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Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1937
Displacement:
8,500 t light; 8,752 t standard; 11,030 t normal; 12,853 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
550.00 ft / 550.00 ft x 72.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
167.64 m / 167.64 m x 21.95 m x 5.49 m
Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.52" / 13.2 mm guns in single mounts, 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1937 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 276 lbs / 125 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 8,050 shp / 6,006 Kw = 16.50 kts
Range 25,000nm at 13.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,101 tons
Complement:
537 - 699
Cost:
£1.951 million / $7.805 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 35 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 223 tons, 2.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,242 tons, 47.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,530 tons, 22.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 3,000 tons, 27.2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
32,409 lbs / 14,701 Kg = 483.5 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 5.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 4.1 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 14.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.50
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.542
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.64 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.45 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 28 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
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: 25.80 ft / 7.86 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.42 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.42 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.42 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.42 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 17.17 ft / 5.23 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 40.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 159.7 %
Waterplane Area: 27,420 Square feet or 2,547 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 296 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 139 lbs/sq ft or 678 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.61
- Longitudinal: 1.65
- Overall: 1.61
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
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
Looks good, what ship is it based on?
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Karaboudjan, Pirate AMC laid down 1931
Displacement:
10,774 t light; 11,100 t standard; 13,551 t normal; 15,511 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
582.36 ft / 580.00 ft x 72.00 ft x 20.50 ft (normal load)
177.50 m / 176.78 m x 21.95 m x 6.25 m
Armament:
6 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1931 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1931 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 654 lbs / 297 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm submerged torpedo tubes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 17,688 shp / 13,195 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,411 tons
Complement:
627 - 816
Cost:
£2.268 million / $9.074 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 82 tons, 0.6 %
Armour: 33 tons, 0.2 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 21 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 12 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 529 tons, 3.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,855 tons, 28.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,776 tons, 20.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 6,275 tons, 46.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
21,164 lbs / 9,600 Kg = 196.0 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 15.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 58 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.04
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.77
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.554
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.06 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.08 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 36 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 33
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m (18.00 ft / 5.49 m aft of break)
- 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: 19.56 ft / 5.96 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 70.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 160.0 %
Waterplane Area: 29,253 Square feet or 2,718 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 169 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 91 lbs/sq ft or 442 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.15
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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