King Ghazi (ex- HMS Formidable), Great Britain Light Cruiser laid down 1925
Displacement:
7,504 t light; 7,862 t standard; 9,575 t normal; 10,946 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
608.19 ft / 598.00 ft x 60.00 ft x 19.50 ft (normal load)
185.38 m / 182.27 m x 18.29 m x 5.94 m
Armament:
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4x2 guns), 112.00lbs / 50.80kg shells, 1925 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 3.70" / 94.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 25.33lbs / 11.49kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1945 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1925 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,130 lbs / 513 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
6 - 24.5" / 622.3 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.50" / 89 mm 415.00 ft / 126.49 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 107 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 0.50" / 13 mm -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm 0.50" / 13 mm -
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 70,542 shp / 52,624 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,083 tons
Complement:
483 - 629
Cost:
£2.286 million / $9.145 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 137 tons, 1.4 %
Armour: 1,252 tons, 13.1 %
- Belts: 598 tons, 6.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 202 tons, 2.1 %
- Armour Deck: 451 tons, 4.7 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,290 tons, 23.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,694 tons, 38.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,072 tons, 21.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 130 tons, 1.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,000 lbs / 6,351 Kg = 129.6 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 3.4 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 13.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.32
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.479
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.97 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.98 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Mid (58 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m (15.00 ft / 4.57 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 20.04 ft / 6.11 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 91.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 159.5 %
Waterplane Area: 24,385 Square feet or 2,265 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 136 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 97 lbs/sq ft or 473 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.33
- Overall: 0.99
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
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
Refit Notes
Replacement of single 4in mounts with four twin 3.7in DP mounts
Replacement of single pom-poms with eight twin 40mm 2pdr L/70 mounts
Replacement of single 20mm cannon with four Vickers 12.7mm HMG
Replacement of HA/LA directors with two CRBF directors (with Type 289 RDF) for AA weapons
Modernisation of main DCT plus fitting of Type 288 RDF (no Tallboy console)
Addition of Type 970 surface search RDF set
Addition of air conditioning
Refurbishment of internal fittings for life extension
Additional 150kW generator