QFSA 4.7in/45 CP twin mounting Mk XIX, 1938-1945

G 8 4.7in Mk IX** on Mk XXII mounting, 1943

G 9 Twin 4.7in QFSA Mk XI guns on Mk XX mounting, 1942

G 10 Twin QF 4.5in Mk I or III guns on HA Mk II BD mountings, 1938

G 11 4.5in Mk IV gun on Mk V Mod 2 mounting, 1945

G 12 Twin 4.5in Mk 3(N) QFSA guns on Mk 4 and Mk 4* mounting, 1945

G 13 The 4in QF Mk V series on HA Mk III, III** mountings, 1917-1945

G 14 3in 20cwt Mk I gun on Mk IVA mounting

G 15 12pdr 12cwt gun on HA/LA Mk IX mounting

Automatic Weapons: A Series

A 1 Vickers 40mm 2pdr on HA Mk II mounting, 1929

A 2 Quad Vickers 0.50in machine guns on 'M' Mk III mounting, 1938

A 3 2pdr Mk VIII LV (low velocity) and Mk VIII* HV (high velocity) guns

A 4 Quad 2pdr mounting 'M' Mk VII

A 5 Quad 2pdr Mk VII* P mounting of 1944, with power operation

A 6 Projected 0.661in close range automatic gun on 'M' (multiple) 6-barrelled Mk I mounting, 1935

A 7 Twin 40mm Bofors Mk IV* (Hazemeyer) mounting, 1944.

A 8 Single 40mm Bofors Mk III* naval mounting, 1946

A 9 Twin 40mm Bofors STAAG Mk 3 mounting

A 10 Twin 20mm Oerlikon on Mk V (power) mounting, 1943

A 11 6pdr 10cwt Mk I gun on twin Mk I mounting, 1944

Gun Fire Control: F Series

F 1 9ft FQ 2 rangefinder on MQ 1 and MQ 12 mountings, 1918-1921

F 2 Destroyer gunnery control tower, general arrangement for 'E' class, 1931

F 3 Combined rangefinder director Mk I, 1937

F 4 Director control towers for 1936 Programme destroyers ('J' class), 1939

F 5 Three-man rangefinder fitted to 'J', 'K' and 'N' class destroyers, as modified

F 6 Rangefinder director Mk III (W) and Type 285 aerial arrays

F 7 Rangefinder director Mk IV HA/LA, Mk I Type K, Mk VI, HACS Mk IV, HA/LA Mk V and V*(M) HA/LA directors, 1942-1945

F 8 Destroyer rangefinder director Mk V**, 1943

F 9 Director control towers for 'Q' and 'R' classes, 1943

F 10 External detail of the RP 40 control system, as in 'Battle' class with Mk VI director

Torpedoes: T Series

T 1 Quadruple 21in torpedo tubes QRE Mk I, 1929

T 2 Pentad 21in torpedo tubes PR Mk II, 1937, as in 'K' class fleet destroyers

T 3 Quintuple 21in PR Mk III torpedo tubes, 1944, in 1943 group of 'Battle' class destroyers

T 4 Quadruple 21in QR Mk VIII torpedo tubes and Mk IX torpedo, 1943

T 5 Torpedo loading davit for destroyers, 1943-1944

Mine Warfare and other weapons: M series

M 1 The TSDS (Two-Speed Destroyer Sweep) equipment and operation, 1939-1945

M 2 HMS Napier, 'N' class fleet destroyer, depth charge arrangements

M 3 'V' class destroyers - inboard smoke production apparatus as fitted at Malta, 1926.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5267-4768-5

OCLC:

1101770798