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Sunday, October 28th 2012, 6:34pm

Gunboats and Gunships

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Sunday, October 28th 2012, 6:35pm

Persepolis - Deleted in the 1930s - to Hedjaz

Persepolis, Persian Gunboat laid down 1885

Displacement:
1,107 t light; 1,134 t standard; 1,209 t normal; 1,268 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
210.22 ft / 207.00 ft x 32.75 ft x 19.50 ft (normal load)
64.08 m / 63.09 m x 9.98 m x 5.94 m

Armament:
4 - 2.70" / 68.6 mm guns in single mounts, 9.00lbs / 4.08kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
2 - 0.30" / 7.6 mm guns in single mounts, 0.01lbs / 0.01kg shells, 1885 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships

Weight of broadside 36 lbs / 16 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 450 ihp / 336 Kw = 10.04 kts
Range 1,250nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 134 tons)

Complement:
102 - 133

Cost:
£0.055 million / $0.219 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 5 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 88 tons, 7.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 965 tons, 79.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 102 tons, 8.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 4.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,643 lbs / 1,653 Kg = 400.2 x 2.7 " / 69 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 12.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.94

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, raised quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.320
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.32 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 22 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 36
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m (10.00 ft / 3.05 m aft of break)
- Mid (70 %): 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m (10.00 ft / 3.05 m before break)
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 10.72 ft / 3.27 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 32.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 78.3 %
Waterplane Area: 4,192 Square feet or 389 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 462 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 122 lbs/sq ft or 597 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.97
- Longitudinal: 12.29
- Overall: 2.37
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
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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Sunday, October 28th 2012, 6:35pm

Mozaffer (1898) - deleted in the 1930s, to Hedjaz

135x26.8x13
379t
No other details available

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Sunday, October 28th 2012, 6:35pm

OOC: Thanks Brock for the SIM

Mani, Persian Coast Defense Ship laid down 1939

CDS Mani, laid down 1939
CDS Mazdak, laid down 1940

Displacement:
2,281 t light; 2,444 t standard; 2,700 t normal; 2,905 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
258.37 ft / 252.00 ft x 47.00 ft x 13.75 ft (normal load)
78.75 m / 76.81 m x 14.33 m x 4.19 m

Armament:
4 - 8.27" / 210 mm guns (2x2 guns), 282.57lbs / 128.17kg shells, 1939 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
8 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (4x2 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1939 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,258 lbs / 571 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 163.80 ft / 49.93 m 8.23 ft / 2.51 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 7.00" / 178 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 2,868 shp / 2,139 Kw = 15.00 kts
Range 4,100nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 461 tons

Complement:
186 - 243

Cost:
£1.336 million / $5.343 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 157 tons, 5.8 %
Armour: 946 tons, 35.0 %
- Belts: 240 tons, 8.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 205 tons, 7.6 %
- Armour Deck: 472 tons, 17.5 %
- Conning Tower: 29 tons, 1.1 %
Machinery: 77 tons, 2.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,071 tons, 39.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 419 tons, 15.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 1.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
5,314 lbs / 2,410 Kg = 18.8 x 8.3 " / 210 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 13.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.75

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.580
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.36 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 15.87 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 17.50 ft / 5.33 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Mid (50 %): 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Stern: 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Average freeboard: 12.19 ft / 3.72 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 56.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 101.2 %
Waterplane Area: 8,504 Square feet or 790 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 88 lbs/sq ft or 427 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.11
- Overall: 1.00
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, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather