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Rhodos Class, Great Britain/Greek Fast Minlayer/Aux Destroyer laid down 1940

Displacement:
2,743 t light; 2,883 t standard; 3,182 t normal; 3,422 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
434.10 ft / 425.00 ft x 39.00 ft x 15.00 ft (normal load)
132.31 m / 129.54 m x 11.89 m x 4.57 m

Armament:
6 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (3x2 guns), 59.90lbs / 27.17kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 2.14lbs / 0.97kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.27lbs / 0.12kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 379 lbs / 172 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 350

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

- Armour deck: 0.79" / 20 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp / 44,760 Kw = 34.05 kts
Range 5,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 539 tons

Complement:
211 - 275

Cost:
£2.078 million / $8.313 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 49 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 170 tons, 5.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 16 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 154 tons, 4.8 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,494 tons, 46.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 930 tons, 29.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 439 tons, 13.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 3.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,139 lbs / 517 Kg = 18.2 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.38
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 11.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.54

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.448
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.90 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
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: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.50 ft / 6.55 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m before break)
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 19.46 ft / 5.93 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 168.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 193.9 %
Waterplane Area: 10,555 Square feet or 981 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 82 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 190 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.66
- Overall: 0.59
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
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

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M-9 Kerpathos
M-10 Corfu
M-11 Kanaris

Seiren (Mod Rhodos) Class , Greek Fast Minlayer/Aux Destroyer laid down 1941

Displacement:
2,743 t light; 2,894 t standard; 3,191 t normal; 3,429 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
434.10 ft / 425.00 ft x 39.00 ft x 15.00 ft (normal load)
132.31 m / 129.54 m x 11.89 m x 4.57 m

Armament:
6 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (3x2 guns), 60.00lbs / 27.22kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.25lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 378 lbs / 171 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 400

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm 0.50" / 13 mm -
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

- Armour deck: 0.75" / 19 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp / 44,760 Kw = 34.03 kts
Range 5,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 535 tons

Complement:
211 - 275

Cost:
£2.130 million / $8.519 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 49 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 162 tons, 5.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 15 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 147 tons, 4.6 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,481 tons, 46.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 922 tons, 28.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 448 tons, 14.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 130 tons, 4.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,130 lbs / 512 Kg = 18.1 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.36
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 11.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.54

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.449
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.90 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
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: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.50 ft / 6.55 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m before break)
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 19.46 ft / 5.93 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 167.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 194.1 %
Waterplane Area: 10,566 Square feet or 982 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 83 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 188 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.63
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
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

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