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[SIZE=3]Citadel, Battleship laid down 1942[/SIZE]
Displacement:
33,977 t light; 35,875 t standard; 40,762 t normal; 44,672 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
791.74 ft / 787.40 ft x 98.43 ft x 29.69 ft (normal load)
241.32 m / 240.00 m x 30.00 m x 9.05 m
Armament:
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x2 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x4 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline amidships
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 16,972 lbs / 7,699 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 11.91 ft / 3.63 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 5.91" / 150 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 132,072 shp / 98,526 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,797 tons
Complement:
1,433 - 1,864
Cost:
£20.051 million / $80.203 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,760 tons, 4.3 %
Armour: 13,322 tons, 32.7 %
- Belts: 3,370 tons, 8.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 2.9 %
- Armament: 2,124 tons, 5.2 %
- Armour Deck: 6,309 tons, 15.5 %
- Conning Tower: 342 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,450 tons, 8.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,095 tons, 37.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,786 tons, 16.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
59,820 lbs / 27,134 Kg = 35.4 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 9.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 16.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.60
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 67
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m (14.44 ft / 4.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.44 ft / 4.40 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.61 ft / 5.67 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138.1 %
Waterplane Area: 57,748 Square feet or 5,365 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 193 lbs/sq ft or 944 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.03
- 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
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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
Turret Farmer might be interesting.
That's a large enough shell to get out to 30,000 yards in a decent time frame, and enough barrels to try for a 'soft kill', while still being large enough to hard kill CAs. Hmm how about a 16x12" for anti-BC work ?
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Battlekiller, laid down 1942
Displacement:
35,193 t light; 36,928 t standard; 41,900 t normal; 45,877 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
791.74 ft / 787.40 ft x 100.07 ft x 30.02 ft (normal load)
241.32 m / 240.00 m x 30.50 m x 9.15 m
Armament:
16 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x4 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 14,482 lbs / 6,569 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 11.91 ft / 3.63 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 5.91" / 150 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 134,603 shp / 100,414 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,949 tons
Complement:
1,463 - 1,903
Cost:
£20.597 million / $82.387 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,801 tons, 4.3 %
Armour: 14,451 tons, 34.5 %
- Belts: 3,377 tons, 8.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 2.8 %
- Armament: 3,136 tons, 7.5 %
- Armour Deck: 6,414 tons, 15.3 %
- Conning Tower: 348 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,516 tons, 8.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,074 tons, 36.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,707 tons, 16.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
66,679 lbs / 30,245 Kg = 77.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 10.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 6.0 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 17.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.64
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.87 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.44 ft / 4.40 m (21.33 ft / 6.50 m before break)
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 21.02 ft / 6.41 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.9 %
Waterplane Area: 58,711 Square feet or 5,454 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 187 lbs/sq ft or 912 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.04
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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