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Kaiser Kirk

Lightbringer and former European Imperialist

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Saturday, April 15th 2006, 9:07pm

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Or, of course, admit that the Dutch are cheating. ;) I'm certain the Indians would be happy to make a stink about that idea!


The Netherlands Does NOT cheat !
Amsterdam was home to the first stock market, and has been a major financial center for centuries. We find it quite common that outsiders simply don't understand our evolved accounting methods. 8p

I will post the revised "Z44 Enron " Class shortly.

Oh, I chalked up the difference between the 1917 "laid down" and the 1919-1920 dates as delayed construction.

Shortly ...

Z44 Enron, Netherlands Destroyer laid down 1917

Displacement:
1,511 t light; 1,577 t standard; 1,706 t normal; 1,809 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
397.70 ft / 383.86 ft x 32.81 ft x 11.15 ft (normal load)
121.22 m / 117.00 m x 10.00 m x 3.40 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1917 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
6 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1913 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 280 lbs / 127 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

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

- Conning tower: 0.79" / 20 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 32,083 shp / 23,934 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 5,500nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 232 tons

Complement:
132 - 172

Cost:
£0.368 million / $1.472 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 35 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 13 tons, 0.8 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 11 tons, 0.6 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 2 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 858 tons, 50.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 496 tons, 29.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 195 tons, 11.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 109 tons, 6.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
461 lbs / 209 Kg = 6.9 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.35
Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 10.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.28
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.36

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.425
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.70 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.59 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 52
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.56 ft / 6.57 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 17.75 ft / 5.41 m (13.71 ft / 4.18 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 13.71 ft / 4.18 m
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 13.71 ft / 4.18 m
- Stern: 13.71 ft / 4.18 m
- Average freeboard: 14.69 ft / 4.48 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 185.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 104.7 %
Waterplane Area: 7,879 Square feet or 732 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 62 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 31 lbs/sq ft or 152 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 1.58
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily