Annex says forward Radar 909 can control the Mk8 Gun or a Sea Dart SAM

F(1)1 Mk8 114mm/55//1 Radar 909

F(2)1 GWS30 w/22 Sea Dart//2 Radar 909

do we agree that there are 3x Radar 909 on the Coventry?

Thanks

I think Coventry had an aft Radar 909 that could control just Sea Dart.  The forward Radar 909 could control either the gun or Sea Dart.  So, just two Radar 909s.

Thanks. That's the way I read it in the remarks until I looked at the weapons lines, which seem to indicate three. I will go with two unless I hear anything authoritative. 

Jane's Recognition Guide lists the Type 42 having two Radar 909 Fire Control Radars. 

Two Type 909/GWS-30 radars on each Type 42 class destroyer, including HMS Coventry (D118), circled here in red.

Each radar has three antennae, but you don't see those, of course.

 

Thanks Brad