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Swedish Ironclad "Carolus Rex" first rate battleship

Carlous Rex, Sweden Battleship laid down 1868
Armoured Frigate (Broadside ironclad)

Displacement:
5 962 t light; 6 776 t standard; 7 140 t normal; 7 431 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
305,12 ft / 295,28 ft x 59,06 ft x 22,97 ft (normal load)
93,00 m / 90,00 m x 18,00 m x 7,00 m

Armament:
20 - 7,87" / 200 mm guns in single mounts, 163,54lbs / 74,18kg shells, 1868 Model
Breech loading guns in broadside mounts
on side, evenly spread
20 guns on gundeck (upper belt level) - Limited use in heavy seas
40 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 71,79lbs / 32,56kg shells, 1868 Model
Breech loading guns in broadside mounts
on side, evenly spread
40 guns on gundeck (upper belt level) - Limited use in heavy seas
24 - 5,31" / 135 mm guns in single mounts, 50,30lbs / 22,81kg shells, 1868 Model
Breech loading guns in broadside mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 7 350 lbs / 3 334 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7,48" / 190 mm 256,89 ft / 78,30 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m
Ends: 2,95" / 75 mm 32,81 ft / 10,00 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m
5,58 ft / 1,70 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 2,95" / 75 mm 191,93 ft / 58,50 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 134 % of normal length

- Armour deck: 0,98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 1 shaft, 2 645 ihp / 1 973 Kw = 12,00 kts
Range 2 000nm at 8,00 kts (Bunkerage = 654 tons)

Complement:
387 - 504

Cost:
£1,075 million / $4,301 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 919 tons, 12,9 %
Armour: 1 205 tons, 16,9 %
- Belts: 972 tons, 13,6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armour Deck: 233 tons, 3,3 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 678 tons, 9,5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2 911 tons, 40,8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 178 tons, 16,5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 250 tons, 3,5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
2 772 lbs / 1 257 Kg = 17,0 x 7,9 " / 200 mm shells or 0,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,50
Metacentric height 4,5 ft / 1,4 m
Roll period: 11,7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,66
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle
Block coefficient: 0,624
Length to Beam Ratio: 5,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17,18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 36 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 9,84 ft / 3,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16,40 ft / 5,00 m (19,69 ft / 6,00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 19,55 ft / 5,96 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 133,8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 124,1 %
Waterplane Area: 12 807 Square feet or 1 190 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 70 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 151 lbs/sq ft or 737 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,88
- Longitudinal: 3,23
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
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


Is it to early for breechloading guns?, she turns out just the same with muzzleloaders.