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Saturday, September 2nd 2006, 11:37pm

White Star Line

Currently in service:
Liverpool/Cobh-Boston/New York

RMS Olympic (1911)
Preserved at Belfast

RMS Majestic[ex-Bismarck] (1914)
Laid up at Halifax

RMS Ceramic (1913)
Liverpool-Cape Town (Fremantle)-(Albany)-Melbourne-Sydney-(Brisbane)-Durban-Liverpool

RMS Gallic (II) (1918 )
Australian cargo service

RMS Delphic (II) (1918 )
Australian cargo service

RMS Vedic (1918 )
Salvation Army Charter

RMS Calgaric (1918 )
Liverpool/Belfast - Quebec/Montreal

RMS Albertic (1919)
Liverpool/Belfast - Quebec/Montreal

RMS Homeric (1922)
Mediterranean cruises out of British ports

RMS Doric (1923)
Liverpool/Belfast - Quebec/Montreal

RMS Laurentic (1927)
Liverpool/Belfast - Quebec/Montreal

RMS Britannic (III) (1930)
Liverpool/Belfast/Glasgow - New York

RMS Georgic (1930)
Liverpool/Belfast/Glasgow - New York

RMS Oceanic (III) (1935)
Southampton/Cherbourg/Cobh - New York

RMS Olympic (III) (1936)
Southampton/Cherbourg/Cobh - New York

This post has been edited 3 times, last edit by "ShinRa_Inc" (May 10th 2007, 2:08am)


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Tuesday, June 26th 2007, 5:04am

RMS Oceanic (III)



RMS Oceanic (III), White Star Line Motor Vessel laid down 1932

Displacement:
53,433 t light; 54,729 t standard; 64,800 t normal; 72,857 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,136.46 ft / 1,125.00 ft x 120.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load)
346.39 m / 342.90 m x 36.58 m x 9.75 m

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 298,806 shp / 222,909 Kw = 35.75 kts
Range 4,000nm at 34.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 18,129 tons

Complement:
2,029 - 2,639

Cost:
£14.113 million / $56.452 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 8,820 tons, 13.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 26,613 tons, 41.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 11,367 tons, 17.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 18,000 tons, 27.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
149,431 lbs / 67,781 Kg = 1,383.6 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 6.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 8.9 ft / 2.7 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.525
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.38 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 38.36 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 25
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 65.00 ft / 19.81 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 55.00 ft / 16.76 m
- Mid (65 %): 55.00 ft / 16.76 m (45.00 ft / 13.72 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 45.00 ft / 13.72 m
- Stern: 45.00 ft / 13.72 m
- Average freeboard: 52.30 ft / 15.94 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 466.8 %
Waterplane Area: 95,770 Square feet or 8,897 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 182 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 156 lbs/sq ft or 763 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.78
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily


Passengers
1st Class: 390 passengers (used 20 tons/passenger, required 18.24 tons/passenger)
2nd Class: 415 passengers (used 10 tons/passenger, required 9.12 tons/passenger)
3rd Class: 1110 passengers (used 3.5 tons/passenger, required 3.42 tons/passenger)

ACCOMMODATION
First Class Accommodation: 189 cabins
One-berth: 60 cabins (60)
Two-berth: 57 cabins (114)
Three-berth: 72 cabins (216)
Total: 390 passengers

Second Class Accommodation: 128 cabins
Two-berth: 45 cabins (90)
Three-berth: 7 cabins (21)
Four-berth: 76 cabins (304)
Total: 415 passengers

Third Class Accommodation: 262 cabins
Two-berth: 62 cabins (124)
Four-berth: 129 cabins (516)
Six-berth: 55 cabins (330)
Eight-berth: 10 cabins (80)
Ten-berth: 6 cabins (60)
Total: 1110 passengers

Miscellaneous weight breakdown:
20t / first class cabin passenger . . . 390 passengers = 7,800 tons
10t / second class cabin passenger. . . 415 passengers = 4,150 tons
3.5t / steerage passenger . . . . . . 1,110 passengers = 3,885 tons
Total passengers. . . . . . . . . . . 1,915 passengers = 15,835 tons
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .= 1,620 tons
Extras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .= 545 tons
Grand total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .= 18,000 tons

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "ShinRa_Inc" (Jun 26th 2007, 5:08am)


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Monday, June 9th 2008, 12:26am


RMS Olympic (II), White Star Line Transatlantic Steamship laid down 1934

Displacement:
54,743 t light; 56,107 t standard; 68,214 t normal; 77,900 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,259.70 ft / 1,250.00 ft x 125.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load)
383.96 m / 381.00 m x 38.10 m x 9.75 m

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 6 shafts, 448,071 shp / 334,261 Kw = 40.00 kts
Range 4,250nm at 36.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 21,793 tons

Complement:
2,109 - 2,743

Cost:
£18.265 million / $73.060 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 12,890 tons, 18.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 28,353 tons, 41.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 13,471 tons, 19.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 13,500 tons, 19.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
147,021 lbs / 66,688 Kg = 1,361.3 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 5.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.37
Metacentric height 12.1 ft / 3.7 m
Roll period: 15.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 40 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.60

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.478
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 40.46 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 20
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 55.00 ft / 16.76 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m
- Mid (65 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m (40.00 ft / 12.19 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 40.00 ft / 12.19 m
- Stern: 40.00 ft / 12.19 m
- Average freeboard: 46.90 ft / 14.30 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 449.4 %
Waterplane Area: 106,047 Square feet or 9,852 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 174 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 167 lbs/sq ft or 815 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.63
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily


right report this time.... -_-

This post has been edited 4 times, last edit by "ShinRa_Inc" (Jun 10th 2008, 8:09pm)