They will also have to act as escorts for the replacement (if it is laid down according to plan)
Kaveh Replacement, Persia MSC laid down 1940
Displacement:
24 410 t light; 25 323 t standard; 26 496 t normal; 27 435 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
820,21 ft / 820,21 ft x 78,74 ft (Bulges 85,30 ft) x 26,25 ft (normal load)
250,00 m / 250,00 m x 24,00 m (Bulges 26,00 m) x 8,00 m
Armament:
6 - 12,00" / 305 mm guns (3x2 guns), 864,00lbs / 391,90kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
20 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (10x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
32 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (16x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 6 587 lbs / 2 988 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9,45" / 240 mm 561,02 ft / 171,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 2,36" / 60 mm 511,81 ft / 156,00 m 7,87 ft / 2,40 m
Main Belt covers 105 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
2,36" / 60 mm 511,81 ft / 156,00 m 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
2nd: 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm -
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 136 728 shp / 101 999 Kw = 33,00 kts
Range 10 000nm at 11,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 112 tons
Complement:
1 037 - 1 349
Cost:
£12,347 million / $49,388 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 823 tons, 3,1 %
Armour: 8 946 tons, 33,8 %
- Belts: 3 261 tons, 12,3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 881 tons, 3,3 %
- Armament: 1 454 tons, 5,5 %
- Armour Deck: 3 274 tons, 12,4 %
- Conning Tower: 75 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 3 656 tons, 13,8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10 685 tons, 40,3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 086 tons, 7,9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 300 tons, 1,1 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
41 324 lbs / 18 744 Kg = 47,8 x 12,0 " / 305 mm shells or 6,2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,07
Metacentric height 4,0 ft / 1,2 m
Roll period: 18,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 75 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,27
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,505
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,62 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32,76 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
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: 32,81 ft / 10,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 23,75 ft / 7,24 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93,9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 189,6 %
Waterplane Area: 44 958 Square feet or 4 177 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 114 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 154 lbs/sq ft or 750 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,00
- Longitudinal: 1,07
- Overall: 1,01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Vukovlad" (Apr 20th 2008, 6:18pm)