Four new classes to report:
Chandragupta class monitor, laid down 1921
Length, 360 ft x Beam, 63.0 ft x Depth, 12.0 ft
4277 tons normal displacement (4059 tons standard)
Main battery: 3 x 9.8-inch (1 x 3)
Secondary battery: 3 x 5.9-inch (1 x 3)
AA battery: 4 x 4.1-inch
Light battery: 4 x 1.4-inch
Weight of broadside: 1863 lbs
Main belt, 4.0 inches; ends unarmored
Armor deck, average 2.0 inches
C.T., 4.0 inches
Battery armor:
Main, 8.0" / secondary, 3.0"
AA, 1.0" shields / light guns, 1.0" shields
Maximum speed for 6980 shp = 18.00 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 4000 nm / 12 kts
Typical complement: 264-344
Estimated cost, $3.695 million (£924,000)
Remarks:
Relative extent of belt armor, 63 percent of 'typical' coverage.
Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
Good seaboat; rides out heavy weather easily.
Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.
Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 233 tons = 5 pct
Armor, total ..................... 1163 tons = 27 pct
Belt 247 tons = 6 pct
Deck 562 tons = 13 pct
C.T. 23 tons = 1 pct
Armament 331 tons = 8 pct
Machinery ........................ 240 tons = 6 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 2152 tons = 50 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 458 tons = 11 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 30 tons = 1 pct
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4277 tons = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 3.7 ft
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 3818 tons
Standard displacement: 4059 tons
Normal service: 4277 tons
Full load: 4434 tons
Loading submergence 434 tons/foot
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.24
Shellfire needed to sink: 8358 lbs = 17.8 x 9.8-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.3
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 73 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.32
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.22
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.55
Sharpness coefficient: 0.42
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.78
'Natural speed' for length = 19.0 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 45 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 62 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 126 percent
Displacement factor: 119 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.96
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 111 lbs)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.61
(for 11.5 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment -1.3 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.01
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
360.00 x 63.00 x 12.00; 11.50 -- Dimensions
0.55 -- Block coefficient
1921 -- Year laid down
18.00 / 4000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
30 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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3 x 9.80; 1 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
:
3 x 5.90; 1 -- Secondary battery; turrets
:
4 x 4.10 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
4 x 1.40 -- Fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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4.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00; 63 -- Belt armor; relative extent
2.00 / 4.00 -- Deck / CT
8.00 / 3.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 -- Battery armor
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Palk Bay class seaplane tender, laid down 1921
Length, 540 ft x Beam, 60.0 ft x Depth, 16.0 ft
7850 tons normal displacement (7091 tons standard)
Main battery: 4 x 4.1-inch
Secondary battery: 8 x 1.4-inch
AA battery: 6 x 0.6-inch
Weight of broadside: 149 lbs
Air Group: Typically ten seaplanes
Hull unarmored
Battery armor:
Main, 2.0" shields / secondary, 1.0" shields
AA, 1.0" shields
Maximum speed for 11992 shp = 19.64 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 10000 nm / 12 kts
Typical complement: 417-542
Estimated cost, $3.215 million (£804,000)
Remarks:
Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
Good seaboat; rides out heavy weather easily.
Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.
Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 19 tons = 0 pct
Armor, total ..................... 15 tons = 0 pct
Armament 15 tons = 0 pct
Machinery ........................ 413 tons = 5 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 5476 tons = 70 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 928 tons = 12 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 1000 tons = 13 pct
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7850 tons = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 2.8 ft
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 6922 tons
Standard displacement: 7091 tons
Normal service: 7850 tons
Full load: 8426 tons
Loading submergence 605 tons/foot
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.10
Shellfire needed to sink: 26846 lbs = 779.0 x 4.1-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 5.3
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 75 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.02
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.37
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.53
Sharpness coefficient: 0.35
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 8.31
'Natural speed' for length = 23.2 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 34 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 34 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 155 percent
Displacement factor: 394 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 2.31
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 174 lbs)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.08
(for 16.0 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +1.6 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 2.13
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
540.00 x 60.00 x 16.00; 16.00 -- Dimensions
0.53 -- Block coefficient
1921 -- Year laid down
19.64 / 10000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
1000 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 4.10; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
8 x 1.40; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
6 x 0.60 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
2.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor
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Ganges class minesweeper, laid down 1921
Length, 200 ft x Beam, 30.0 ft x Depth, 9.0 ft
771 tons normal displacement (694 tons standard)
Main battery: 1 x 4.1-inch
Secondary battery: 2 x 1.4-inch
AA battery: 2 x 0.6-inch
Weight of broadside: 37 lbs
Hull unarmored
Battery armor:
Main, 2.0" shields / secondary, 1.0" shields
AA, 1.0" shields
Maximum speed for 2227 shp = 17.00 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 4000 nm / 12 kts
Typical complement: 73-95
Estimated cost, $390,000 (£97,000)
Remarks:
Good seaboat; rides out heavy weather easily.
Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 5 tons = 1 pct
Armor, total ..................... 3 tons = 0 pct
Armament 3 tons = 0 pct
Machinery ........................ 77 tons = 10 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 531 tons = 69 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 96 tons = 13 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 60 tons = 8 pct
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771 tons = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 1.0 ft
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 675 tons
Standard displacement: 694 tons
Normal service: 771 tons
Full load: 831 tons
Loading submergence 108 tons/foot
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.08
Shellfire needed to sink: 2061 lbs = 59.8 x 4.1-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.4
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 66 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.05
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.31
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.50
Sharpness coefficient: 0.38
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.66
'Natural speed' for length = 14.1 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 55 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 47 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 98 percent
Displacement factor: 303 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 2.00
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 86 lbs)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 5.24
(for 10.0 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +0.9 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 2.20
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
200.00 x 30.00 x 9.00; 10.00 -- Dimensions
0.50 -- Block coefficient
1921 -- Year laid down
17.00 / 4000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
60 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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1 x 4.10; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
2 x 1.40; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
2 x 0.60 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
2.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor
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S-101 class sloop, laid down 1921
Length, 290 ft x Beam, 29.0 ft x Depth, 9.0 ft
1081 tons normal displacement (943 tons standard)
Main battery: 4 x 4.1-inch
Secondary battery: 4 x 1.4-inch
AA battery: 4 x 0.6-inch
Weight of broadside: 144 lbs
Main belt, 1.0 inches; full length
Armor deck, average 0.5 inches
C.T., 2.0 inches
Battery armor:
Main, 2.0" shields / secondary, 1.0" shields
AA, 1.0" shields
Maximum speed for 5999 shp = 21.71 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 6000 nm / 12 kts
Typical complement: 94-123
Estimated cost, $772,000 (£193,000)
Remarks:
Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.
Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.
Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 18 tons = 2 pct
Armor, total ..................... 139 tons = 13 pct
Belt 74 tons = 7 pct
Deck 49 tons = 5 pct
C.T. 5 tons = 0 pct
Armament 11 tons = 1 pct
Machinery ........................ 207 tons = 19 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 496 tons = 46 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 172 tons = 16 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 50 tons = 5 pct
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1081 tons = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 1.0 ft
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 909 tons
Standard displacement: 943 tons
Normal service: 1081 tons
Full load: 1188 tons
Loading submergence 151 tons/foot
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.11
Shellfire needed to sink: 1897 lbs = 55.0 x 4.1-inch shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.8
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 81 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.25
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.62
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.50
Sharpness coefficient: 0.33
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 8.63
'Natural speed' for length = 17.0 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 53 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 81 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 128 percent
Displacement factor: 145 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.07
(Structure weight per square
foot of hull surface: 53 lbs)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.86
(for 12.0 ft average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +2.3 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.14
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
290.00 x 29.00 x 9.00; 12.00 -- Dimensions
0.50 -- Block coefficient
1921 -- Year laid down
21.71 / 6000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 4.10; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
Gun-shields
:
4 x 1.40; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Gun-shields
:
4 x 0.60 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
Gun-shields
:
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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1.00 / 1.00 / 0.00 / 0.00; 100 -- Belt armor; relative extent
0.50 / 2.00 -- Deck / CT
2.00 / 1.00 / 1.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor
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