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Aircraft Carriers



Jutland (CV[x]), Denmark, formerly CL laid down 1910, converted 1925 (Engine 1925)

Displacement:
6,847 t light; 7,052 t standard; 7,956 t normal; 8,679 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
490.17 ft / 450.00 ft x 70.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
149.40 m / 137.16 m x 21.34 m x 6.10 m

Armament:
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1924 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1924 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
32 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (16x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1922 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 98 lbs / 44 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 650

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.50" / 64 mm 273.29 ft / 83.30 m 10.04 ft / 3.06 m
Ends: 0.75" / 19 mm 157.48 ft / 48.00 m 10.04 ft / 3.06 m
19.23 ft / 5.86 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 1.25" / 32 mm 273.29 ft / 83.30 m 8.01 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 93 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.79" / 20 mm - -
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm - -
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 0.98" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 61,634 shp / 45,979 Kw = 29.50 kts
Range 13,000nm at 12.00 kts (Bunkerage = 1,627 tons)

Complement:
420 - 547

Cost:
£0.530 million / $2.120 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 12 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 844 tons, 10.6 %
- Belts: 464 tons, 5.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 8 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 364 tons, 4.6 %
- Conning Tower: 8 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 2,001 tons, 25.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,289 tons, 41.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,109 tons, 13.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 8.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,270 lbs / 6,473 Kg = 2,525.4 x 2.2 " / 57 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 15.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.95

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.442
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.43 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 63 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 52
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Mid (50 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Stern: 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Average freeboard: 30.00 ft / 9.14 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 271.6 %
Waterplane Area: 19,964 Square feet or 1,855 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 141 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 88 lbs/sq ft or 429 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.82
- Longitudinal: 5.84
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
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

"Jutland" , following damage sustained in the Andaman Sea Incident, has been converted into Denmark's first carrier, with a flight deck of 490' and an airgroup of 24 aircraft. She will be used to extend Denmark's knowledge of carrier operations, and for exercises with the rest of the fleet.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Nov 15th 2011, 11:22pm)


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Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 2:20am

Magni Class



Magni, Denmark CV (Conversion from italian ACR hull) laid down 1933 (Engine 1934)

K.D.M. Magni
K.D.M. Modi

Displacement:
20,643 t light; 21,254 t standard; 24,246 t normal; 26,641 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
762.81 ft / 721.78 ft x 70.77 ft (Bulges 81.59 ft) x 26.25 ft (normal load)
232.50 m / 220.00 m x 21.57 m (Bulges 24.87 m) x 8.00 m

Armament:
Airgroup -
20 Heavy Attack Aircraft
20 Dive Bombers
24 Fighters
2 Autogyros

8 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (4x2 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1933 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
48 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (12x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 8 raised mounts
32 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (16x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 504 lbs / 229 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 400

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.36" / 60 mm 505.25 ft / 154.00 m 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 3.54" / 90 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.18" / 30 mm 505.25 ft / 154.00 m 32.81 ft / 10.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 1.57" / 40 mm
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -

- Armour deck: 3.94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 1.97" / 50 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 121,862 shp / 90,909 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,387 tons

Complement:
970 - 1,262

Cost:
£5.986 million / $23.943 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 5,244 tons, 21.6 %
- Belts: 1,670 tons, 6.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 724 tons, 3.0 %
- Armament: 114 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 2,700 tons, 11.1 %
- Conning Tower: 36 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 3,506 tons, 14.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,630 tons, 27.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,603 tons, 14.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 5,200 tons, 21.4 %
Spare parts equivelant to 4 full aircraft accounted for in Misc weight (100 tons)

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
29,964 lbs / 13,591 Kg = 568.3 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 4.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 17.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.04
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.549
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.85 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.79 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 35.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 49.21 ft / 15.00 m
- Forecastle (30 %): 49.21 ft / 15.00 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (10 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 119.4 %
Waterplane Area: 37,077 Square feet or 3,445 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 135 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 103 lbs/sq ft or 504 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.35
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
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

This post has been edited 5 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Nov 15th 2011, 11:33pm)