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Originally posted by Brockpaine
HOLY CARP, look at that insane armoured deck!
Also - your first design has a 2mm TDS. I don't think that's very effective.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Valles" (Mar 16th 2012, 6:11pm)
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
Were the Gams built in class three slips? Because if you could use the class four slip(s) you have, you could have a longer, more cruiser-like hull (with greater deck area).
The two existing designs - especially the first - are rather short and chunky for their size.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Valles" (Mar 16th 2012, 6:58pm)
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Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1940
Displacement:
30,023 t light; 30,994 t standard; 34,550 t normal; 37,395 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
881.59 ft / 820.00 ft x 98.00 ft x 28.50 ft (normal load)
268.71 m / 249.94 m x 29.87 m x 8.69 m
Armament:
8 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (4x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (16x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
48 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (24x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 915 lbs / 415 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 480
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.50" / 38 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.50" / 38 mm
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 2.50" / 64 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 162,976 shp / 121,580 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 5,140nm at 24.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,401 tons
Complement:
1,266 - 1,647
Cost:
£10.542 million / $42.167 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 114 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 4,598 tons, 13.3 %
- Belts: 1,251 tons, 3.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,099 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 76 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 2,115 tons, 6.1 %
- Conning Tower: 57 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 4,358 tons, 12.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,869 tons, 34.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,527 tons, 13.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 9,084 tons, 26.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
57,624 lbs / 26,138 Kg = 859.6 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 8.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 5.9 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.07
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.528
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.04 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 36.43 degrees
Stern overhang: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 55.00 ft / 16.76 m
- Forecastle (12 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m (28.00 ft / 8.53 m aft of break)
- Mid (58 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Stern: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Average freeboard: 30.88 ft / 9.41 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 240.8 %
Waterplane Area: 57,171 Square feet or 5,311 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 148 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs/sq ft or 683 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.04
- Longitudinal: 1.51
- Overall: 1.08
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
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Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1940
Displacement:
30,000 t light; 30,970 t standard; 34,524 t normal; 37,367 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
881.59 ft / 820.00 ft x 98.00 ft x 28.50 ft (normal load)
268.71 m / 249.94 m x 29.87 m x 8.69 m
Armament:
8 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (4x2 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (16x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
48 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (24x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 915 lbs / 415 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 480
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.50" / 38 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.50" / 38 mm
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.80" / 71 mm, Conning tower: 2.50" / 64 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 162,870 shp / 121,501 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 5,140nm at 24.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,397 tons
Complement:
1,266 - 1,646
Cost:
£10.534 million / $42.138 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 114 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 5,443 tons, 15.8 %
- Belts: 1,251 tons, 3.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,099 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 76 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 2,960 tons, 8.6 %
- Conning Tower: 57 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 4,355 tons, 12.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,003 tons, 31.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,524 tons, 13.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 9,084 tons, 26.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
57,659 lbs / 26,154 Kg = 860.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 8.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 6.0 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 16.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.07
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.58
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.528
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.04 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 36.43 degrees
Stern overhang: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 55.00 ft / 16.76 m
- Forecastle (12 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m (28.00 ft / 8.53 m aft of break)
- Mid (58 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Stern: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Average freeboard: 30.88 ft / 9.41 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 240.8 %
Waterplane Area: 57,149 Square feet or 5,309 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 143 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 634 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.40
- 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
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