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I did mention it was a 15"/56 which entails more muzzle velocity than the actual Bismarck gun. I determined the range from my tools and cross-checked with NAaB and NavGun. Perhaps a revision to 60km anyways?
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CAB-04 Reliable, Light Cruiser - Bombardment laid down 1945
Displacement:
12,451 t light; 13,411 t standard; 14,500 t normal; 15,371 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
631.56 ft / 600.39 ft x 60.04 ft x 28.05 ft (normal load)
192.50 m / 183.00 m x 18.30 m x 8.55 m
Armament:
3 - 12.99" / 330 mm guns (1x3 guns), 661.39lbs / 300.00kg shells, 1945 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline forward
36 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (18x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
24 - 0.91" / 23.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 0.37lbs / 0.17kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 3,137 lbs / 1,423 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 350
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 520.01 ft / 158.50 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 133 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.56" / 65 mm 1.18" / 30 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 1.97" / 50 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 173,793 shp / 129,649 Kw = 37.50 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,960 tons
Complement:
659 - 858
Cost:
£10.644 million / $42.578 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 584 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 1,497 tons, 10.3 %
- Belts: 402 tons, 2.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 159 tons, 1.1 %
- Armour Deck: 911 tons, 6.3 %
- Conning Tower: 25 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 4,389 tons, 30.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,704 tons, 39.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,049 tons, 14.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 277 tons, 1.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9,257 lbs / 4,199 Kg = 8.4 x 13.0 " / 330 mm shells or 1.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 15.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.84
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.502
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.96 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.17 ft / 9.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Stern: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Average freeboard: 24.51 ft / 7.47 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 133.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.6 %
Waterplane Area: 25,020 Square feet or 2,324 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 95 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 119 lbs/sq ft or 579 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.81
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Total: 277t
- 100 tons for Electronic Suite
- 25 tons for Electronic Fire-Control on 380mm, 100mm, and 57mm guns
- 50 tons for Communications
- 40 tons for Combat Management Center
- 25 tons for Surface and Air Search Radars (2 radars)
- 10 tons for Air Search Radar (1 radar)
- 4 tons for Navigational Surface and Air Search Radar (2 radars)
- 12 tons for Fire-Control Radar (3 radars)
- 6 tons for Height-finding Radar (1 radar)
- 5 tons for forward Voith-Schneider maneuvering system
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CL-01, A2/AD Cruiser laid down 1945
Displacement:
12,514 t light; 13,932 t standard; 14,500 t normal; 14,954 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
583.99 ft / 557.74 ft x 68.90 ft x 26.25 ft (normal load)
178.00 m / 170.00 m x 21.00 m x 8.00 m
Armament:
6 - 12.01" / 305 mm guns (2x3 guns), 551.16lbs / 250.00kg shells, 1945 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.91" / 23.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 0.37lbs / 0.17kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 3,891 lbs / 1,765 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.72" / 120 mm 416.67 ft / 127.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 115 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.12" / 130 mm 2.56" / 65 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 1.97" / 50 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 121,359 shp / 90,534 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,022 tons
Complement:
659 - 858
Cost:
£10.267 million / $41.067 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 737 tons, 5.1 %
Armour: 2,303 tons, 15.9 %
- Belts: 801 tons, 5.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 503 tons, 3.5 %
- Armour Deck: 973 tons, 6.7 %
- Conning Tower: 25 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 3,065 tons, 21.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,133 tons, 42.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,986 tons, 13.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 277 tons, 1.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,428 lbs / 6,091 Kg = 15.5 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 16.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.503
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.10 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.41 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Stern: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Average freeboard: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 114.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 202.6 %
Waterplane Area: 26,704 Square feet or 2,481 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 643 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.04
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Total: 277t
- 100 tons for Electronic Suite
- 25 tons for Electronic Fire-Control on 380mm, 100mm, and 57mm guns
- 50 tons for Communications
- 40 tons for Combat Management Center
- 25 tons for Surface and Air Search Radars (2 radars)
- 10 tons for Air Search Radar (1 radar)
- 4 tons for Navigational Surface and Air Search Radar (2 radars)
- 12 tons for Fire-Control Radar (3 radars)
- 6 tons for Height-finding Radar (1 radar)
- 5 tons for forward Voith-Schneider maneuvering system
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CL-02, A2/AD Cruiser laid down 1945
Displacement:
10,000 t light; 11,678 t standard; 12,184 t normal; 12,589 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
547.90 ft / 524.93 ft x 75.46 ft x 21.33 ft (normal load)
167.00 m / 160.00 m x 23.00 m x 6.50 m
Armament:
8 - 12.01" / 305 mm guns (2x4 guns), 551.16lbs / 250.00kg shells, 1945 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.91" / 23.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 0.37lbs / 0.17kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 4,994 lbs / 2,265 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.72" / 120 mm 360.89 ft / 110.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.72" / 120 mm 1.97" / 50 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 3.94" / 100 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 51,967 shp / 38,768 Kw = 28.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 911 tons
Complement:
579 - 753
Cost:
£9.220 million / $36.879 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 953 tons, 7.8 %
Armour: 2,052 tons, 16.8 %
- Belts: 714 tons, 5.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 289 tons, 2.4 %
- Armour Deck: 1,004 tons, 8.2 %
- Conning Tower: 45 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 1,312 tons, 10.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,378 tons, 44.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,184 tons, 17.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 305 tons, 2.5 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,139 lbs / 5,960 Kg = 15.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 14.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.50
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.505
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.96 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.95 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 18.75 ft / 5.72 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.9 %
Waterplane Area: 27,570 Square feet or 2,561 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs/sq ft or 682 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.79
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Total: 305t
- 100 tons for Electronic Suite
- 25 tons for Electronic Fire-Control on 305mm, 100mm, and 57mm guns
- 50 tons for Communications
- 60 tons for Combat Management Center
- 25 tons for Surface and Air Search Radars (2 radars)
- 10 tons for Air Search Radar (1 radar)
- 4 tons for Navigational Surface and Air Search Radar (2 radars)
- 12 tons for Fire-Control Radar (3 radars)
- 6 tons for Height-finding Radar (1 radar)
- 5 tons for forward Voith-Schneider maneuvering system
- 8 tons for Rocket Artillery & Support (~21 cm NbW42 for Short Range / High Volume work)
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