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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