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Monday, October 18th 2004, 1:01am

Auxiliary Vessels

All vessels not covered by the other catagories.

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Monday, October 18th 2004, 1:04am

Museum Ships

Danmark Broadside Ironclad laid down 1864
Museum Vessel permanently moored in Copenhagen

Displacement:
4,118 t light; 4,436 t standard; 4,749 t normal; 4,981 t full load
Loading submergence 288 tons/feet

Dimensions:
270.00 ft x 50.00 ft x 19.00 ft (normal load)
82.30 m x 15.24 m x 5.79 m

Armament:
12 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns
Weight of broadside 2,665 lbs / 1,209 kg

Armour:
Belt 4.50" / 114 mm, upper belt 4.50" / 114 mm, end belts 4.50" / 114 mm
Belts cover 100 % of normal area

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 1 shaft, 657 ihp / 490 Kw = 8.50 kts
Range 3,400nm at 6.00 kts

Complement:
286 - 371

Cost:
£0.450 million / $1.800 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 333 tons, 7.0 %
Armour: 711 tons, 15.0 %
Belts: 711 tons, 15.0 %, Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 186 tons, 3.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,188 tons, 46.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 630 tons, 13.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 14.7 %

Metacentric height 1.8

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable and able to fight her guns in the heaviest weather

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.02
Shellfire needed to sink: 3,254 lbs / 1,476 Kg = 20.8 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.7
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 99 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.83
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.99

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.648
Sharpness coefficient: 0.46
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 4.91
'Natural speed' for length: 16.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 22 %
Trim: 50
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 83.1 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 134.5 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 107 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.94
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs / square foot or 681 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 3.26
(for 14.00 ft / 4.27 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 0.95 ft,
freeboard does not include high bulwarks or spar deck)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.07

I found it, and I just had to sim it!!

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Monday, October 18th 2004, 1:08am

Royal Yacht



DANNEBROG, Royal Yacht laid down 1879, refit 1894 & 1913

Decommissioned 1938
Scrapped 1939

Displacement:
1,000 t light; 1,025 t standard; 1,250 t normal; 1,425 t full load
Loading submergence 137 tons/feet

Dimensions:
235.00 ft x 26.80 ft x 10.40 ft (normal load)
71.63 m x 8.17 m x 3.17 m

Armament:
2 - 1.00" / 25 mm guns
4 - 0.50" / 13 mm guns
Weight of broadside 1 lbs / 0 kg

Armour:
Main guns 0.50" / 13 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 1,158 ihp / 864 Kw = 13.00 kts
Range 5,500nm at 8.00 kts

Complement:
105 - 136

Cost:
£0.069 million / $0.276 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 243 tons, 19.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 447 tons, 35.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 251 tons, 20.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 310 tons, 24.8 %

Metacentric height 0.9

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.14
Shellfire needed to sink: 1,624 lbs / 737 Kg = 3,890.6 x 1.0 " / 25 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.6
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 30 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.00
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.668
Sharpness coefficient: 0.40
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6.67
'Natural speed' for length: 15.33 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 38 %
Trim: 15
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 90.5 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 183.1 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 157 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.89
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 49 lbs / square foot or 242 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.80
(for 15.00 ft / 4.57 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 5.01 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

Dannebrog is the private yacht of the Royal household.
It is a side paddle wheel design.

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Sep 23rd 2010, 6:28pm)


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Monday, October 18th 2004, 1:14am

Armed Transports


Loki Class Armed Transport laid down 1921

Displacement:
11,770 t light; 12,095 t standard; 15,705 t normal; 18,530 t full load
Loading submergence 958 tons/feet

Dimensions:
450.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
137.16 m x 27.43 m x 5.49 m

Armament:
4 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns
8 - 0.50" / 13 mm guns
Weight of broadside 129 lbs / 58 kg

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 23,956 ihp / 17,872 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 13,000nm at 15.00 kts

Complement:
701 - 911

Cost:
£1.582 million / $6.328 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 16 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 1,401 tons, 8.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,354 tons, 27.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,935 tons, 25.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 6,000 tons, 38.2 %

Metacentric height 6.8

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable and able to fight her guns in the heaviest weather

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.30
Shellfire needed to sink: 31,383 lbs / 14,235 Kg = 980.7 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.4
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 71 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.00
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.87

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.754
Sharpness coefficient: 0.51
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 5.50
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim: 38
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 72.0 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 227.7 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 176 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.92
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 97 lbs / square foot or 475 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.15
(for 25.00 ft / 7.62 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 8.43 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Aug 31st 2011, 10:01pm)


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Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 11:34pm

Submarine Ruscue (Lift)

Staerkmand, Denmark, Special Duties (Sub Rescue) laid down 1915 (Engine 1936)

Displacement: 3,552 t light; 3,672 t standard; 4,180 t normal; 4,586 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
318.86 ft / 300.00 ft x 90.00 ft (30.00 ft x 3) x 12.00 ft (normal load)
97.19 m / 91.44 m x 27.43 m (9.14 m x 3) x 3.66 m

Armament:
12 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (8 mounts), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
32 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (16x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1915 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 75 lbs / 34 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 750

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -

- Conning tower: 0.79" / 20 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 24,544 shp / 18,310 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 745 tons

Complement:
256 - 333

Cost:
£0.334 million / $1.336 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 9 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 28 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 24 tons, 0.6 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 4 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 689 tons, 16.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,652 tons, 40.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 532 tons, 12.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,200 tons, 29.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,558 lbs / 707 Kg = 275.7 x 2.2 " / 57 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 4.3 ft / 1.25 m
Roll period: 14.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 68 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.09
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.25

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.444
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.33 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.32 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 5.00 ft / 1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Stern: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Average freeboard: 17.83 ft / 5.43 m


Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 150.1 %
Waterplane Area: 13,996 Square feet or 1300 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 148 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 62 lbs/sq ft or 304 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.82
- Longitudinal: 6.46
- Overall: 1.00

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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Catamaran layout, with 30' space between to allow the lifting of stricken submarines.

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Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 11:36pm

Deep Water Rescue

Lif and Lifthrasir, Denmark Recovery Vessels laid down 1936

Displacement:
1,442 t light; 1,479 t standard; 1,799 t normal; 2,055 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
313.86 ft / 300.00 ft x 30.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
95.66 m / 91.44 m x 9.14 m x 3.66 m

Armament:
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 8 lbs / 4 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.59" / 15 mm -
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.59" / 15 mm -

- Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 12,586 shp / 9,389 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 575 tons

Complement:
137 - 179

Cost:
£0.531 million / $2.125 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 7 tons, 0.4 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 4 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 353 tons, 19.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 731 tons, 40.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 357 tons, 19.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 19.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,063 lbs / 1,389 Kg = 1,981.6 x 1.5 " / 37 mm shells or 0.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 0.9 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.583
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.32 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 25
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 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 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Stern: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 18.48 ft / 5.63 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 162.1 %
Waterplane Area: 6,479 Square feet or 602 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 168 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 43 lbs/sq ft or 208 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.79
- Longitudinal: 8.16
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Lif ("life") and Liftrasir ("eager for life")
Deep water rescue, equipped with diving bells and associated items.
Can operate independently or with Staerkmand.

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Monday, September 20th 2010, 3:16pm

Royal Yacht DANNEBROG



Dannebrog, Denmark Royal Yacht laid down 1939

Displacement:
1,197 t light; 1,224 t standard; 1,356 t normal; 1,461 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(247.97 ft / 218.06 ft) x 34.12 ft x (11.98 / 12.70 ft)
(75.58 m / 66.46 m) x 10.40 m x (3.65 / 3.87 m)

Armament:
2 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1.56lbs / 0.71kg shells, 50 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1910 Model Saluting Guns
2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck centre
4 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 5,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1939 Model
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 3 lbs / 2 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 0.59" / 15 mm 91.86 ft / 28.00 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Ends: 0.59" / 15 mm 125.98 ft / 38.40 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Upper: 0.59" / 15 mm 91.86 ft / 28.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Main Belt covers 65 % of normal length

- Conning towers: Forward 0.98" / 25 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 3,913 shp / 2,919 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 3,860nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 237 tons

Complement:
111 - 145

Cost:
£0.332 million / $1.326 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 117 tons, 8.6 %
- Belts: 114 tons, 8.4 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 106 tons, 7.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 423 tons, 31.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 159 tons, 11.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 550 tons, 40.6 %
- Hull below water: 50 tons
- Hull above water: 225 tons
- On freeboard deck: 225 tons
- Above deck: 50 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,699 lbs / 1,678 Kg = 2,393.4 x 1.5 " / 37 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 13.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.533 / 0.541
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.39 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14.77 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 15.02 ft / 4.58 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 48.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 126.8 %
Waterplane Area: 5,109 Square feet or 475 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 154 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 43 lbs/sq ft or 209 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.83
- Longitudinal: 5.14
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Sep 23rd 2010, 6:26pm)