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    The Fuze Keeping Clock (FKC) was a simplified version of the Royal Navy's High Angle Control System analogue fire control computer. It first appeared as...
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    ships from such attacks. Destroyers did not use HACS, but rather the Fuze Keeping Clock (FKC), a simplified version of HACS. Starting in 1938 all new RN destroyers...
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    control against surface targets. The High Angle Control System and Fuze Keeping Clock were used for gunnery control against aircraft. Director (military)...
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    gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system. Three ships were built; HMS Auckland...
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    Flotilla, built under the War Emergency Programme. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. Four ships, Verulam, Venus, Vigilant and...
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    Table Arthur Pollen's Argo Clock Admiralty Fire Control Table – from 1920s HACS – A/A system from 1931 Fuze Keeping Clock – simplified HACS A/A system...
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    a twin mounting forward and two singles aft. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. The quadruple mounting Mark VII for the...
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  • Seaslug – retired Sea Viper Sea Wolf Unrotated projectile - retired Fuze Keeping Clock Gyro rate unit HACS Hazemeyer gun mount Pom-Pom director Ikara - retired...
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    was known as the "3 man modified rangefinder". These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. The N class were ordered in 1940 as repeats...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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  • of King's College Folkestone Central railway station, in England Fuze Keeping Clock, a fire control computer This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    again, as the Mk.I "K tower" of the Z class. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. Despite its problems, the L and M class'...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    counter the poor riding qualities of the Js. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. The O-class ships were built in two groups...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    favourably on paper with many contemporaries. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. In the Q class, 'Y' gun could be removed...
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    (HACS) for secondary armament AA fire while the Ceylon group used the Fuze Keeping Clock for AA fire control. Both groups used the Admiralty Fire Control Table...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    4-inch guns which had superior anti-aircraft fire control via the Fuze Keeping Clock, while retaining excellent anti-submarine capability. They were designed...
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    with Fuze Setting Pedestals or Mk V Fuze Setting Trays, to allow the mountings to be fired against aircraft while being controlled by the Fuze Keeping Clock...
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    class were completed in time for wartime service. All ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock High Angle Fire Control Computer. The "Ca" flotilla were generally...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    Type 285 for 4.7-inch gun control and a DCT controller, utilizing a Fuze Keeping Clock, for the 4-inch guns (working with the Type 285 radar). The radar...
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    dual-purpose gun, which, when engaging aircraft, were directed by the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system. The Hunt class was intended to...
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    quadruple Vickers .50-inch machine guns. These ships introduced the Fuze Keeping Clock High Angle Fire Control Computer, which was used on all subsequent...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    Control Clock. Anti-aircraft fire for the main guns was controlled by the Rangefinder/Director which sent data to the mechanical Fuze Keeping Clock. The...
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    favourably with many of their contemporaries. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer. The R class repeated the Qs, except that...
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