Aurora briefly carried a forecastle flying-off platform so a monoplane could challenge the Zeppelins harassing the Harwich Force. The aircraft experiment failed, while a three-inch anti-aircraft gun provided a more practical defence. She also helped sink the German raider Meteor, captured naval trawlers, and covered a seaplane raid before receiving chutes and rails for minelaying. A tripod mast and light director improved fire control. An awkward attempt to add torpedo tubes ahead of the forward six-inch gun was subsequently reversed. The sequence shows a small prewar cruiser being repeatedly adapted for aircraft, mine, gunnery, and torpedo demands that had not been settled when she was designed.
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Aurora adapts to Zeppelins, mines, and changing war
A flying-off platform, stronger anti-aircraft armament, mine rails, a director, and revised torpedo tubes show Aurora being repeatedly altered as wartime threats and missions changed.