Seaslug firing reports.

The table below shows the result of twenty consecutive 'continuation' firings by one of the County Class destroyers, HMS Antrim. These are not trials firings, but some of those carried out by the ship during its commission. Although dates are not shown they are consecutive firings; there were none in between those shown.

Firing number

Target Speed

Altitude at IOF

Range at IOF

Mode

Time to target

Range

Crossing

PNA

Result

AN16

505

3800

37000

LOSBR

43.23

29700

R-L

3000

C

AN17

440

1650

26500

LOSBR

33.69

22900

R-L

16400

C

AN18

1730

53600

58800

LOSBR

46.55

34500

R-L

3000

I

AN19

523

2650

2110

LOSBR

24.69

17000

 

0

B

AN20

470

5100

32700

LOSBR

40.27

27700

R-L

25000

F

AN21

520

7550

20000

LOSBR

24.07

16000

R-L

3000

B

AN22

520

4300

17100

LOSBR

21.19

13680

R-L

6500

C

AN23

 

12100

45100

LOSBR

50.96

35820

 

0

C

AN24

550

11900

28200

LOSBR

33.62

23500

 

0

C

AN25

645

9800

34200

LOSBR

38.58

27000

R-L

16000

C

AM26

640

9600

32300

LOSBR

35.14

24900

R-L

2500

C

AN27

675

19200

41400

LOSBR

43.59

32500

R-L

11700

BI

AN28

0

0

29900

CASWTD

46.12

29990

 

0

U

AN29

 

107

20000

CASWTD

 

 

 

0

U

AN30

456

860

27370

LOSBR

36.20

23870

R-L

19300

U

AN31

 

9500

38200

LOSBR

43.56

31000

R-L

9200

F

AN32

 

4600

38600

LOSBR

46.11

31500

R-L

10500

C

AN33

662

100

20400

CASWTD

23.43

15180

 

0

U

AN34

670

16700

31000

LOSBR

 

 

R-L

2800

U

AN35

725

16500

33900

LOSBR

 

 

 

0

U

Key:  

Explanation Explanation
C Command IOF Instant of Fire
F Fuze PNA Point of Nearest Approach
B Both command and fuze
I Impact
U Unsuccessful
Altitudes are in feet, speed is in feet per second, ranges are in yards and times are in seconds.

I'd like to thank all those in the FPSyA office for giving me permission to publish this information -it's greatly appreciated. I'd also like to thank the curator and staff of the RN Radar and Radio Museum for allowing me access to their archives.

This page copyright SR Jenkins April 2013; reproduction without prior approval is prohibited.

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