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Friday, May 16th 2003, 3:44am

a post treaty Fleet carrier

this ones part based on the UKs 1946 CVs that where canceller . the hull is 50ft longer the in janes and she can 100+plans


Ark Royal Calss, UK AUST Fleet carrier laid down 1938

Displacement:
51,871 t light; 53,148 t standard; 59,400 t normal; 64,164 t full load
Loading submergence 2,067 tons/feet

Dimensions:
900.00 ft x 120.00 ft x 35.00 ft (normal load)
274.32 m x 36.58 m x 10.67 m

Armament:
20 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (10 Main turrets x 2 guns)
75 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
88 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 1,076 lbs / 488 kg

Armour:
Belt 5.00" / 127 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 100 % of normal area
Armour deck 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower 5.00" / 127 mm
Torpedo bulkhead 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 291,906 shp / 217,762 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 18,000nm at 15.00 kts

Complement:
1,902 - 2,473

Cost:
£17.177 million / $68.707 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 135 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 14,950 tons, 25.2 %
Belts: 1,627 tons, 2.7 %, Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armour Deck: 9,370 tons, 15.8 %
Conning Tower: 165 tons, 0.3 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 3,788 tons, 6.4 %
Machinery: 7,993 tons, 13.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 24,794 tons, 41.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,529 tons, 12.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,000 tons, 6.7 %

Metacentric height 6.6

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

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 85,560 lbs / 38,809 Kg = 1,877.9 x 4.5 " / 114 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 68.5
(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: 0.04
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.13

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.550
Sharpness coefficient: 0.38
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 7.06
'Natural speed' for length: 30.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim: 94
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 64.7 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 181.1 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 165 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.60
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 241 lbs / square foot or 1,177 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.57
(for 25.00 ft / 7.62 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 3.37 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.58

this carrier is can take on bored 125 strike plans

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Friday, May 16th 2003, 11:03am

Maybe too many planes. an airgroup that big is unwieldy. She maybe can carry 125 planes but they can only fly one sortie. so add more misc. wieght for fuel and ammo.

I'd suggest you look at the Malta Class carriers as well. you'll find them in Conways.