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Finding itself with a bit of a surplus for Q4, the Marina de Filipinas has decided to acquire a Philippine & Pacific Steam Ship Co. interisland liner and refit her to operate as a Hospital Ship.

PRS Santa Maria, Filipino Hospital ship laid down 1921 (converted 1929)

Displacement:
7,674 t light; 7,868 t standard; 9,742 t normal; 11,242 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
467.00 ft / 460.00 ft x 61.00 ft x 19.60 ft (normal load)
142.34 m / 140.21 m x 18.59 m x 5.97 m

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 6,828 ihp / 5,094 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 17,500nm at 12.00 kts (Bunkerage = 3,373 tons)

Complement:
489 - 637

Cost:
£0.826 million / $3.304 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 399 tons, 4.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,774 tons, 28.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,069 tons, 21.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,500 tons, 46.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
15,409 lbs / 6,990 Kg = 142.7 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 2.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.75

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.54 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.45 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 33 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 28
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.50 ft / 7.16 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.50 ft / 5.33 m
- Mid (50 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 16.36 ft / 4.99 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 64.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 126.9 %
Waterplane Area: 20,909 Square feet or 1,942 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 184 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 90 lbs/sq ft or 442 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.16
- Longitudinal: 1.48
- Overall: 1.19
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily

Just remember the "No smoking, oxygen in use" warnings...it is Filipino after all!

How many causualty's can she carry? More specifically how much tonnage per person have you allocated?

Well if she goes off I'd say all of them.

You could also turn it into a hospitality ship...

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How many causualty's can she carry? More specifically how much tonnage per person have you allocated?

Stack 'em high! Stack 'em low! Stack 'em everywhere!!
:-)
Who knows. You might be able to squeeze 10,000 men in there, depending on the emergency of getting them out of a danger area... though I would believe that it will be extremely hard for medical personel to work properly aboard, conditions will be bad...
... and you'll be in trouble if one has something contageous like Spanish Flu... I mean Iberian Flu...

Floating accomodation for Garcia at the Next confrence.

You had surplus?!?!?!

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You had surplus?!?!?!

and you spent it on what?!?!?!

Why not red and white paint for an aircraft carrier. Call it an experimental disruptive pattern.

Cheers,

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Floating accomodation for Garcia at the Next confrence.

Yes. I was afraid to mention it! :-)

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Why not red and white paint for an aircraft carrier. Call it an experimental disruptive pattern.

Better watch out that you don't mix those paints...
... the Pink Carrier...

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You had surplus?!?!?!

Yup, what with a large number of previously planned projects poofed per prior problems (i.e. 'cancelled on account of revolution').
(That, and the 'recovery' of Señor de Varga's 'stash'... ;-) )

Call it a capacity of 1750 casualties (2t each).

You need doctors, nurses, medical supplies, operating theatres, beds and space. 2tons maybe won't cover it.

People don't weight two tons, so that would cover at least part of the equipment and other personnel. Your average will be something like 170 pounds a person plus doctors, nurses, beds, bedpans, and medical supplies. Just because it can house that many people does not mean that they can hold that many people efficiently.

You know Swampy, I'm mildly suprised it doesn't have some kind of gun for "crowd control" or something. But I guess if you were going to build something unarmed this is THE category...
:-})

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People don't weight two tons

Ah!, you'll have to take a look at the Krispy Kreme Calendar...

Cheers,

I didn't say people can't weight one ton, but two is pushing it, even for Bertha Widebottom.

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You need doctors, nurses, medical supplies, operating theatres, beds and space. 2tons maybe won't cover it.

the 1750 beds leaves 1000t misc "unused"...

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You know Swampy, I'm mildly suprised it doesn't have some kind of gun for "crowd control" or something. But I guess if you were going to build something unarmed this is THE category... :-})

...and I'm not saying what that 1000 is used for. XD

Aaaiiiieeeeee!!!! He's put a kiloton bomb on a hospital ship!

"Ga-ron-teed to fix what ails ya!"