WesWorld

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Some of the Japanese cast-offs are in Janes' WW1, but I don't know if Walter kept them strictly historic or not.

Didn't have a place to dump them. However I think that I will put them in a separate bit in the "Japan" board. I tried to keep those old ships reasonably close to the 'historical' data in Janes WW1.

We need a new Encyclopedia board for 'Chosen & Formosa'...

Added a few I'd missed to the CDS and CA pages, and added...

Light Cruisers of the WesWorld

There are some missing; for instance, eight of the French CLs listed at the end of the latest Sim Report are AWOL.



I will leave the compilation of Destroyers to another, as I desire to retain such small shreds of my sanity as I currently have.

Welll done. That must have been quite a little bit of work.

One idea: Mark the ships already rebuild, probably by mentioning the year of their rebuild. Otherwise it sometimes looks odd (see 1908 for example and compare the stats - you´ll notice that the _rebuild_ RSAN ships have completely different/superior stats).

I´ll also wonder why the PORT SHEPSTONE-class of 1913 made it into 1915...?!

I'll see about adding something to indicate rebuilds...perhaps.

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I´ll also wonder why the PORT SHEPSTONE-class of 1913 made it into 1915...?!

3s and 5s tend to look alike at midnight after five hours online. ;-)

Did some hunting on Admiral K's webpage and I believe the missing French ships should be:

-Heavy Cruiser page-
2 Quinet-class

-Light Cruiser page-
8? De Grasse-class

So these have been added. :-)

I decided to do Submarines, and in so doing revealed some gaping holes in the Encyclopedia... :-(


[SIZE=1](Hmm, maybe I shouldn't be using 'gaping holes' and 'submarine' in the same sentence? )[/SIZE]


Also, my willpower not to do Destroyers is slipping...

must...maintain......san..i...t.................y..................


You are the Master, and I shall obey you...

You will find very little on Atlantian subs and Turkish DD's/TB's so be prepared do do some work on both DD's and Subs.

To fill your "holes" in knowledge, the Chilean submarines have no guns of any kind...only torpedoes. They are "coastal" submarines, yet can cross the Atlantic on their own (H1 of the United Kingdom did so in August of 1915)

I doubt this will change, though at some point I will need to replace these submarines.

Patched some holes in the sub page and added a few I'd missed to the CA and CL pages.

And I proudly present...

Destroyers of the WesWorld


And I'm still perfectly sane, yes I am indeed totally unquestionably 100-percent retaining my facilities for sure and here come those nice young men in their clean white coats...

A+ Swampy

We'll let then drag you away a little later. You are missing one Chilean destroyer however. New light destroyer Guardia Marina Contrerra laid down in Q4/1927 (it seems to have not made it into my main section until today, but was in my destroyer's thread and in the sim report).

Guardia Marina Contrerra

Chilean Destroyer laid down 1927

Displacement:
850 t light; 897 t standard; 965 t normal; 1,015 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
300.00 ft / 289.00 ft x 29.00 ft x 10.00 ft (normal load)
91.44 m / 88.09 m x 8.84 m x 3.05 m

Armament:
3 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns in single mounts, 40.59lbs / 18.41kg shells, 1927 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1927 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
2 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline
6 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1927 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 179 lbs / 81 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 27,500 shp / 20,515 Kw = 32.27 kts
Range 5,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 122 tons)

Complement:
86 - 112

Cost:
£0.431 million / $1.723 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 22 tons, 2.3 %
Machinery: 499 tons, 51.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 329 tons, 34.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 115 tons, 11.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
276 lbs / 125 Kg = 6.8 x 4.3 " / 110 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.30
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.403
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.97 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 66
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 24.63 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m (10.00 ft / 3.05 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 7.00 ft / 2.13 m (10.00 ft / 3.05 m before break)
- Stern: 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
- Average freeboard: 13.88 ft / 4.23 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 186.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 121.8 %
Waterplane Area: 4,889 Square feet or 454 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 50 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 30 lbs/sq ft or 145 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 3.09
- Overall: 0.60
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

She's been added.

(Good thing I compiled this when I did...)

Good, and yes I'd say your timing was spot on.

See how much easier it is to compare the bare specifications of all navies with this data. Makes plotting and planning easier, and could prove useful in avoiding copying another's design without realizing it.

There are probably more designs missing but it´s Jane´s - it doesn´t have to be 100%. ;o)

Nice job, Swamphy.

Thanks, glad y'all like it. :-)

I've added a brief, certainly incomplete list of seaplane carriers at the bottom of the CV page.

Just 2 minor gripes....
the 2 latest Danish classes are "Felix" and "Raptor", and not named after the lead ship in either case,

Otherwise, GOOD WORK!!!