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...otherwise known as That Filipino Ship That Goes And Counts Penguins Every Year...

PRS Pinguin, Filipino Polar Exploration Ship laid down 1939

Displacement:
11,234 t light; 11,546 t standard; 14,599 t normal; 17,042 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
521.65 ft / 521.65 ft x 91.86 ft x 16.40 ft (normal load)
159.00 m / 159.00 m x 28.00 m x 5.00 m

Armament:
4 - 4.53" / 115 mm guns (2x2 guns), 48.50lbs / 22.00kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring
2 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns in single mounts, 13.78lbs / 6.25kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all forward
2 - 1.38" / 35.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.32lbs / 0.60kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.54" / 13.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1939 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 225 lbs / 102 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 339.07 ft / 103.35 m 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
Ends: 3.94" / 100 mm 182.58 ft / 55.65 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.95" / 75 mm 521.65 ft / 159.00 m 14.76 ft / 4.50 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.59" / 15 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm - 0.39" / 10 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines plus diesel motors,
Electric motors, 3 shafts, 8,000 ihp / 5,968 Kw = 15.32 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts (Bunkerage = 5,496 tons)

Complement:
663 - 863

Cost:
£2.655 million / $10.622 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 1,632 tons, 11.2 %
- Belts: 778 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 841 tons, 5.8 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 291 tons, 2.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,284 tons, 43.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,365 tons, 23.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 3,000 tons, 20.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
52,246 lbs / 23,698 Kg = 1,125.9 x 4.5 " / 115 mm shells or 13.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.41
Metacentric height 8.1 ft / 2.5 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.53

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.650
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.68 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.84 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 30 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.56 ft / -2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.71 ft / 8.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m (19.69 ft / 6.00 m before break)
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 20.11 ft / 6.13 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 40.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 211.6 %
Waterplane Area: 36,710 Square feet or 3,410 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 269 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 136 lbs/sq ft or 665 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.37
- Longitudinal: 1.64
- Overall: 1.40
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

...did something happen to the original? o.O

What do you think? Swamphen is back in control of the Philippines.

The penguins ate it.

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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
...did something happen to the original? o.O

It's getting ready to die of old age? I haven't used it to barbecue any penguins...


...yet.