Following the decision of the Government to suppress the Montenegro Armed Sea Force, its has been decided to lay up its vessels pending disposal by sale or otherwise.
The Yugoslav Defence Ministry has announced the sale of the following vessels. Tenders may be directed to the Office of the Deputy Director of Procurement (Property Disposal)
Costancia, Montenegrin Armed Merchantman laid down 1925
Displacement:694 t light; 755 t standard; 1 190 t normal; 1 539 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
214,29 ft / 213,25 ft x 36,09 ft x 9,84 ft (normal load)
65,31 m / 65,00 m x 11,00 m x 3,00 m
Armament:
1 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 112,44lbs / 51,00kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading gun in deck mount on centreline forward
2 - 4,80" / 122 mm guns in single mounts, 55,40lbs / 25,13kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, all amidships
1 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading gun in deck mount on side aft, 1 raised gun
4 - 3,00" / 76,2 mm guns in single mounts, 13,50lbs / 6,12kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 384 lbs / 174 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0,79" / 20 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm - -
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 4 689 shp / 3 498 Kw = 19,00 kts
Range 10 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 784 tons
Complement: 100 - 131
Cost: £0,280 million / $1,118 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 47 tons, 4,0%
Armour: 8 tons, 0,6%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 8 tons, 0,6%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 152 tons, 12,8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 487 tons, 40,9%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 496 tons, 41,7%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 2 659 lbs / 1 206 Kg = 24,8 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 1,0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,48
Metacentric height 2,1 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 10,4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,27
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,55
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 5,91 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14,60 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Forecastle (20%): 16,40 ft / 5,00 m (13,12 ft / 4,00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Stern: 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Average freeboard: 14,04 ft / 4,28 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 73,4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 134,3%
Waterplane Area: 5 371 Square feet or 499 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 172%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 54 lbs/sq ft or 264 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,92
- Longitudinal: 5,11
- Overall: 1,10
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
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
Jagoda, Montenegrin Armed Merchantman laid down 1928
Displacement: 1 668 t light; 1 756 t standard; 1 981 t normal; 2 162 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
348,07 ft / 344,49 ft x 36,09 ft x 11,15 ft (normal load)
106,09 m / 105,00 m x 11,00 m x 3,40 m
Armament:
2 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1928 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 4,80" / 122 mm guns in single mounts, 55,40lbs / 25,13kg shells, 1928 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side ends, evenly spread
4 - 3,00" / 76,2 mm guns in single mounts, 13,50lbs / 6,12kg shells, 1928 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, evenly spread
2 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm guns in single mounts, 5,65lbs / 2,56kg shells, 1928 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 501 lbs / 227 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,20" / 5 mm - -
4th: 0,20" / 5 mm - -
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 18 297 shp / 13 650 Kw = 26,50 kts
Range 18 000nm at 8,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 406 tons
Complement:
148 - 193
Cost:
£0,728 million / $2,914 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 3,2%
Armour: 10 tons, 0,5%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 10 tons, 0,5%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 570 tons, 28,8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1 026 tons, 51,8%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 313 tons, 15,8%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 2 354 lbs / 1 068 Kg = 22,0 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 0,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,35
Metacentric height 1,8 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 11,2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,31
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,55
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,55 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18,56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 32
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20,34 ft / 6,20 m
- Forecastle (20%): 18,37 ft / 5,60 m (17,72 ft / 5,40 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 17,06 ft / 5,20 m (13,78 ft / 4,20 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15%): 13,78 ft / 4,20 m
- Stern: 13,78 ft / 4,20 m
- Average freeboard: 15,94 ft / 4,86 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 118,0%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 164,7%
Waterplane Area: 8 283 Square feet or 770 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 65 lbs/sq ft or 315 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,02
- Longitudinal: 3,86
- Overall: 1,17
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather