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The following vessels fall into this category:

Field Marshal Dhoni class landing ship (command) (1 unit) - 1922/1931

LCV-1 class landing craft (vehicle) (9 units) - 1931-2

General Munaf Bindra class landing ship (infantry) (4 units) - 1926-7/1932

APD-1 class fast transports (4 units) - 1934-5

LCVP class landing craft (104 units) - 1936-8

LST-1 class landing ship (tank) (3 units) - 1936-7

Type 1944 landing ship (tank) (2 units) - 1944

Type 1944 landing craft, medium (8 units) - 1944

[SIZE=3]Field Marshal Dhoni Class Landing Ship (Command)[/SIZE]



Experience in the Filipino revolution, the 1920 As Salif landing, and exercises along the way indicated that India could get by without specially built amphibious assault ships. This role would be taken up in wartime, if required, by refitting passenger lines in the Strategic Reserve.

However, command staff of the Marmorat Division found their improvised quarters aboard one of the passenger liners to be wholly inadequate for the job of actually planning and controlling their division's landing at Manipoc in January 1929. Among the criticisms:

-The command staff had no dedicated plotting and map rooms

-There was no dedicated space for other planning and administrative functions

-The staff had no direct access to aircraft for observation or photo-reconnaissance purposes

-Radio facilities onboard their liner were tied up with ship-to-ship functions.

-The overall layout of the ship was inefficient and hampered normal command staff operations.

In 1930, the passenger liner Bengal Breeze, which had been used as the command ship, was requisitioned by the Bharatiya Nau Sena for conversion into a Landing Command Ship, with extensive consultation with the Marmorat divisional staff and officers from the Naval Infantry Command.

The aft superstructure has been gutted to provide facilities for two aircraft. Midships, balconies previously used by passengers for lounging about have been removed, and four 13 metre landing craft have been installed on heavy davits, for the transport of command staff between ship and shore.

Internally, passenger space has now been reconfigured. There is accomodation for the 725 men typically found in an infantry division's command battalion, and working space for them all, including a number of map/plotting and meeting rooms, plus a large auditorium for briefings. There are additional radio facilities, a lab for developing aerial photographs, and a small brig for detention of prisoners.

The ship is armed for self-defence, and remains unarmored. There is no intention that the ship will be used in shore-bombardment missions.

This is reckoned to be a 25% refit for the ship, which will be completed in mid-1931.

Field Marshal Dhoni, LSC-1, laid down 1922, converted 1930-31

Length, 129.0 m x Beam, 23.0 m x Depth, 4.9 m
8062 tonnes normal displacement (7160 tonnes standard)

Main battery: 4 x 10.5-cm
Secondary battery: 4 x 3.5-cm
AA battery: 8 x 1.5-cm

Weight of broadside: 67 kg

Miscellaneous Weight
1450 t: Accommodation for 725 men
100 t: Two catapults and four aircraft
1500 t: Working space
650 t: Extra boats, cranes, davits

Hull unarmored

Battery armor:
Main, 3.0 cm shields / secondary, 2.0 cm shields
AA, 2.0 cm shields

Maximum speed for 9995 shaft kw = 19.58 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 12000 nm / 12 knots

Typical complement: 425-553


Estimated cost, $3.530 million (£883,000)

Remarks:

Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.

Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.

Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.

Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.


Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:

Armament ......................... 18 tonnes = 0 pct
Armor, total ..................... 11 tonnes = 0 pct

Armament 11 tonnes = 0 pct

Machinery ........................ 454 tonnes = 6 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 2803 tonnes = 35 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 1075 tonnes = 13 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 3700 tonnes = 46 pct
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8062 tonnes = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 1.2 m

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 6986 tonnes
Standard displacement: 7160 tonnes
Normal service: 8062 tonnes
Full load: 8751 tonnes

Loading submergence 2004 tonnes/metre

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.10

Shellfire needed to sink: 7980 kg = 497.0 x 10.5-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.7
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 80 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.02

Relative quality as a seaboat: 2.00

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.55
Sharpness coefficient: 0.42
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.45
'Natural speed' for length = 20.6 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 47 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 71 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 245 percent


Displacement factor: 169 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.90
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 426 kg)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.85
(for 7.80 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +3.38 m)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.01

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]

423.12 x 75.44 x 16.07; 25.58 -- Dimensions
0.55 -- Block coefficient
1922 -- Year laid down
19.58 / 12000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
3700 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 4.13; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
4 x 1.38; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
8 x 0.59 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
1.18 / 0.79 / 0.79 / 0.00 -- Battery armor


(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)


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[SIZE=3]LCV-A Class Landing Craft (Vehicle)[/SIZE]



The LCV (landing craft, vehicle) is a first stab at correcting a deficiency noted during the Filipino Revolution and recent disaster relief efforts - a limited ability for India to land vehicles in coastal areas where infrastructure is unavailable.

Loosely based on ferries used in coastal areas and across larger rivers such as the Ganges, the LCV can embark 100 t or nine "large" vehicles (tanks or trucks), with some real basic accommodation for the vessel's crew. That said, the crew would typically be based on shore.

LCV-1 through LCV-3, laid down 1931
LCV-4 through LCV-9, laid down 1932

Length, 40.0 m x Beam, 9.2 m x Depth, 1.2 m
356 tonnes normal displacement (333 tonnes standard)

Main battery: 2 x 3.5-cm
Secondary battery: 2 x 1.5-cm

Weight of broadside: 1 kg

Miscellaneous weight:
-100 t: vehicles
-50 t: vehicle well, doors, and ramp
-5 t: weight allowance

Hull unarmored
Conning tower, 3.0 cm

Battery armor:
Main, 2.0 cm shields / secondary, 2.0 cm shields


Maximum speed for 400 shaft kw = 12.01 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 1500 nm / 12 knots

Typical complement: 41-53


Estimated cost, $243,000 (£61,000)

Remarks:

Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.

Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.

Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.

Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.


Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:

Armor, total ..................... 2 tonnes = 1 pct

C.T. 1 tonnes = 0 pct
Armament 1 tonnes = 0 pct

Machinery ........................ 16 tonnes = 4 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 152 tonnes = 43 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 31 tonnes = 9 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 155 tonnes = 44 pct
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356 tonnes = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 0.3 m

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 326 tonnes
Standard displacement: 333 tonnes
Normal service: 356 tonnes
Full load: 373 tonnes

Loading submergence 320 tonnes/metre

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.14

Shellfire needed to sink: 599 kg = 1008.2 x 3.5-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.9
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 80 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.01

Relative quality as a seaboat: 2.00

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.80
Sharpness coefficient: 0.55
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.65
'Natural speed' for length = 11.5 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 53 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 64 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 197 percent


Displacement factor: 186 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.83
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 156 kg)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 5.66
(for 3.80 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +1.43 m)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.01

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]

131.20 x 30.18 x 3.94; 12.46 -- Dimensions
0.80 -- Block coefficient
1931 -- Year laid down
12.01 / 1500 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
155 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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2 x 1.38; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
2 x 0.59; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 1.18 -- Deck / CT
0.79 / 0.79 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor


(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)


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[SIZE=3]General Munaf Bindra Class Landing Ship (Infantry)[/SIZE]

India’s continued experimentation with amphibious warfare techniques has led the Bharatiya Nau Sena to develop two ship types (Dhoni class command ship, and the landing craft (vehicle)) already. A third piece of the puzzle is the addition of dedicated transport ships for naval infantry units.

The Bindra was one of the vessels called up to military service during the Revolution and was regarded as being fairly effective in that role. Therefore the Navy chose to requisition this vessel for permanent conversion. She will be refitted to carry a battalion (~710 men) of naval infantry, including some cargo capacity for heavy weapons and ammunition, medical and training facilities. Eight landing craft are carried on heavy davits amidships.

One vessel was to be refitted into service in 1932, but three additional vessels were requisitioned in mid-1932 following the outbreak of war in Arabia.



General Munaf Bindra, LSI-1, laid down 1926, refitted to service 1932
General Jaswinder Kumar, LSI-2, laid down 1926, refitted to service 1932
Colonel Jyoti Malhotra, LSI-3, laid down 1927, refitted to service 1932
General Kumar Patil, LSI-4, laid down 1927, refitted to service 1932


Length, 120.0 m x Beam, 19.0 m x Depth, 4.8 m
6508 tonnes normal displacement (5876 tonnes standard)

Main battery: 4 x 10.5-cm
Secondary battery: 12 x 3.5-cm

Weight of broadside: 71 kg

Hull unarmored

Battery armor:
Main, 3.0 cm shields / secondary, 2.0 cm shields


Maximum speed for 4999 shaft kw = 16.81 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 10000 nm / 12 knots

Miscellaneous Weight:
-1600 t for troop accomodation (= 800 troops)
-400 t for cargo
-200 t for medical and training facilities
-400 t for 8 x LCI
-400 t for heavy duty davits


Typical complement: 362-471


Estimated cost, $3.415 million (£854,000)

Remarks:

Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.

Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.

Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.


Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:

Armament ......................... 20 tonnes = 0 pct
Armor, total ..................... 13 tonnes = 0 pct

Armament 13 tonnes = 0 pct

Machinery ........................ 214 tonnes = 3 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 2486 tonnes = 38 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 776 tonnes = 12 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 3000 tonnes = 46 pct
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6508 tonnes = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 0.8 m

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 5733 tonnes
Standard displacement: 5876 tonnes
Normal service: 6508 tonnes
Full load: 6988 tonnes

Loading submergence 1614 tonnes/metre

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.04

Shellfire needed to sink: 7034 kg = 438.1 x 10.5-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.5
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 60 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.03

Relative quality as a seaboat: 2.00

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.59
Sharpness coefficient: 0.42
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.45
'Natural speed' for length = 19.8 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 40 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 64 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 238 percent


Displacement factor: 181 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.00
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 434 kg)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 3.67
(for 8.00 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +3.76 m)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.14

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]

393.60 x 62.32 x 15.74; 26.24 -- Dimensions
0.59 -- Block coefficient
1926 -- Year laid down
16.81 / 10000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
3000 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 4.13; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
12 x 1.38; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
1.18 / 0.79 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor


(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)


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OOC: All ships posted so far for India have being simmed by Rocky.


APD-1, laid down 1934
APD-2, laid down 1934
APD-3, laid down 1935
APD-4, laid down 1935


Length, 92.5 m x Beam, 9.9 m x Depth, 3.4 m
1412 tonnes normal displacement (1244 tonnes standard)

Main battery: 1 x 12.5-cm
Secondary battery: 4 x 3.5-cm
AA battery: 8 x 1.5-cm

Weight of broadside: 30 kg

Hull unarmored

Battery armor:
Main, 3.0 cm shields / secondary, 2.0 cm shields
AA, 2.0 cm shields

Maximum speed for 8003 shaft kw = 24.28 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 7300 nm / 12 knots

Typical complement: 115-150


Estimated cost, $1.815 million (£454,000)

Remarks:

Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.

Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.

Miscellaneous weight is:
-80 t: 4 x 10 t LCI, and davits for them
-240 t: Berthing for 120 troops
-30 t: Weight reserve and/or deck cargo

Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:

Armament ......................... 8 tonnes = 1 pct
Armor, total ..................... 4 tonnes = 0 pct

Armament 4 tonnes = 0 pct

Machinery ........................ 309 tonnes = 22 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 540 tonnes = 38 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 202 tonnes = 14 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 350 tonnes = 25 pct
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1412 tonnes = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 0.3 m

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 1210 tonnes
Standard displacement: 1244 tonnes
Normal service: 1412 tonnes
Full load: 1541 tonnes

Loading submergence 541 tonnes/metre

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.05

Shellfire needed to sink: 827 kg = 30.6 x 12.5-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.7
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 67 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.08

Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.69

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.45
Sharpness coefficient: 0.32
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 8.26
'Natural speed' for length = 17.4 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 57 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 103 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 135 percent


Displacement factor: 136 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.92
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 242 kg)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.22
(for 4.30 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +1.18 m)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]

303.40 x 32.47 x 11.15; 14.10 -- Dimensions
0.45 -- Block coefficient
1934 -- Year laid down
24.28 / 7300 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
350 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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1 x 4.92; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
4 x 1.38; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
8 x 0.59 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
1.18 / 0.79 / 0.79 / 0.00 -- Battery armor


(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)

LCVP 1 to 40 (1936), 41 to 82 (1937), 83 to 104 (1938 )

The final piece of the puzzle for the BNS was how to carry troops safely from their ships to the beaches. The final approved design was protected against medium caliber bullets and splinter damage. But most important was the use of a ramp in front to facilitate the unloading of troops under combat conditions, giving extra protection to them.

Displacement: 18,000 lb (8,000 kg) light
Length: 36 ft 3 in (11.0 m)
Beam: 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)
Draft: 3 ft aft, 2 ft 2 in forward (0.9, 0.7 m)
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h)
Armament: 2 × 15 mm machine guns
Crew complement: 3
Capacity: 36 troops or 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) vehicle
or 8,100 lb (3,700 kg) general cargo

[size=3]LST1 class tank landing ship[/size]

Vessels designed to transport vehicles directly to a beach.

Note that the ship is unarmored; the sim includes armor as a means of representing cargo.

LST-1 laid down 1936
LST-2 laid down 1937
LST-3 laid down 1937

LST-1, Indian LST laid down 1936

Displacement:
1,301 t light; 1,358 t standard; 1,556 t normal; 1,715 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
334.78 ft / 328.08 ft x 50.00 ft x 5.58 ft (normal load)
102.04 m / 100.00 m x 15.24 m x 1.70 m

Armament:
6 - 1.38" / 35.0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1.30lbs / 0.59kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all aft
6 - 1.38" / 35.0 mm guns (2x3 guns), 1.31lbs / 0.59kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward
6 - 0.59" / 15.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.10lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 16 lbs / 7 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 2,000

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.76" / 70 mm 150.10 ft / 45.75 m 8.50 ft / 2.59 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 70 % of normal length

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 1,374 shp / 1,025 Kw = 13.40 kts
Range 11,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 357 tons

Complement:
123 - 161

Cost:
£0.278 million / $1.110 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 167 tons, 10.8 %
- Belts: 167 tons, 10.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 39 tons, 2.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 831 tons, 53.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 255 tons, 16.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 262 tons, 16.8 %
-340 t: Cargo (~9 medium tanks) (includes weight simmed as armor belt)
-80 t: Accommodation for 40 vehicle crew
-9 t: Miscellaneous weight

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,826 lbs / 6,271 Kg = 10,569.0 x 1.4 " / 35 mm shells or 4.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
Metacentric height 2.9 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 12.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.595
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.56 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 27 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 38
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.41 ft / 5.61 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.56 ft / 5.05 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 30.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 316.1 %
Waterplane Area: 12,445 Square feet or 1,156 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 298 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 51 lbs/sq ft or 251 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.07
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

[size=3]Type 1944 Landing Ship, Tank[/size]

A new pair of LSTs will be built to add to the Naval Infrantry's armor and motorization capacity.

Some excess hull strength provides for resiliency during beaching operations. The draft is not even, but is rather deeper aft than forward.

Names will be assigned sooner or later.

LST-4, laid down 1944
LST-5, laid down 1944

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1944

Displacement:
1,608 t light; 1,662 t standard; 2,288 t normal; 2,790 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(295.28 ft / 295.28 ft) x 49.21 ft x (7.87 / 9.38 ft)
(90.00 m / 90.00 m) x 15.00 m x (2.40 / 2.86 m)

Armament:
4 - 1.38" / 35.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1.32lbs / 0.60kg shells, 1,000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
2 raised mounts
8 - 0.59" / 15.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.10lbs / 0.05kg shells, 10,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
2 x 2 row quad mounts on sides, forward deck aft
2 raised mounts
2 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 10,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck forward
Weight of broadside 6 lbs / 3 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
2nd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 4,249 shp / 3,170 Kw = 16.82 kts
Range 5,000 nm @ 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 282 tons
(simmed as: Range 20,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,128 tons)

Complement:
165 - 215

Cost:
£0.485 million / $1.938 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.1 %
- Guns: 2 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 4 tons, 0.2 %
- Armament: 4 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 109 tons, 4.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 894 tons, 39.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 680 tons, 29.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 600 tons, 26.2 %
- Hull above water: 600 tons
-980 t: Vehicles and cargo (includes 796 t simmed as bunkerage)
-400 t: Accommodation for 200 personnel
-50 t: Vehicle fuel and stores (simmed as bunkerage)
-16 t: Weight reserve
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10,000 lbs / 4,536 Kg = 7,644.2 x 1.4 " / 35 mm shells or 2.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.61
Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 10.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.85

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.700 / 0.716
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 38
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 19.36 ft / 5.90 m, 19.36 ft / 5.90 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 15.68 ft / 4.78 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 45.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 198.5 %
Waterplane Area: 11,647 Square feet or 1,082 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 277 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 57 lbs/sq ft or 279 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.01
- Longitudinal: 2.11
- Overall: 1.08
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

[size=3]Type 1944 Landing Craft, Medium[/size]

This little LCM is being built to support police and army operations along Bharat's major rivers. The cargo capacity would support a couple of trucks and some men, or a couple platoons of men, or just a bunch of stuff. In emergency situations, they'd be used to evacuate people in flooded areas.

This is a SS3 design; I don't expect a conversion would result in any substantial changes.

LCM 1 through 8, laid down 1944
LCM 9 through 16, laid down 1945
LCM 17 through 24, laid down 1946

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1944

Displacement:
35 t light; 37 t standard; 38 t normal; 39 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(51.00 ft / 49.21 ft) x 13.12 ft x (2.95 / 2.99 ft)
(15.55 m / 15.00 m) x 4.00 m x (0.90 / 0.91 m)

Armament:
2 - 0.59" / 15.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.10lbs / 0.05kg shells, 15,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
Weight of broadside 0 lbs / 0 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 1 shaft, 94 shp / 70 Kw = 10.00 kts
Range 200nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 tons

Complement:
6 - 9

Cost:
£0.011 million / $0.043 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.3 %
- Guns: 0 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 1 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 1 tons, 3.2 %
Machinery: 2 tons, 6.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11 tons, 29.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 tons, 8.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 52.4 %
- Hull above water: 20 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
72 lbs / 33 Kg = 697.8 x 0.6 " / 15 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 0.3 ft / 0.1 m
Roll period: 9.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.85

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.700 / 0.701
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 7.02 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 73 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 71
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Average freeboard: 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 80.3 %
Waterplane Area: 514 Square feet or 48 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 144 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 14 lbs/sq ft or 70 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.81
- Longitudinal: 7.45
- Overall: 1.01
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Cramped accommodation and workspace room
Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

Type 1945 LCT

It's been quite a while since Bharat invested in new landing craft capable of moving tanks and other heavy equipment, and with a new dock landing ship poised to begin construction, the time was right.

And since the type has considerable utility for moving other stuff - people, cargo, etc - Persia and Hedjaz requested an opportunity to participate in the design process. It was still largely a Bharati-led exercise, but it meant that the smaller countries were able to use the final design rather than start from scratch on something indigenous.

At the moment, twenty-two units are on the books: A dozen for Bharat, eight for Persia, and two for Hedjaz. Bharat and Persia will be building at a rate of one per quarter, while Hedjaz will find one per six months to be sufficiently challenging for its nascent industry.

Using LST rules, this would be 282 t - (167/2 = 83) = 199 t to build per unit.

LCT-10 to 13, laid down 1945
LCT-14 to 17, laid down 1946

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1945

Displacement:
282 t light; 292 t standard; 295 t normal; 298 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
126.93 ft / 124.67 ft x 32.81 ft x 3.61 ft (normal load)
38.69 m / 38.00 m x 10.00 m x 1.10 m

Armament:
2 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1945 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 1 lbs / 0 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 5,000

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
2nd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 94 shp / 70 Kw = 8.00 kts
Range 500nm at 8.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6 tons

Complement:
35 - 46

Cost:
£0.071 million / $0.285 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 0 tons, 0.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2 tons, 0.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 113 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 13 tons, 4.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 167 tons, 56.6 %
-160 t: Vehicles and cargo
-7 t: Weight reserve

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
845 lbs / 383 Kg = 1,772.8 x 1.0 " / 25 mm shells or 0.7 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 %): 62 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.76

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, raised quarterdeck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.700
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 13.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 33 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 12.80 ft / 3.90 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 10.83 ft / 3.30 m (6.89 ft / 2.10 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 6.89 ft / 2.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 10.83 ft / 3.30 m (6.89 ft / 2.10 m before break)
- Stern: 10.83 ft / 3.30 m
- Average freeboard: 8.43 ft / 2.57 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 66.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 128.4 %
Waterplane Area: 3,424 Square feet or 318 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 171 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 28 lbs/sq ft or 135 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 3.02
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Colonel Asaf Kripalani Class Landing Ship (Dock)

The Colonel Asaf Kripalani is Bharat's first landing ship (dock), though small dock wells are contained within two disaster relief ships.

There was debate within the BNS about the ship's precise role - whether it should undertake independent landing operations or merely support such operations. The former option entailed a larger design, primarily for additional troop accommodation, and was therefore more expensive. Ultimately, it was decided that the smaller design would be adopted for a single unit - allowing the BNS to assess the merits and flaws of the design and contemplate a later, larger follow-up to eventually replace its infantry landing ships.

Consequently, the Kripalani is a small LSD with a lengthy well deck and the capacity to transport 1,300 t in cargo - be it vehicles, landing craft, or other materials. Sufficient troop accommodation has been provided for vehicle and landing craft crews, but not much more.

Workspace includes workshops and stores for repair of both landing craft and vehicles, as well as fuel and cargo stores for both. A large sick bay has also been included, to help treat troop casualties in war or civilian casualties in disaster relief operations.

