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Sunday, March 16th 2008, 7:56am

Azeri Torpedo/Gun Boats (TGBs)

Bazarduzu Dagi-class Torpedo Gunboat
- TGB-1 Bazarduzu Dagi

Arablinski-class Motor Gunboat
- MGB-1 Arablinski
- MGB-2 Shikhlinski

Khoyski-class Torpedo Boat
- TGB-2 Khoyski
- TGB-3 Rasulzade
- TGB-4 Bakikhanov
- TGB-5 Kazembek

Yezidabad Castle-class Torpedo Gunboat
- TGB-6 Yezidabad Castle
- TGB-7 Cirax Qala
- TGB-8 Parigala
- TGB-9 Hnarakert
- TGB-10 Ateshgeyakh
- TGB-11 Qiz Qalasi

This post has been edited 5 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Oct 7th 2008, 4:00am)


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Sunday, March 16th 2008, 8:08am


[SIZE=1]Image originally by thesmilingassassin, modified by Brock Paine[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Bazarduzu Dagi, Azerbaijan Torpedo Gunboat laid down 1920[/SIZE]

Displacement:
554 t light; 575 t standard; 609 t normal; 636 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
230.00 ft / 227.00 ft x 26.00 ft x 9.50 ft (normal load)
70.10 m / 69.19 m x 7.92 m x 2.90 m

Armament:
3 - 4.13" / 105 mm guns in single mounts, 35.32lbs / 16.02kg shells, 1920 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
2 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1920 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1920 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 107 lbs / 48 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
3 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 15,048 shp / 11,226 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 2,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 61 tons

Complement:
60 - 79

Cost:
£0.170 million / $0.682 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 13 tons, 2.2 %
Armour: 10 tons, 1.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 9 tons, 1.4 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 2 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 297 tons, 48.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 233 tons, 38.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 55 tons, 9.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
228 lbs / 103 Kg = 6.4 x 4.1 " / 105 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 0.9 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 11.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.31
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.18

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.380
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 15.07 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 71 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
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: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Mid (50 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 13.32 ft / 4.06 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 174.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 110.3 %
Waterplane Area: 3,599 Square feet or 334 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 52 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 28 lbs/sq ft or 136 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 5.60
- Overall: 0.65
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
N/A

Ships in Class:
- Bazarduzu Dagi (TGB-1)

This post has been edited 3 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Mar 31st 2008, 8:08pm)


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Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 12:59am

Arablinski-class Gunboat


[SIZE=1]Drawing by thesmilingassassin and modified by Brock Paine[/SIZE]

Quoted

Arablinski, Azerbaijan Gunboat laid down 1935

Displacement:
376 t light; 405 t standard; 422 t normal; 435 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
183.34 ft / 180.45 ft x 26.25 ft x 8.20 ft (normal load)
55.88 m / 55.00 m x 8.00 m x 2.50 m

Armament:
2 - 4.13" / 105 mm guns in single mounts, 35.32lbs / 16.02kg shells, 1935 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on side amidships
4 - 0.30" / 7.6 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.01lbs / 0.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 72 lbs / 32 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500
3 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

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

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,856 shp / 2,131 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 1,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 30 tons

Complement:
46 - 60

Cost:
£0.163 million / $0.653 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 9 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 5 tons, 1.2 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 4 tons, 0.9 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 1 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 81 tons, 19.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 250 tons, 59.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 45 tons, 10.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 31 tons, 7.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
730 lbs / 331 Kg = 20.7 x 4.1 " / 105 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 0.8 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 12.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 57 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.16
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.22

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.380
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.88 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
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: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Stern: 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Average freeboard: 10.37 ft / 3.16 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 83.0 %
Waterplane Area: 2,996 Square feet or 278 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 156 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 48 lbs/sq ft or 233 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.13
- Longitudinal: 6.50
- Overall: 1.35
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily


Active Vessels:
- MGB-1 Arablinski (sold 1938)
- MGB-2 Shikhlinski (sold 1938)

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Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 1:03am

Khoyski-class Torpedo Boat




[SIZE=3]Demirhisar, Azeri (ex-Turkish) Destroyer laid down 1909, (acquired 1936)[/SIZE]

Displacement:
400 t light; 415 t standard; 457 t normal; 491 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
231.31 ft / 230.00 ft x 23.20 ft x 10.00 ft (normal load)
70.50 m / 70.10 m x 7.07 m x 3.05 m

Armament:
2 - 2.56" / 65.0 mm guns in single mounts, 8.39lbs / 3.81kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 2.56" / 65.0 mm guns in single mounts, 8.39lbs / 3.81kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
2 - 1.46" / 37.1 mm guns in single mounts, 1.56lbs / 0.71kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 53 lbs / 24 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
3 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 14,056 shp / 10,486 Kw = 30.40 kts
Range 1,010nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 76 tons (80% coal)
Caution: Delicate, lightweight machinery

Complement:
49 - 64

Cost:
0.055 million / $0.220 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 7 tons, 1.5 %
Machinery: 252 tons, 55.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 141 tons, 30.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 57 tons, 12.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
127 lbs / 58 Kg = 15.1 x 2.6 " / 65 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.58
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 8.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.12
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.300
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.91 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 15.17 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 49
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 9.52 ft / 2.90 m
- Mid (0 %): 9.52 ft / 2.90 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 9.52 ft / 2.90 m
- Stern: 9.52 ft / 2.90 m
- Average freeboard: 9.96 ft / 3.04 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 189.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 90.8 %
Waterplane Area: 3,429 Square feet or 319 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 32 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 21 lbs/sq ft or 104 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.44
- Longitudinal: 2.57
- Overall: 0.52
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

Ships in Class:
- Khoyski (TGB-2), ex-Demirhisar
- Rasulzade (TGB-3), ex-Yildirim
- Bakikhanov(TGB-4), ex-Gayret
- Kazembek (TGB-5), ex-Gemlik

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Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 1:03am

Yezidabad Castle-class Torpedo Gunboat


[SIZE=1]Image originally by thesmilingassassin, modified by Brock Paine[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Yezidabad Castle-class, Azerbaijani Torpedo Gunboat laid down 1936[/SIZE]

Displacement:
718 t light; 768 t standard; 800 t normal; 826 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
236.19 ft / 230.00 ft x 29.00 ft x 10.00 ft (normal load)
71.99 m / 70.10 m x 8.84 m x 3.05 m

Armament:
8 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (4x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline, all raised guns
8 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1936 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 246 lbs / 111 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
3 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 14,887 shp / 11,106 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 2,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 58 tons

Complement:
74 - 97

Cost:
£0.502 million / $2.009 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 31 tons, 3.8 %
Armour: 21 tons, 2.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 19 tons, 2.4 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 2 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 317 tons, 39.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 339 tons, 42.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 83 tons, 10.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
402 lbs / 182 Kg = 13.2 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 1.0 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 12.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.50
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.420
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 73 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
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: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.50 ft / 4.42 m
- Average freeboard: 14.55 ft / 4.43 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 160.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 109.1 %
Waterplane Area: 4,317 Square feet or 401 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 72 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 36 lbs/sq ft or 176 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.59
- Longitudinal: 6.72
- Overall: 0.75
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 10 tons torpedo reloads

Ships in Class:

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Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 2:49am

Ex-SAE torpedo boats