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Karkas, Persia CVE laid down 1920 (Engine 1937), to China 1942


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Displacement:
5,062 t light; 5,191 t standard; 5,670 t normal; 6,053 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
500.00 ft / 500.00 ft x 49.87 ft x 15.09 ft (normal load)
152.40 m / 152.40 m x 15.20 m x 4.60 m

Armament:
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1920 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1920 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 8 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 21 lbs / 10 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1,000

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 308.40 ft / 94.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length

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

- Armour deck: 1.38" / 35 mm, Conning tower: 2.95" / 75 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 49,846 shp / 37,185 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 9,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 862 tons

Complement:
326 - 424

Cost:
£0.881 million / $3.525 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 847 tons, 14.9 %
- Belts: 376 tons, 6.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 16 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 434 tons, 7.7 %
- Conning Tower: 20 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 1,382 tons, 24.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,131 tons, 37.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 608 tons, 10.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 12.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
8,663 lbs / 3,929 Kg = 4,436.3 x 1.6 " / 40 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 13.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.68

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.527
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.03 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.36 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 42
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Mid (40 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m (13.12 ft / 4.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.9 %
Waterplane Area: 17,037 Square feet or 1,583 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 131 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 69 lbs/sq ft or 335 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.21
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
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

Airgroup = 24 aircraft

Converted in China from the Indian CL Jaipur

(Sim by commander Green)

Thanks Brock for SIM

Oqab, Persindian Light Carrier laid down 1940
To Mexico, 1942

Displacement:
7,149 t light; 7,338 t standard; 8,086 t normal; 8,684 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
567.30 ft / 557.74 ft x 55.77 ft x 19.36 ft (normal load)
172.91 m / 170.00 m x 17.00 m x 5.90 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1940 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 282 lbs / 128 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 170


Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.57" / 40 mm 362.53 ft / 110.50 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.57" / 40 mm, Conning tower: 3.94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 68,781 shp / 51,310 Kw = 32.50 kts
Range 12,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,346 tons

Complement:
426 - 554

Cost:
£3.144 million / $12.577 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 35 tons, 0.4 %
Armour: 893 tons, 11.0 %
- Belts: 233 tons, 2.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 15 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 611 tons, 7.6 %
- Conning Tower: 34 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 1,861 tons, 23.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,959 tons, 36.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 937 tons, 11.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,400 tons, 17.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10,193 lbs / 4,623 Kg = 152.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 14.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.11
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.09

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.05 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
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: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.83 ft / 6.35 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.22 ft / 5.25 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.22 ft / 5.25 m
- Stern: 17.22 ft / 5.25 m
- Average freeboard: 18.92 ft / 5.77 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 149.5 %
Waterplane Area: 20,971 Square feet or 1,948 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 128 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 88 lbs/sq ft or 429 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.46
- Overall: 1.04
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Room and Weight for 36 planes