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K.D.M. Loki, Denmark Armed Transport laid down 1921

Displacement:
11,177 t light; 11,453 t standard; 13,247 t normal; 14,629 t full load
Loading submergence 854 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, 20,477 ihp / 15,276 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 13,000nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
617 - 802

Cost:
£1.457 million / $5.827 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 16 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 1,197 tons, 9.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,964 tons, 29.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,070 tons, 15.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 6,000 tons, 45.3 %

Metacentric height 5.3

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: 1.12
Shellfire needed to sink: 22,838 lbs / 10,359 Kg = 713.7 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.9
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 100 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.01
Relative quality as seaboat: 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.636
Sharpness coefficient: 0.47
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 5.82
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim: 50
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 80.1 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 230.8 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 155 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.91
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 97 lbs / square foot or 472 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.32
(for 25.00 ft / 7.62 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 8.98 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

"Loki" class armed transports are designed to give some measure of protection to merchant vessels sailing to the Danish Protectorates in Africa and The Far East. There "principal" role is to resupply the Danish Naval Stations in these locations, as the Danish Government is unwilling to send military supplies through unprotected channels.
They have a secondary role as troop transports in times of crisis.
The vessels are also equipped with comprensive lifting equipment, allowing them to operate independantly of harbour facilities in less well developed ports.


I know I have posted her before, but as I was drawing her, I had to increase her armament to 4 X 4" just to help fill out the look of her!!

Have any of you had any new ideas as to her use??

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hummmm....12000 nm@10 knots...

if that is meant to be a fast ship intended to travel through problematic waters, I'd set a similar range with at least 13 knots, probably 15.

a cruise speed of 10 knots gives you much less chance to avoid interception by a submarine or a raider than 15 knots.

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It was actually 12 knots cruise speed, but now that you mention it.....

Loki, Denmark Armed Transport laid down 1921

Displacement:
11,767 t light; 12,091 t standard; 15,700 t normal; 18,524 t full load
Loading submergence 957 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, 23,950 ihp / 17,866 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 13,000nm at 15.00 kts

Complement:
701 - 911

Cost:
£1.582 million / $6.326 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 16 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 1,400 tons, 8.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,350 tons, 27.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,933 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: 31,269 lbs / 14,184 Kg = 977.2 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 474 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

"Loki" class armed transports are designed to give some measure of protection to merchant vessels sailing to the Danish Protectorates in Africa and The Far East. There "principal" role is to resupply the Danish Naval Stations in these locations, as the Danish Government is unwilling to send military supplies through unprotected channels.
They have a secondary role as troop transports in times of crisis.
The vessels are also equipped with comprensive lifting equipment, allowing them to operate independantly of harbour facilities in less well developed ports

Heavy cranes for lifting stuff...ample miscellaneous weight...large cargo holds...

You diabolical fiend! It's a platform for launching cruise missiles, isn't it?

I prefer to think of them as
"Long Leisurely Voyage Missiles"

(But sorry...wrong again!)

Its a development of the Q-ships in WWI. Just look at that shallow draught. Torpedoes will pass straight under her

I think shes way too fat for a BC of 0.636

She only mounts the weapons you see!!

I know; There are hatches on the bottom of the ship as well. Her cargo is 6000t of high explosives. She anchors next to an enemy ship in harbour and drops the 6000t of explosive to the bottom. she then retires a safe distance and detonates the explosives

Cool Idea, wrong but cool!!!

but wouldn't 6000t just teleport the target ship into low earth orbit????

6kt, Hiroshima was 20 kt - you could basically explode it anywhere in the harbour ....

Yeah, and imagine the risk involved in taking on your cargo in one of your own ports...or the consequences of taking a light caliber hit...or all the danger pay you'd have to fork over...