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The end product of some tinkering last night:

Wee Battleship, laid down 1923

Length, 610 ft x Beam, 90.0 ft x Depth, 31.0 ft
24313 tons normal displacement (22140 tons standard)

Main battery: 8 x 13.8-inch (2 x 4)
Secondary battery: 12 x 5.9-inch (4 x 3)
AA battery: 8 x 4.1-inch
Light battery: 8 x 1.4-inch

Weight of broadside: 12031 lbs

Main belt, 13.0 inches; ends unarmored
Armor deck, average 4.0 inches
C.T., 4.0 inches

Battery armor:
Main, 15.0" / secondary, 3.0"
AA, 1.0" shields / light guns, 1.0" shields

Maximum speed for 70024 shp = 26.38 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 15000 nm / 12 kts

Typical complement: 974-1266


Estimated cost, $26.923 million (£6.731 million)

Remarks:

Relative extent of belt armor, 81 percent of 'typical' coverage.

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 ......................... 1504 tons = 6 pct
Armor, total ..................... 6973 tons = 29 pct

Belt 2038 tons = 8 pct
Deck 2553 tons = 11 pct
C.T. 73 tons = 0 pct
Armament 2309 tons = 9 pct

Machinery ........................ 2340 tons = 10 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 9758 tons = 40 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 3662 tons = 15 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 75 tons = 0 pct
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24313 tons = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 4.7 ft

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 20651 tons
Standard displacement: 22140 tons
Normal service: 24313 tons
Full load: 25954 tons

Loading submergence 986 tons/foot

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.06

Shellfire needed to sink: 27439 lbs = 20.9 x 13.8-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.1
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 64 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.69

Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.14

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.50
Sharpness coefficient: 0.38
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.44
'Natural speed' for length = 24.7 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 51 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 80 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 125 percent


Displacement factor: 103 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.94
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 187 lbs)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.80
(for 18.5 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +0.4 ft)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

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

610.00 x 90.00 x 31.00; 18.50 -- Dimensions
0.50 -- Block coefficient
1923 -- Year laid down
26.38 / 15000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
75 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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8 x 13.80; 2; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring
:
12 x 5.90; 4 -- Secondary battery; turrets
:
8 x 4.10 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
8 x 1.40 -- Fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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13.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00; 81 -- Belt armor; relative extent
4.00 / 4.00 -- Deck / CT
15.00 / 3.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 -- Battery armor


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Tub, laid down 1923

Length, 650 ft x Beam, 100.0 ft x Depth, 31.0 ft
29361 tons normal displacement (26922 tons standard)

Main battery: 8 x 14.6-inch (2 x 4)
Secondary battery: 12 x 5.9-inch (4 x 3)
AA battery: 8 x 4.1-inch
Light battery: 8 x 1.4-inch

Weight of broadside: 13967 lbs

Main belt, 14.0 inches; ends unarmored
Armor deck, average 4.5 inches
C.T., 14.0 inches

Battery armor:
Main, 16.0" / secondary, 3.0"
AA, 1.0" shields / light guns, 1.0" shields

Maximum speed for 80056 shp = 26.58 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 15000 nm / 12 kts

Typical complement: 1122-1458


Estimated cost, $31.676 million (£7.919 million)

Remarks:

Relative extent of belt armor, 77 percent of 'typical' coverage.

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 ......................... 1746 tons = 6 pct
Armor, total ..................... 8723 tons = 30 pct

Belt 2357 tons = 8 pct
Deck 3446 tons = 12 pct
C.T. 288 tons = 1 pct
Armament 2631 tons = 9 pct

Machinery ........................ 2676 tons = 9 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 11952 tons = 41 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 4191 tons = 14 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 75 tons = 0 pct
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29361 tons = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 6.5 ft

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 25171 tons
Standard displacement: 26922 tons
Normal service: 29361 tons
Full load: 31196 tons

Loading submergence 1183 tons/foot

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.15

Shellfire needed to sink: 36441 lbs = 23.4 x 14.6-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.8
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 58 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.50

Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.16

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.51
Sharpness coefficient: 0.39
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.45
'Natural speed' for length = 25.5 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 51 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 76 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 134 percent


Displacement factor: 105 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.96
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 201 lbs)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.67
(for 19.0 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +0.2 ft)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.02

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

650.00 x 100.00 x 31.00; 19.00 -- Dimensions
0.51 -- Block coefficient
1923 -- Year laid down
26.58 / 15000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
75 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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8 x 14.60; 2; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring
:
12 x 5.90; 4 -- Secondary battery; turrets
:
8 x 4.10 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
8 x 1.40 -- Fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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14.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00; 77 -- Belt armor; relative extent
4.50 / 14.00 -- Deck / CT
16.00 / 3.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 -- Battery armor


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