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HMAS Panther (ex-Princess Royal), Australia (ex-GB) Battlecruiser laid down 1909 (Refit/Engine 1933)

Displacement:
27,309 t light; 28,757 t standard; 30,647 t normal; 32,159 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
721.00 ft / 721.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 29.00 ft (normal load)
219.76 m / 219.76 m x 27.43 m x 8.84 m

Armament:
8 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,400.00lbs / 635.03kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
20 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (10x2 guns), 51.91lbs / 23.55kg shells, 1933 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
12 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (3x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 12,277 lbs / 5,569 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 3.00" / 76 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
11.00 ft / 3.35 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Main Belt covers 90 % of normal length


- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 20.00 ft / 6.10 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 127,805 shp / 95,343 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,402 tons

Complement:
1,157 - 1,505

Cost:
£2.624 million / $10.495 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,365 tons, 4.5 %
Armour: 9,304 tons, 30.4 %
- Belts: 3,093 tons, 10.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 311 tons, 1.0 %
- Armament: 2,275 tons, 7.4 %
- Armour Deck: 3,415 tons, 11.1 %
- Conning Tower: 211 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 3,724 tons, 12.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12,816 tons, 41.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,338 tons, 10.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
48,997 lbs / 22,225 Kg = 39.8 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 5.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.94
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.30

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.570
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.01 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 39
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Mid (80 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m (28.00 ft / 8.53 m before break)
- Stern: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Average freeboard: 27.56 ft / 8.40 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 95.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 220.3 %
Waterplane Area: 46,144 Square feet or 4,287 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 181 lbs/sq ft or 885 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.71
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

HMAS Australia (Ex-HMS Iron Duke), Australia Battleship laid down 1912

returned to UK as a museum ship

HMAS Tiger, Australia Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Rebuilt 1932)

AKA El Tigre de Tasmania

Displacement:
30,055 t light; 31,608 t standard; 34,793 t normal; 37,340 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
728.44 ft / 721.00 ft x 91.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load)
222.03 m / 219.76 m x 27.74 m x 9.75 m

Armament:
8 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,400.00lbs / 635.03kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
24 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (12x2 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1932 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
12 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (3x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
40 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (20x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 12,545 lbs / 5,690 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 3.00" / 76 mm 315.00 ft / 96.01 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
16.00 ft / 4.88 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 6.00" / 152 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 83 % of normal length


- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 158,205 shp / 118,021 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,731 tons

Complement:
1,273 - 1,655

Cost:
£2.880 million / $11.521 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,398 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 10,466 tons, 30.1 %
- Belts: 3,114 tons, 9.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 433 tons, 1.2 %
- Armament: 2,333 tons, 6.7 %
- Armour Deck: 4,356 tons, 12.5 %
- Conning Tower: 230 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 4,670 tons, 13.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,320 tons, 38.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,738 tons, 13.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
50,398 lbs / 22,860 Kg = 41.0 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 6.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.99
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.11

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.580
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.92 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Mid (60 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Quarterdeck (30 %): 19.00 ft / 5.79 m (29.00 ft / 8.84 m before break)
- Stern: 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Average freeboard: 26.48 ft / 8.07 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 96.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 204.4 %
Waterplane Area: 47,097 Square feet or 4,375 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 184 lbs/sq ft or 896 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.68
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

HMAS Leopard
HMAS Jaguar

Leopard class, Australia Battlecruiser laid down 1937

Displacement:
23,132 t light; 24,261 t standard; 27,355 t normal; 29,830 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
737.04 ft / 720.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 29.55 ft (normal load)
224.65 m / 219.46 m x 27.43 m x 9.01 m

Armament:
6 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1,230.19lbs / 558.00kg shells, 1937 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
20 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (10x2 guns), 51.91lbs / 23.55kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
28 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (7x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 8,479 lbs / 3,846 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 88 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 113,583 shp / 84,733 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,568 tons

Complement:
1,063 - 1,382

Cost:
£11.676 million / $46.704 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,060 tons, 3.9 %
Armour: 7,506 tons, 27.4 %
- Belts: 1,608 tons, 5.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 319 tons, 1.2 %
- Armament: 2,081 tons, 7.6 %
- Armour Deck: 3,322 tons, 12.1 %
- Conning Tower: 176 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 3,148 tons, 11.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,297 tons, 41.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,223 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 120 tons, 0.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
46,829 lbs / 21,241 Kg = 38.1 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 6.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 5.7 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 15.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.29

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.500
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.19 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 38
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 22.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.30 ft / 1.01 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 34.00 ft / 10.36 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Mid (40 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Stern: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Average freeboard: 25.95 ft / 7.91 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 87.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 200.4 %
Waterplane Area: 44,898 Square feet or 4,171 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 122 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 168 lbs/sq ft or 819 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.68
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

HMAS Lion, Australia Battlecruiser laid down 1935

Displacement:
29,208 t light; 30,749 t standard; 34,350 t normal; 37,231 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
737.44 ft / 720.00 ft x 92.00 ft x 33.00 ft (normal load)
224.77 m / 219.46 m x 28.04 m x 10.06 m

Armament:
8 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,400.00lbs / 635.03kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (12x2 guns), 51.91lbs / 23.55kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
28 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (7x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 12,505 lbs / 5,672 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 450.00 ft / 137.16 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 450.00 ft / 137.16 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 151,001 shp / 112,647 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,481 tons

Complement:
1,261 - 1,640

Cost:
£14.220 million / $56.882 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,393 tons, 4.1 %
Armour: 9,992 tons, 29.1 %
- Belts: 2,091 tons, 6.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 350 tons, 1.0 %
- Armament: 2,895 tons, 8.4 %
- Armour Deck: 4,452 tons, 13.0 %
- Conning Tower: 205 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 4,290 tons, 12.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,383 tons, 39.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,142 tons, 15.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
49,608 lbs / 22,502 Kg = 40.3 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 6.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 4.9 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 17.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.87
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.83 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.05 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 22.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.30 ft / 1.01 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Forecastle (22 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Mid (40 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Quarterdeck (22 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 26.88 ft / 8.19 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 191.4 %
Waterplane Area: 48,128 Square feet or 4,471 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 183 lbs/sq ft or 894 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.78
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent