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A. Industrial Allocation

10/30 factories (non fixed) to naval materials: 10,000 tons created for Q1/1927 plus 32 tons stockpiled from Q4/26 plus 675 tons transfered from Chile in Q1/1927 plus 1,830 tons transfered from Chile in Q1/1926 for "12,537" total tons.

12,537 tons used for ship building, 0 tons stockpiled for next quarter.

15/30 factories (fixed) to infrastructure development: 1.5 points for Q1/1927

5/30 factories (non fixed) to infrastructure development: 0.5 points for Q1/1927

Total 2.0 infrastructure points created

B. Infrastructure Development

2.0 points added to ports at Phelleus, Lycabettus, Cleito, Maracaibo and Illissus

0.5 points added to 1 type 2 slip at Duecalion
0.3 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Illissus
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Illissus
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Phelleus
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Phelleus
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Cleito
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Cleito
0.2 points added to 1 type 0 slip at Cleito

C. Naval Construction

At Cleito Type 4 port (7/9)

Class 4 Slip #1 -CV Alioth building, 5000 tons used, 1000 tons added
Class 4 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 4 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 4 Drydock #2 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #3 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #4 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - completed
Class 0 Slip #2 -begins construction, 0.2 points added
Class 0 Slip #3 -begins construction, 0.2 points added
Class 0 Slip #4 -begins construction, 0.2 points added

3x115 ton subchasers

At Eridanus Type 4 port (8/9)

Class 4 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 4 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 4 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 4 Drydock #2 - Idle
Class 2 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle

3x115 ton subchasers


At Duecalion type 3 port (6/7)

Class 3 Slip #1 - CL Ares building, 7,973 tons needed, 4,000 tons used, 1,000 tons added
Class 3 Slip #2 - CL Oceanus building, 7,973 tons needed, 4,000 tons used,1,000 tons added
Class 3 Drydock #1 - AC Cape Verde moved from drydock Class 2 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 2 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 2 Slip #2 - begins construction, 0.5 points added
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle


At Illissus type 3 port (7/7)

Class 3 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 3 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 2 Slip #1 - Chilean cruiser "Atacama" building, 1830 tons used, 1830 tons added
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - completes construction
Class 0 Slip #3 - under construction, 0.3 points used, 0.2 points added, completes at end of quarter
Class 0 Slip #4 - under construction, 0.2 points used, 0.3 points added, completes at end of quarter

3x115 ton subchasers

At Phelleus type 5 port (9/11)

Class 3 Slip #1 - CL Persephone building, 7,973 tons needed, 4,000 tons used,1,000 tons added
Class 3 Slip #2 - CL Artemis building, 7,973 tons needed, 4,000 tons used,1,000 tons added
Class 3 Drydock #1 - AC Venezuela moved from drydock
Class 3 Drydock #2 - Idle
Class 5 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #3 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #4 - completed
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #3 -begins construction, 0.2 points added
Class 0 Slip #4 -begins construction, 0.2 points added


At Lycabettus type 4 port (8/9)

Class 2 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 2 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 2 Drydock #1 - CA Medusa begins convertion (rebuild) to CL, 3,748 tons needed, 644 tons added
Class 2 Drydock #2 - CA Minotaur begins convertion (rebuild) to CL, 3,748 tons needed, 644 tons added
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #3 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #4 - completed
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle

3x115 ton subchasers


At Maracaibo type 3 port (5/7)

Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #3 - MPSS ship Efficax building, 2,473 tons needed, 5,441 tons used, 1,000 tons added
Class 1 Slip #4 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - completed


At Safi type 2 port (4/5)

Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle


Launched ships being completed:

CA Astyanax freefloating, 1,696 tons needed, 9,000 tons used, 1,000 tons added.
CA Sarpedon freefloating, 1,696 tons needed, 9,000 tons used, 1,000 tons added

CA's Medusa and Minotaur begin rebuilds

AC Venezuela converting to training ship, 4,800 tons needed, 3,903 tons used, construction halted , moored at Phelleus
AC Cape Verde converting to training ship, 4,800 tons needed, 3,903 tons used, construction halted , moored at Duecalion


Ships completed and on trials

BB Aggamemnon converted to gunnery training ship, begins trials

Admiraly type 1 destroyers Uproar, Upstart, Upstage, Unruly, Uncouth, Unorthodox, Unity and Underhand begin trials

MS-20, MS-21, MS-22, MS-23, MS-24, MS-25 completed trials (end of Q4/26)

SS R-62, SS R-63, SS R-64, SS R-65, SS R-66, SS R-67, SS R-68, SS R-69, SS R-70, SS R-71, SS R-72, SS R-73 completed trials (end of Q4/26)

Summary of ship building/repairs/rebuilds and convertions.


