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Magellan, Filipino Sail Training Ship, laid down 1926

Displacement: 1,112 t light; 1,139 t standard; 1,278 t normal; 1,389 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught

233.37 ft / 193.00 ft x 35.50 ft x 13.60 ft (normal load) [71.13 m / 58.83 m x 10.82 m x 4.15 m]

Armament:

1 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in a single mount, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1923 Model Quick firing gun in a deck mounton centreline forward
2 - 0.54" / 13.7 mm guns (1x2 guns), 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1925 Model Machine guns in a deck mounton centreline aft
Weight of broadside 32 lbs / 15 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:

Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.18" / 30 mm - -

Machinery:

Diesel Internal combustion motor, Direct drive, 1 shaft, 604 shp / 451 Kw = 11.10 kts
Range 9,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 250 tons)

Complement: 106 - 138

Cost: £0.155 million / $0.619 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 2 tons, 0.2 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 2 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 19 tons, 1.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 886 tons, 69.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 166 tons, 13.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 15.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):5,386 lbs / 2,443 Kg = 176.5 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 3.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 13.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:

Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.480
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.44 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 13.89 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 37 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 60.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (50 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 12.61 ft / 3.84 m

Ship space, strength and comments:

Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 25.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 90.2 %
Waterplane Area: 4,295 Square feet or 399 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 470 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 562 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 2.26
- Longitudinal: 11.55
- Overall: 2.67
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather


Magellan, laid down 1926