One unit is to be laid down.

Colonel Asaf Kripalani, LSD-1, laid down 1945

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1945

Displacement:
5,305 t light; 5,495 t standard; 8,577 t normal; 11,043 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
464.00 ft / 459.32 ft x 72.18 ft x 15.09 ft (normal load)
141.43 m / 140.00 m x 22.00 m x 4.60 m

Armament:
1 - 4.92" / 125 mm guns in single mounts, 59.59lbs / 27.03kg shells, 1945 Model
Dual purpose gun in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline forward
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1945 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 109 lbs / 49 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 7,372 shp / 5,500 Kw = 17.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,387 t
(simmed as: Range 32,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,549 tons)

Complement:
445 - 579

Cost:
£1.534 million / $6.136 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 12 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 10 tons, 0.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 10 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 186 tons, 2.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,704 tons, 31.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,270 tons, 38.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,390 tons, 27.9 % + 4,162 t simmed as bunkerage
-120 x 13.5 x 2.4 m well deck, flooded: 3,888 t (simmed as bunkerage)
-274 t: Vehicle and landing craft fuel, ammo, and stores (simmed as bunkerage)
-1,300 t: Landing craft, vehicles, and cargo as required
-500 t: Accommodation for 250 troops
-200 t: Small craft repair facilities and stores
-150 t: 2x50 t and 2x25 t cranes
-100 t: Medical facilities
-100 t: Vehicle repair facilities and stores
-40 t: Weight reserve


Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
33,171 lbs / 15,046 Kg = 556.6 x 4.9 " / 125 mm shells or 5.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
Metacentric height 5.5 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 12.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.98

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.36 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 36 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 36
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.57 ft / 8.10 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.62 ft / 7.20 m
- Mid (50 %): 23.62 ft / 7.20 m (15.75 ft / 4.80 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.75 ft / 4.80 m
- Stern: 15.75 ft / 4.80 m
- Average freeboard: 19.92 ft / 6.07 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 40.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 209.7 %
Waterplane Area: 25,271 Square feet or 2,348 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 298 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 80 lbs/sq ft or 393 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.55
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
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

Havildar Hiren Barua Class Attack Cargo Ship

Also planned for 1946 is a pair of cargo ships to support amphibious operations. Given that the BNS only has a single-brigade capability, there has been some question about the need for more than one vessel; some are of the view that the senior leadership are stealthily building up to a two-brigade lift capability. For now, Word of God simply indicates that one vessel would be useful for each coast, given the distances involved.

You'll have seen this design presented in the "Foolin' Around" thread as an ammo ship; construction of a sub-type for that role remains under consideration.

This class will be built to civilian standards.

Havildar Hiren Barua, AKA-01, laid down 1946
Havildar Alok Mehra, AKA-02, laid down 1946

Thinking Calm Thoughts, Bharati Ammo/Cargo Ship, laid down 1946

Displacement:
4,626 t light; 4,761 t standard; 5,449 t normal; 5,999 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
333.23 ft / 328.08 ft x 65.62 ft x 14.76 ft (normal load)
101.57 m / 100.00 m x 20.00 m x 4.50 m

Armament:
1 - 4.92" / 125 mm guns in single mounts, 59.59lbs / 27.03kg shells, 1946 Model
Dual purpose gun in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft
6 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1946 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
8 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1946 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 97 lbs / 44 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 400

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
No drive to shaft, 2 shafts, 13,405 shp / 10,000 Kw = 20.15 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,238 tons

Complement:
316 - 412

Cost:
£1.553 million / $6.212 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 12 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 9 tons, 0.2 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 9 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 335 tons, 6.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,671 tons, 30.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 822 tons, 15.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,599 tons, 47.7 %
-2,000 t: Ammunition storage (ammo ships) or bulk cargo (cargo ships)
-200 t: Refrigeration equipement
-200 t: Cranes/Derricks
-100 t: Extra boats/LCM
-99 t: Weight reserve, possibly a bit of passenger accommodation

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10,377 lbs / 4,707 Kg = 174.1 x 4.9 " / 125 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.59

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise aft of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 38
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.20 ft / 8.90 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.28 ft / 7.40 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (24.28 ft / 7.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (24.28 ft / 7.40 m before break)
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.13 ft / 6.44 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 74.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 195.9 %
Waterplane Area: 15,745 Square feet or 1,463 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 161 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 74 lbs/sq ft or 360 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.11
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather