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Type	Director
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Summary	Directors were small rotatable compartments high in a ship which controlled the guns and torpedoes.


Population	81
Coverage	Only a start has been made.

Categorised By	Into - Total: 81 General comparison below-See others above
Director Attribute	Blind Fire: 2 Optical Rangefinder: 10 Pedestal Sight: 10 Power Driven: 2 Relative Rate: 4 Rotating Compartment: 5 Separate Optical Rangefinder: 1 Slewing Sight: 1 Stable Element: 6 Tachymetric: 4
Director Type	Anti Aircraft: 40 Anti Surface: 30 Barrage: 1 Range Finder: 10 Torpedo Control: 7
Sensor - Major Maritime Country	British: 31 German: 6 Japanese: 19 Russian: 3 United States: 22

Director	In Service YMD	Director Type	Director Attribute	Summary
USA Director Mark 37		Anti Aircraft	Optical Rangefinder \| Power Driven \| Rotating Compartment \| Slewing Sight \| Stable Element \| Tachymetric
USA Director Mark 54		Anti Surface
USA Director Mark 56		Anti Aircraft
RU Director Zalp		Anti Surface		Main gun control
RU Director Yakor		Anti Aircraft
RU Director Zarya		Torpedo Control
USA Director Mark 51		Anti Aircraft	Pedestal Sight \| Relative Rate
USA Director Mark 34		Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder \| Rotating Compartment \| Stable Element
USA Director Mark 35		Anti Surface
BR Director Close Range Blind Fire Director		Anti Aircraft
USA Director Mark 38		Anti Surface
BR Director Mark 37		Anti Aircraft
DEU Director Low Angle Pedestal Sight		Anti Aircraft
USA Director Mark 16		Anti Surface	Pedestal Sight
USA Director Mark 18		Anti Surface	Pedestal Sight \| Stable Element
USA Director Mark 24		Anti Surface
USA Director Torpedo Control Mark 27		Torpedo Control
USA Director Mark 11		Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder \| Rotating Compartment
USA Director Mark 28		Anti Aircraft	Optical Rangefinder \| Pedestal Sight \| Stable Element \| Tachymetric
USA Director Mark 7		Anti Surface	Pedestal Sight
USA Director Mark 8		Anti Surface	Pedestal Sight
USA Director Mark 52		Anti Aircraft	Pedestal Sight \| Relative Rate
JPN Director Type 94 Model 5 Low Angle		Anti Surface		Later cruiser main battery model.
JPN Director Type 97 Model 1 Torpedo		Torpedo Control
JPN Director Type 14 6m Rangefinder		Range Finder
JPN Director 2.5m HA Optical Rangefinder		Range Finder
JPN Director Type 14 4.5m Rangefinder		Range Finder
JPN Director Type 14 3.5m Rangefinder		Range Finder
GBR Director Rangefinder 15ft Barr And Stroud		Range Finder
GBR Director 4.5ft Rangefinder By Barr	1892_Jan_01	Range Finder
GBR Director 9ft Rangefinder By Barr	1906_Jan_01	Range Finder
JPN Director Type 13 Low Angle	1911_Jan_01	Anti Surface
JPN Director Type 14 Low Angle	1924_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface
JPN Director Type 14 Torpedo	1924_Jan_01	Torpedo Control
BR, Director, HACS Mark 1	1925_Nov_01	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, HA Rangefinder 15ft	1926_Jan_01	Range Finder
USA Director Mark 19	1928_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft	Pedestal Sight \| Separate Optical Rangefinder \| Stable Element \| Tachymetric	First heavy anti aircraft director.
JPN Director Type 91 High Angle	1929_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
JPN Director Type 89 Torpedo	1929_Jan_01	Torpedo Control
JPN Director Type 89 High Angle	1929_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
DEU Director Low Angle Type 1930	1929_Apr_17	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, Optical Rangefinder MQ 1	1930_Feb_11	Range Finder
BR Director Destroyer Director Sight	1930_Feb_11	Anti Surface
DEU Director High Angle Type 1931	1931_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
JPN Director Type 91 Model 3 Torpedo	1932_Jan_01	Torpedo Control
BR Director Destroyer Director Control Tower	1932_May_30	Anti Surface
BR Director 3 Man Rangefinder With MS 20	1932_May_30	Range Finder
USA Director Mark 33	1932_Nov_15	Anti Aircraft	Optical Rangefinder \| Power Driven \| Rotating Compartment \| Stable Element \| Tachymetric
JPN Director Type 94 Model 1 Low Angle	1933_Jan_01	Anti Surface		For battleship's main battery.
JPN Director Type 95 Machine Gun	1933_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, HACS Mark II	1933_Apr_01	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, HACS Mark III	1934_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
USA Director Mark 31	1934_Feb_10	Anti Surface
JPN Director Type 91 Torpedo	1936_Jan_01	Torpedo Control
JPN Director Type 94 Model 2 Low Angle	1936_Jan_01	Anti Surface		For battleship's secondary battery and cruiser's main battery.
JPN Director Type 94 High Angle	1936_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft
JPN Director Type 94 Model 3 Low Angle	1936_Jan_01	Anti Surface		For destroyer's main battery.
BR, Director, HACS Mark IV	1936_Sep_01	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, Mark ??	1937_Dec_01	Anti Aircraft
BR, Director, Main Cruiser Mark ?	1937_Dec_01	Anti Surface
BR Director Rangefinder Director Mk II	1938_May_03	Anti Aircraft
BR Director Rangefinder Director Mk II W	1938_May_03	Anti Aircraft
BR Director Rangefinder Director Mk III W	1938_May_03	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder
DEU Director Low Angle Type 1935	1938_May_21	Anti Aircraft
DEU Director High Angle Type 1933	1938_May_21	Anti Aircraft
BR Director Destroyer DCT With AA Mods	1939_Apr_13	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface
DEU Director High Angle Type 1937	1939_Apr_29	Anti Aircraft
BR Director Combined DCT And Rangefinder	1939_Dec_19	Anti Surface
BR, Director, Main Battleship Mark ??	1940_Dec_11	Anti Surface
BR, Director, Main Battleship Mark ???	1940_Dec_11	Anti Surface
BR Director HA LA Mk IV Type TP	1940_Dec_19	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder
BR, Director, Barrage Mark ???	1941_Sep_01	Barrage
BR, Director, Pom Pom Mark ???	1941_Sep_01	Anti Aircraft
BR Director Rangefinder Director Mk V**	1942_Jun_19	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder
BR, Director, HACS Mark V	1942_Jun_22	Anti Aircraft
USA Director Mark 49	1943_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft	Rotating Compartment
BR Director HA LA Mk I Type K	1944_Jun_01	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder
USA Director Mark 57	1945_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft	Blind Fire \| Pedestal Sight \| Relative Rate
USA Director Mark 63	1945_Jan_01	Anti Aircraft	Blind Fire \| Pedestal Sight \| Relative Rate
BR, Director, HACS Mark VI	1945_Mar_01	Anti Aircraft
BR Director HA LA Mk VI	1945_Aug_01	Anti Aircraft \| Anti Surface	Optical Rangefinder

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