AC's Cape Verde and Venezuela converting to training ships, work suspended.
CV Alioth building
CA's Astyanax and Sarpedon launched, building
CL #1 building for Chile, name unavailable at present
4xAres class CL's building
MPSS Efficax building


D. Transactions

Float Plane Carriers Praia and Mindelo sold to Chile
Subchasers SC 1-12 sold to Chile

675 tons recieved from Chile for payment of Floatplane Carrier and Subchaser Purchase.
Total cost is 2700 tons of materials

Deal made to purchase a pair of floatplane carriers and 12 subchasers from Atlantis. Delivery of items:
AV-1 Michimalonco (ex Praia) delivered.
SC 1-6 = Q1/1927 delivered.
AV-3 = Q2/1927
SC 7-12 = Q3/1927
675 tons of material transfered from Chile to Atlantis for third of four payments.

Second deal with Atlantis for a trio of "light cruisers" with the potential for a pair of "heavy cruisers" based on the same hull. 1,830 tons of material transfered to Atlantis for the laying down of "light cruiser" (CL-6). Second "light cruiser" will be built locally. Third will be built in Atlantis. Should the "heavy cruisers" come about, the first will be built in Atlantis, the second in Chile.

E. Other Notes

BB Aggamemnon and AC's *Cape Verde and *Venezuela converting to gunnery training ships.
*conversions susspended

F. Updated Order of Battle, 1/1/26

Note: Y)+Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

BB: 9(1)0 * BB Aggamemnon converting to gunnery training ship *
BC: 2(0)0
CV: 3(0)1
CA: 10(2)2
CAE:0(0)0
CL: 49(0)4
DD: 122(0
Training ships: 0(1)0 * BB Aggamemnon converting to gunnery training ship *
Torpedo boats: N/A
Sloops: N/A
Frigates: N/A
Moniters:2(0)0
Torpedo gunboats: 32(0)0
Gunboats 12(0)0
Patrol vessels 50(0)0
Mine sweepers 24 (0) 0
Sub chasers 288(0)12
Fleet Submarine: 20(0)0
Coastal Submarine: 72(0)0
Floatplane carrier/tenders 3(0)0
destroyer depot ships 2(0)0
Submarine depot ships 2(0)1
Repair ships 2(0)0
Auxillary's N/A

The conversion of Medusa and Minotaur are very similar to the conversion of the Active, however newer AA have been added.

Medusa, Atlantis Heavy Cruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1927)

Displacement:
7,270 t light; 7,495 t standard; 8,342 t normal; 9,020 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
570.89 ft / 565.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 16.50 ft (normal load)
174.01 m / 172.21 m x 17.68 m x 5.03 m

Armament:
4 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
8 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (4x2 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
6 - 1.57" / 39.9 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1.93lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 1.00" / 25.4 mm guns (4x3 guns), 0.50lbs / 0.23kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 625 lbs / 283 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.00" / 25 mm 80.00 ft / 24.38 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
105.00 ft / 32.00 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 1.00" / 25 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.25" / 32 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 60,899 shp / 45,430 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,524 tons

Complement:
436 - 567

Cost:
£0.857 million / $3.428 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 78 tons, 0.9 %
Armour: 1,043 tons, 12.5 %
- Belts: 474 tons, 5.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 19 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 524 tons, 6.3 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,922 tons, 23.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,151 tons, 49.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,072 tons, 12.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,170 lbs / 5,520 Kg = 146.3 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 3.0 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 14.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.17
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.540
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.77 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 69
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.70 ft / 6.31 m (20.20 ft / 6.16 m aft of break)
- Mid (55 %): 20.20 ft / 6.16 m (11.20 ft / 3.41 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Stern: 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Average freeboard: 16.35 ft / 4.98 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138.8 %
Waterplane Area: 22,657 Square feet or 2,105 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 149 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 125 lbs/sq ft or 608 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.46
- Longitudinal: 1.40
- Overall: 1.42
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


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Original configuration

Medusa, Atlantis Heavy Cruiser laid down 1915

Displacement:
7,200 t light; 7,503 t standard; 8,443 t normal; 9,196 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
569.46 ft / 565.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 16.70 ft (normal load)
173.57 m / 172.21 m x 17.68 m x 5.09 m

Armament:
5 - 7.50" / 191 mm guns (4 mounts), 210.94lbs / 95.68kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 7.50" / 191 mm guns in single mounts, 210.94lbs / 95.68kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
8 - 1.00" / 25.4 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.50lbs / 0.23kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1915 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,535 lbs / 696 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.00" / 25 mm 80.00 ft / 24.38 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
105.00 ft / 32.00 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 1.00" / 25 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.25" / 32 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 57,330 shp / 42,768 Kw = 29.50 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,693 tons

Complement:
439 - 572

Cost:
£1.043 million / $4.173 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 192 tons, 2.3 %
Armour: 1,048 tons, 12.4 %
- Belts: 474 tons, 5.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 23 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 524 tons, 6.2 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,172 tons, 25.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,739 tons, 44.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,244 tons, 14.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10,029 lbs / 4,549 Kg = 47.5 x 7.5 " / 191 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.25
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 13.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.34
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.05

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.540
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.77 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 67
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (55 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m (11.00 ft / 3.35 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 16.03 ft / 4.89 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 136.1 %
Waterplane Area: 22,657 Square feet or 2,105 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 112 lbs/sq ft or 549 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.23
- Longitudinal: 1.21
- Overall: 1.21
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

Why do you need so many Type 1 slips?

