You are not logged in.

Dear visitor, welcome to WesWorld. If this is your first visit here, please read the Help. It explains in detail how this page works. To use all features of this page, you should consider registering. Please use the registration form, to register here or read more information about the registration process. If you are already registered, please login here.

1

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)


2

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)


3

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)