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Sunday, May 14th 2006, 4:23pm

Admirality "S" class rebuild

Admirality "S" class , Australia Destroyer laid down 1919 (Engine 1931)

Displacement:
1,046 t light; 1,095 t standard; 1,289 t normal; 1,444 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
320.00 ft / 320.00 ft x 30.00 ft x 10.00 ft (normal load)
97.54 m / 97.54 m x 9.14 m x 3.05 m

Armament:
3 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 52.72lbs / 23.92kg shells, 1931 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
2 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline amidships
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1919 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 164 lbs / 74 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 27,881 shp / 20,799 Kw = 32.50 kts
Range 5,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 349 tons

Complement:
106 - 139

Cost:
£0.311 million / $1.245 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 21 tons, 1.6 %
Armour: 9 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 9 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 635 tons, 49.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 361 tons, 28.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 243 tons, 18.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 1.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
395 lbs / 179 Kg = 7.5 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
Metacentric height 1.3 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.21
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.67 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 69 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 69
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Mid (50 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 14.22 ft / 4.33 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 173.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 66.3 %
Waterplane Area: 6,472 Square feet or 601 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 69 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 28 lbs/sq ft or 134 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.49
- Longitudinal: 2.04
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform


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Sunday, May 14th 2006, 4:59pm

Can't really say anything negative about it, except:

Quoted

- Cross-sectional: 0.49

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Sunday, May 14th 2006, 5:53pm

Cutting range by 300 miles fixes the problem.


Admirality "S" class , Australia Destroyer laid down 1919 (Engine 1931)

Displacement:
1,056 t light; 1,105 t standard; 1,289 t normal; 1,436 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
320.00 ft / 320.00 ft x 30.00 ft x 10.00 ft (normal load)
97.54 m / 97.54 m x 9.14 m x 3.05 m

Armament:
3 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1931 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
2 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline amidships
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1919 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 164 lbs / 74 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 27,881 shp / 20,799 Kw = 32.50 kts
Range 5,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 331 tons

Complement:
106 - 139

Cost:
£0.312 million / $1.249 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 21 tons, 1.6 %
Armour: 9 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 9 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 635 tons, 49.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 371 tons, 28.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 233 tons, 18.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 1.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
404 lbs / 183 Kg = 7.7 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
Metacentric height 1.3 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 11.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.21
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.67 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 69 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 69
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Mid (50 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 14.22 ft / 4.33 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 173.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 66.3 %
Waterplane Area: 6,472 Square feet or 601 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 69 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 28 lbs/sq ft or 138 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.10
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform