SS Normandie, French Passenger Liner laid down 1930
Displacement:
38,632 t light; 39,575 t standard; 47,146 t normal; 53,202 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
922.57 ft / 885.83 ft x 91.86 ft (Bulges 101.71 ft) x 33.30 ft (normal load)
281.20 m / 270.00 m x 28.00 m (Bulges 31.00 m) x 10.15 m
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
0.39" / 10 mm 623.36 ft / 190.00 m 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 217,177 shp / 162,014 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 32.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 13,627 tons
Complement:
1,599 - 2,079
Cost:
£9.507 million / $38.029 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 298 tons, 0.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 298 tons, 0.6 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 6,581 tons, 14.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,573 tons, 35.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8,514 tons, 18.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 15,180 tons, 32.2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
76,453 lbs / 34,679 Kg = 707.9 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 7.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.04
Metacentric height 4.8 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 19.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.71 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 34.14 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.56 ft / -2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 63.65 ft / 19.40 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 43.96 ft / 13.40 m
- Mid (70 %): 43.96 ft / 13.40 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 43.96 ft / 13.40 m
- Stern: 43.96 ft / 13.40 m
- Average freeboard: 45.93 ft / 14.00 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 103.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 309.6 %
Waterplane Area: 59,125 Square feet or 5,493 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 165 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 645 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.86
- Longitudinal: 3.98
- Overall: 1.00
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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily
Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
200 First Class passengers (at 17.6 tons per)
400 Second Cllass passengers (at 8.8 tons per)
2,000 Steerage Class passengers (at 3.3 tons per) 6600
Cargo - 1200 tons
Surface search Radar - 40 tons
Misc - 300 tons
Notes:
Equipped with an early model RADAR as a navigation aid.