Probably some evil plan involving the creation of thousand-and-one destroyers.
:-)

I thought that was your evil plan, Walter.

Kinda agree with Hooman - you've got lots of idle slips as it is.

I'm afraid I don't understand the cruiser conversion. Is there a mistake of some kind with the armament - 5.5" replacing 7.5"? Cuz it seems like you're better off not doing the rebuild as presented here...

I though my evil plan involved the creation of thousand-and-one battleships.

If so, I'd say you were behind schedule.

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I'll start construction in 1930 and don't know when I will stop.

How about a thousand and one battle-destroyers?

*note* Medusa class CA = 7.5" Gun
Medusa class CL = 5.5" Gun

Anything larger than 6" rates the ship as a CA
Anything above 8000 tons rates it as a CA

The Medusa class are under 8000 tons put mount a gun larger that 6"

As for Type 1's I wasn't aware I was building any new ones, I'm currently on a type 0 binge in order to build smaller warships in sufficient numbers.

I get that part, Wes.

But 6 x 5.5" on a 7,500 ton hull is really under-armed. The rebuilt Kolkata class have a similar battery on 4,000 t.

You've got to do a rebuild anyway (on account of new machinery), so why not install 5.5 twin turrets or shielded mounts instead? Lord knows you have the hull strength for it.

The Problem is the Ares class mount the new 6" turret, so it wouldn't make sence to revert back to a 5.5" mount. Utilizing spare 5.5" guns is a quick easy solution.
The the converted Medusa's also now ship a catipult, float plane and additional AA which takes up more space than the original armament.

6x 14cm might not be much for a 7500ts hull but then again it´s not that bad either. At least it should be suffice to fight most other light cruisers, especially older ones. Historically YUBARI had a similar battery on a much smaller hull but also suffered from hull cracks, an overloaded hull, topweight issues etc. Wes will hardly have these problems with his cruiser.

The major benifits are a more versatile design with improved AA and scouting capability's and CA tonnage that is freed up for newer ships. With Italy, Japan, the SAE, the U.S. and UK all building CA's Atlantis needs to keep its CA fleet up to snuff.

I usually egnore the "design undergunned" statement because some of the historical designs would seem to recieve a similar tag despite their adequate service historically.

I also seemed to have missed the extra torpedo's that I planned on adding to the design. I'll try resimming her with the added torps and see if it makes any difference at all.

Added the proper ammount of torpedo tubes!

Medusa, Atlantis Heavy Cruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1927)

Displacement:
7,270 t light; 7,495 t standard; 8,342 t normal; 9,020 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
570.89 ft / 565.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 16.50 ft (normal load)
174.01 m / 172.21 m x 17.68 m x 5.03 m

Armament:
4 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
8 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (4x2 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
6 - 1.57" / 39.9 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1.93lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 1.00" / 25.4 mm guns (4x3 guns), 0.50lbs / 0.23kg shells, 1915 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 625 lbs / 283 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 1.00" / 25 mm 80.00 ft / 24.38 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
105.00 ft / 32.00 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 1.00" / 25 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 5.00 ft / 1.52 m
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.25" / 32 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 60,899 shp / 45,430 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,524 tons

Complement:
436 - 567

Cost:
£0.857 million / $3.428 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 78 tons, 0.9 %
Armour: 1,227 tons, 14.7 %
- Belts: 657 tons, 7.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 19 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 524 tons, 6.3 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,922 tons, 23.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,968 tons, 47.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,072 tons, 12.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,179 lbs / 5,524 Kg = 146.4 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.19
Metacentric height 3.0 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 14.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.17
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.540
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.77 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 69
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.70 ft / 6.31 m (20.20 ft / 6.16 m aft of break)
- Mid (55 %): 20.20 ft / 6.16 m (11.20 ft / 3.41 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Stern: 11.20 ft / 3.41 m
- Average freeboard: 16.35 ft / 4.98 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 118.8 %
Waterplane Area: 22,657 Square feet or 2,105 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 145 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 119 lbs/sq ft or 581 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.40
- Longitudinal: 1.33
- Overall: 1.34
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

I have absolutely no idea what the armor on this ship is all about.

Quoted

- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.00" / 25 mm 80.00 ft / 24.38 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
105.00 ft / 32.00 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 1.00" / 25 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

Having done a quick and simple test with one of my own designs, it looks like you forgot to enter the height of the end and upper belt.

Sigh....back to the drawing board again ....edited the repost.

Thanks Walter for the heads up.