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Saturday, July 30th 2005, 1:22am

Finlands Vapen, swedish Battleship 1880

Finlands Vapen, Swedeb Battleship laid down 1880
Barbette ship

Displacement:
9 511 t light; 10 092 t standard; 10 954 t normal; 11 644 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
360,89 ft / 360,89 ft x 65,62 ft x 21,33 ft (normal load)
110,00 m / 110,00 m x 20,00 m x 6,50 m

Armament:
2 - 14,00" / 356 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1 166,20lbs / 528,98kg shells, 1880 Model
Breech loading guns in open barbette
on centreline forward
8 - 7,28" / 185 mm guns in single mounts, 164,21lbs / 74,48kg shells, 1880 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all aft
8 - 4,72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 44,82lbs / 20,33kg shells, 1880 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in any sea
12 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm guns in single mounts, 4,80lbs / 2,18kg shells, 1880 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4 062 lbs / 1 843 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
2 - 18,0" / 457,0001 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14,0" / 356 mm 196,85 ft / 60,00 m 11,09 ft / 3,38 m
Ends: 9,84" / 250 mm 164,04 ft / 50,00 m 11,09 ft / 3,38 m
Upper: 9,84" / 250 mm 180,45 ft / 55,00 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 84 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: - - 14,0" / 356 mm
2nd: 5,98" / 152 mm 1,97" / 50 mm 1,97" / 50 mm
3rd: 2,95" / 75 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1,38" / 35 mm, Conning tower: 11,81" / 300 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 7 036 ihp / 5 249 Kw = 15,00 kts
Range 3 500nm at 10,00 kts (Bunkerage = 1 552 tons)

Complement:
534 - 695

Cost:
£0,963 million / $3,852 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 508 tons, 4,6 %
Armour: 4 071 tons, 37,2 %
- Belts: 2 795 tons, 25,5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 641 tons, 5,8 %
- Armour Deck: 510 tons, 4,7 %
- Conning Tower: 126 tons, 1,1 %
Machinery: 1 454 tons, 13,3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3 429 tons, 31,3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 443 tons, 13,2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0,5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10 033 lbs / 4 551 Kg = 8,6 x 14,0 " / 356 mm shells or 1,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,21
Metacentric height 3,8 ft / 1,2 m
Roll period: 14,2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,36
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,65

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0,759
Length to Beam Ratio: 5,50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 65
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 11,48 ft / 3,50 m
- Mid (50 %): 11,48 ft / 3,50 m
- Quarterdeck (30 %): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m (13,29 ft / 4,05 m before break)
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 14,52 ft / 4,43 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82,6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84,5 %
Waterplane Area: 19 991 Square feet or 1 857 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 125 lbs/sq ft or 609 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,66
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Roughly sketched after the British "Collingwood-class" ocgf the same year. the "Fininsh Elephant" as she is known in the fleet

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Saturday, July 30th 2005, 2:46am

Would they have torpedo tubes on battleships in 1880? The Whiteheads were still in early use from lowered cages at this time....i think.

Otherwise I guess it looks alright for the time period. I have only one book that I'm borrowing on that time period to help in Navalism. Those 14 inch guns won't have a very long range (probably 25 caliber using black powder) and I think some of these style guns, for the British at least, had problems, (of the exploding kind) but those were solved.