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Tenativly planned for 1929, here is a conversion of PRS Manila to a training ship:

PRS Manila, Training Ship Conversion, laid down 1898

Displacement:
10,129 t light; 10,581 t standard; 13,267 t normal; 15,416 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
394.00 ft / 394.00 ft x 73.00 ft x 24.28 ft (normal load)
120.09 m / 120.09 m x 22.25 m x 7.40 m

Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 1898 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 1898 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 12.00lbs / 5.44kg shells, 1898 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns in single mounts, 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 1926 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0.54" / 13.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1927 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4,081 lbs / 1,851 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 165.46 ft / 50.43 m 10.25 ft / 3.12 m
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 228.52 ft / 69.65 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 4.70" / 119 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm - 3.00" / 76 mm
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 12,897 ihp / 9,621 Kw = 17.73 kts
Range 3,900nm at 17.50 kts (Bunkerage = 4,834 tons)

Complement:
617 - 803

Cost:
£1.120 million / $4.481 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 524 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 2,598 tons, 19.6 %
- Belts: 1,053 tons, 7.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 718 tons, 5.4 %
- Armour Deck: 826 tons, 6.2 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,324 tons, 17.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,358 tons, 32.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,138 tons, 23.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 325 tons, 2.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,770 lbs / 6,699 Kg = 17.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.31
Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.35
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.48

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.665
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.40 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -3.28 ft / -1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.24 ft / 5.56 m
- Forecastle (21 %): 15.22 ft / 4.64 m
- Mid (50 %): 15.22 ft / 4.64 m
- Quarterdeck (21 %): 15.22 ft / 4.64 m
- Stern: 15.22 ft / 4.64 m
- Average freeboard: 15.48 ft / 4.72 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 105.0 %
Waterplane Area: 22,337 Square feet or 2,075 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs/sq ft or 682 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.07
- Longitudinal: 2.27
- Overall: 1.15
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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Haven't you just renamed her as a training ship? I can see no reduction in offensive firepower whatsoever.

Well that is because it only has two main turrets and according to the CT, "three turrets with their armament may be retained in each ship." So for such an old vessel, there is not much main armament that has to be removed.

Mental note; hire Philipino help on that sextuple turret design. They already have experience from their battle submarines.

Battle submarines? What battle submarines? We ain't got no steenkin' battle submarines!! says Commodore Garcia as he uses his considerable...beam...to block view of monster sub.

The only alteration in firepower was the removal of the ten below-deck 6" guns (which will go to coast defenses). As Walter points out, there's a wee bit of a loophole there for PD-to-TS conversions...of course the removal of the main armour belt does make things more interesting for the crew, yes?

Well, they'll have plenty of incentive to practice at extreme ranges!