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The Danube Intercontinental Navigation and Transport Company

This joint venture firm has been established by commercial shipping companies in Brazil, Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia to operate an ambitious service linking the heart of Central Europe with the burgeoning markets of South America. Prompted by the vision of His Serene Highness Franz Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, the new firm brings together the Navigation Maritime Bulgare, the Servicul Maritime Roman, the Danube Sea Shipping Company of Belgrade and the Lloyd Brasileiro to operate as the Danube South America Line. The firm will be registered in the Liechtenstein city of Vaduz.

The new service will operate on the route Novi Sad – Belgrade – Vidin – Rousse – Sillstra – Braila- Galati – Varna – Burgas – Constantinople/Istanbul – Piraeus – Valetta – Marseille – Barcelona – Cadiz – Dakhla – Dakar – Pernambuco – Rio De Janiero. Each of the four partner firms will contribute to motor cargo ships of innovative design, the technical legends of which are appended below.

Danube Sea Shipping: MV Beograd, MV Novi Sad
Lloyd Brasileiro: MV Rio Branco, MV Rio Carioca
Navigation Maritime Bulgare: MV Dimitar Obshti, MV L.S. Karavelov
Servicul Maritime Roman: MV Bucegi, MV Carpati

These vessels are currently building in the civilian yards of their respective countries and are expected to enter commercial service in the middle of 1940.

Ownership of the joint venture is split between the four member firms, each with a 24% share, with HSH Prince Franz Joseph holding a four percent interest.


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C-1 Rev C River-Sea Freighter

Displacement: 4,868 t light; 4,974 t standard; 5,300 t normal; 5,561 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
308.40 ft / 282.15 ft x 44.95 ft x 19.52 ft (normal load)
94.00 m / 86.00 m x 13.70 m x 5.95 m

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
13.4" / 340 mm 196.85 ft / 60.00 m 24.61 ft / 7.50 m

Machinery:

Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 1 shaft, 3,283 shp / 2,449 Kw = 14.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 587 tons

Complement: 30 - 40

Cost: £1.096 million / $4.384 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:

Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 2,399 tons, 45.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,399 tons, 45.3 % (represents low-stowed cargo in holds)
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 88 tons, 1.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,281 tons, 24.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 432 tons, 8.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,100 tons, 20.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):1,898 lbs/861 Kg = 17.58 x 6 "/152 mm shells or .76 torpedoes

Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 1.9 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 13.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 90 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:

Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.749
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.28 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.80 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.43 ft / 1.96 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m (13.12 ft / 4.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Stern: 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.11 ft / 5.52 m

Ship space, strength and comments:

Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 53.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 112.7 %

Waterplane Area: 10,615 Square feet or 986 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 144 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 69 lbs/sq ft or 335 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.01
- Longitudinal: 4.43
- Overall: 1.17
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily

Low-stowed cargo simmed as torpedo bulkhead
High-stowed cargo simmed as miscellaneous weight
Final crew size and damage values divided by 10 for civilian ships

A very interesting venture and probably a profitable one too. The ships might be a tad on the small side for reasonable exploitation of the grain and meat cargoes heading towards Europe.

Nice drawings too!