Her hull is slightly modified from the previous Strashniy design:
Gangut, Russian Aircraft carrier laid down 1925
Displacement:
12,854 t light; 13,261 t standard; 14,692 t normal; 15,777 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
715.75 ft / 705.38 ft x 70.54 ft x 22.97 ft (normal load)
218.16 m / 215.00 m x 21.50 m x 7.00 m
Armament:
8 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (4x2 guns), 77.16lbs / 35.00kg shells, 1925 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1925 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 654 lbs / 297 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 386.32 ft / 117.75 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 84 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 67,830 shp / 50,601 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 8,600nm at 15.00 kts (Bunkerage = 2,575 tons)
Aviation:
64 Aircraft, 2 Elevators
Complement:
666 - 867
Cost:
£2.678 million / $10.714 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 72 tons, 0.5 %
Armour: 1,605 tons, 10.9 %
- Belts: 319 tons, 2.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 72 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 1,201 tons, 8.2 %
- Conning Tower: 13 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 2,202 tons, 15.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,879 tons, 33.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,838 tons, 12.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,096 tons, 27.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,004 lbs / 9,074 Kg = 298.4 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 2.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.09
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.46
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.450
Sharpness coefficient: 0.31
'Natural speed' for length: 30.49 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern angle (Positive = stern overhangs aft): 10.00 degrees
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
- Stern: 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
- Average freeboard: 19.19 ft / 5.85 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 84.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 181.0 %
Waterplane Area: 32,968 Square feet or 3,063 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 138 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 99 lbs/sq ft or 485 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- 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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily