[size=3]Casado Class Depot Ship[/size]
The smaller Casado class depot ships are intended to support ongoing forward deployment of minor combattants (destroyers, subs, sloops, etc) in places like San Hainando, Angola, and the Americas.
Current budgeting calls for six units to be built to civilian standards over 1942-3.
Casado, laid down 1942
Rodriguez, laid down 1942
Quintara, laid down 1942
Machado, laid down 1943
Silva, laid down 1943
Carmona, laid down 1943
Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1942
Displacement:
3,600 t light; 3,768 t standard; 6,634 t normal; 8,926 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
359.15 ft / 347.90 ft x 65.62 ft x 16.40 ft (normal load)
109.47 m / 106.04 m x 20.00 m x 5.00 m
Armament:
2 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
12 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
6 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 185 lbs / 84 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 1.38" / 35 mm 2.95" / 75 mm
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 8,043 shp / 6,000 Kw = 17.31 kts
Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,720 tons
(Simmed as Range 30,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,158 tons)
Complement:
366 - 477
Cost:
£1.113 million / $4.452 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 23 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 29 tons, 0.4 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 29 tons, 0.4 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 210 tons, 3.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,903 tons, 28.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,034 tons, 45.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,435 tons, 21.6 % + 3,438 tons simmed as bunkerage = 4,873 t
-1,000 t: Accommodation for 500 personnel
-1,000 t: Parts and stores
-1,000 t: Diesel
-600 t: Repair, maintenance, and fabrication facilities
-500 t: Fresh water
-300 t: Boats, launches, and cranes
-200 t: Workspace Flag, meteorology, etc
-100 t: Amenities
-100 t: Medical facilities
-73 t: Weight reserve
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
25,696 lbs / 11,655 Kg = 383.3 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 4.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
Metacentric height 4.8 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 12.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.04
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise aft of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.30 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.65 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.57 ft / 8.10 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.28 ft / 7.40 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (24.28 ft / 7.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (24.28 ft / 7.40 m before break)
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 20.92 ft / 6.38 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 38.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 182.8 %
Waterplane Area: 17,010 Square feet or 1,580 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 321 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 77 lbs/sq ft or 376 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.79
- Overall: 1.00
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