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She is very short legged for oceanic work. Shaving even a half-knot off her speed might help in this regard. My personal design philosophy favors most other elements over extreme speed; others here disagree. For me, it is far better to be able to maintain speed in a seaway than rely on "measured mile" speeds.
Oh I agree on the fuel percentage as being on the cusp. But I think adoption of a transom stern will help a bit in that regard; and now I see the 4400 nm range is predicated on a very high cruising speed - far higher than is likely for oceanic work.
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Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1944
Displacement:
5,200 t light; 5,503 t standard; 6,516 t normal; 7,326 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
485.55 ft / 475.72 ft x 47.90 ft x 20.34 ft (normal load)
148.00 m / 145.00 m x 14.60 m x 6.20 m
Armament:
10 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (5x2 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.92kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 3 raised mounts - superfiring
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 582 lbs / 264 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.57" / 40 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.59" / 15 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm - -
- Armour deck: 0.98" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 2.95" / 75 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 64,888 shp / 48,406 Kw = 32.50 kts
Range 8,150nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,823 tons
Complement:
362 - 471
Cost:
£3.270 million / $13.081 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 86 tons, 1.3 %
Armour: 356 tons, 5.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 48 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 285 tons, 4.4 %
- Conning Tower: 22 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,657 tons, 25.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,882 tons, 44.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,316 tons, 20.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 220 tons, 3.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
8,652 lbs / 3,925 Kg = 164.1 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 13.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.38
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.19
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.492
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.93 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.40 ft / 7.44 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (25 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m before break)
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 98.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153.7 %
Waterplane Area: 15,672 Square feet or 1,456 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 142 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 96 lbs/sq ft or 469 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.06
- Longitudinal: 3.27
- Overall: 1.19
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
What about the panama canal and Argentinian ports? I know that becomes a political question with regards to the USA and Argentina. with those my ability to protect commerce is improved I can protect the canal and with Argentinian bases, the horn. considering the opponent in question is an enemy of argentina I expect their cooperation. If Argentina is an adversary then the horn becomes an impossible situation, and the canal becomes the only option.
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