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[SIZE=3]Constitution, Chilean Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936[/SIZE]
Displacement:
18,275 t light; 19,194 t standard; 21,955 t normal; 24,164 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
734.56 ft / 700.00 ft x 68.00 ft (Bulges 74.00 ft) x 27.10 ft (normal load)
223.89 m / 213.36 m x 20.73 m (Bulges 22.56 m) x 8.26 m
Armament:
9 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (3x3 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
2 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
12 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (6x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
12 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 5,531 lbs / 2,509 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.50" / 191 mm 514.00 ft / 156.67 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 113 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.00" / 25 mm 514.00 ft / 156.67 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 3.50" / 89 mm - -
3rd: 3.50" / 89 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 129,829 shp / 96,852 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,969 tons
Complement:
901 - 1,172
Cost:
£9.124 million / $36.495 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 691 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 5,334 tons, 24.3 %
- Belts: 1,575 tons, 7.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 494 tons, 2.3 %
- Armament: 1,298 tons, 5.9 %
- Armour Deck: 1,915 tons, 8.7 %
- Conning Tower: 51 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 3,643 tons, 16.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,437 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,680 tons, 16.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 170 tons, 0.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
30,418 lbs / 13,797 Kg = 60.8 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 3.5 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 16.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.76
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.547
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.16 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 50.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Stern: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Average freeboard: 24.94 ft / 7.60 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 112.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 147.4 %
Waterplane Area: 34,498 Square feet or 3,205 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 142 lbs/sq ft or 691 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.60
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Breakdown of Weights
Air search radar - 20 tons
Surface search radar - 20 tons
Radar-assisted fire control - 30 tons
2 Seaplanes - 50 tons
Catapult - 35 tons
Air conditioning/Heating - 10 tons
Crew Comforts, movie theatre, ice cream machines - 5 tons
Total extra weight - 170 tons
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[SIZE=3]Libertad, Chilean Carrier (Portaviones) laid down 1938[/SIZE]
Displacement:
18,300 t light; 19,152 t standard; 21,855 t normal; 24,017 t full load
Dimensions:[/B] Length overall / water x beam x draught
734.56 ft / 700.00 ft x 70.00 ft (Bulges 74.50 ft) x 27.10 ft (normal load)
223.89 m / 213.36 m x 21.34 m (Bulges 22.71 m) x 8.26 m
Armament:
16 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
32 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,398 lbs / 634 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm 543.00 ft / 165.51 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 119 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.00" / 25 mm 543.00 ft / 165.51 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 129,132 shp / 96,332 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,865 tons
Complement:
898 - 1,168
Cost:
£7.228 million / $28.910 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 175 tons, 0.8 %
Armour: 2,855 tons, 13.1 %
- Belts: 221 tons, 1.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 522 tons, 2.4 %
- Armament: 102 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 1,959 tons, 9.0 %
- Conning Tower: 51 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 3,536 tons, 16.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,835 tons, 31.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,555 tons, 16.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,900 tons, 22.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
29,719 lbs / 13,480 Kg = 443.3 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 3.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 3.6 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 16.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.19
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.44
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.541
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.40 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.20 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 38
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 50.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Mid (50 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Stern: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Average freeboard: 26.24 ft / 8.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 119.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 194.7 %
Waterplane Area: 35,304 Square feet or 3,280 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 135 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 112 lbs/sq ft or 545 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.68
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Breakdown of Weights:
Weight for 68 planes: 4,624 tons / Room for 65 1/3 planes (Extra weight for spares)
Air search radar - 20 tons
Surface search radar - 20 tons
Radar-assisted fire control - 30 tons
Air conditioning/Heating - 10 tons
Additional parts, aircrews, etc. - 100 tons
Crew Comforts, movie theatre, ice cream machines - 6 tons
Flag Bridge - 90 tons
Total extra weight - 4,900 tons
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Dec 4th 2008, 6:49am)
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[SIZE=3]Esmeralda, Chilean Light Carrier laid down 1939[/SIZE]
Displacement:
12,400 t light; 12,810 t standard; 14,913 t normal; 16,596 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
636.17 ft / 620.00 ft x 63.00 ft (Bulges 68.00 ft) x 24.00 ft (normal load)
193.90 m / 188.98 m x 19.20 m (Bulges 20.73 m) x 7.32 m
Armament:
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 97 lbs / 44 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1,500
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.00" / 25 mm 403.00 ft / 122.83 m 21.44 ft / 6.53 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 0.75" / 19 mm -
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 2.00" / 51 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 105,332 shp / 78,578 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,786 tons
Complement:
674 - 877
Cost:
£4.906 million / $19.622 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 12 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 1,896 tons, 12.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 320 tons, 2.1 %
- Armament: 25 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 1,525 tons, 10.2 %
- Conning Tower: 26 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 2,850 tons, 19.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,143 tons, 34.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,513 tons, 16.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,500 tons, 16.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
21,112 lbs / 9,576 Kg = 3,736.2 x 2.2 " / 57 mm shells or 3.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 16.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.24
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.516
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.12 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.57 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 23.02 ft / 7.02 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 120.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 174.4 %
Waterplane Area: 27,470 Square feet or 2,552 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 146 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 109 lbs/sq ft or 532 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.08
- Longitudinal: 1.84
- Overall: 1.14
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Breakdown of Weights:
2,304 tons - 48 aircraft
Air search radar - 20 tons
Surface search radar - 20 tons
Radar-assisted fire control - 30 tons
Air conditioning - 10 tons
Additional parts, aircrews, etc. - 110 tons
Crew Comforts, movie theatre, ice cream machines - 6 tons
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Dec 4th 2008, 6:49am)
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Originally posted by perdedor99
My God! His fleet is turning into a Bharat clone.
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Originally posted by TheCanadian
Nice designs Brock. The Imperial Brazilian Navy might be interested in the Esmeralda design in the future, as well as the hull design for the Constitution.
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Originally posted by perdedor99
I think is funny we are both thinking on the same lines. One of the reasons of accepting the treaties with Australia and Great Britain is that I was being forced to rely more in carriers as the main striking force.
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Originally posted by perdedor99
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Originally posted by thesmilingassassin
Really, how so?
Bharat's carrier force is composed of an aircraft carrier protected by an armored cruiser, two CLAA, one light cruiser and four destroyers per the two newest carriers.
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