Wenshan
Light Cruiser
Ships:
CL Xinghi
CL Wenshan
CL Manning
CL Lienyun
CL Hainan
CL Chagda
CL Hegu
Xinghi
Displacement:
4.240 t light; 4.390 t standard; 5.071 t normal; 5.616 t full load
Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
393,25 ft / 374,34 ft x 47,01 ft x 17,39 ft (normal load)
119,86 m / 114,10 m x 14,33 m x 5,30 m
Armament:
6 - 4,69" / 119 mm guns (3x2 guns), 51,42lbs / 23,32kg shells, 1920 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority aft, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (6 mounts), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1920 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 1,18" / 30,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,82lbs / 0,37kg shells, 1920 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 337 lbs / 153 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2,56" / 65 mm 342,03 ft / 104,25 m 9,19 ft / 2,80 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 141% of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2,99" / 76 mm - 0,94" / 24 mm
2nd: 0,47" / 12 mm - -
3rd: 0,08" / 2 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1,77" / 45 mm, Conning tower: 2,17" / 55 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 48.920 shp / 36.495 Kw = 28,90 kts
Range 6.000nm at 16,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.226 tons
Complement:
299 - 390
Cost:
£1,144 million / $4,578 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 42 tons, 0,8%
Armour: 816 tons, 16,1%
- Belts: 322 tons, 6,3%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 67 tons, 1,3%
- Armour Deck: 414 tons, 8,2%
- Conning Tower: 14 tons, 0,3%
Machinery: 1.685 tons, 33,2%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.672 tons, 33,0%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 832 tons, 16,4%
Miscellaneous weights: 25 tons, 0,5%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4.742 lbs / 2.151 Kg = 92,2 x 4,7 " / 119 mm shells or 0,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,12
Metacentric height 2,0 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 14,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,580
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,96 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 68 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 27,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 7,87 ft / 2,40 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21,65 ft / 6,60 m
- Forecastle (18%): 21,00 ft / 6,40 m
- Mid (50%): 19,03 ft / 5,80 m
- Quarterdeck (18%): 17,06 ft / 5,20 m
- Stern: 15,42 ft / 4,70 m
- Average freeboard: 18,93 ft / 5,77 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 115,4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153,1%
Waterplane Area: 12.633 Square feet or 1.174 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 73 lbs/sq ft or 358 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,89
- Longitudinal: 3,06
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
The CL Xinghi is a modified WENSHAN-Class Cruiser with additional equipment for administration.
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Wenshan
see picture
Displacement:
4.240 t light; 4.390 t standard; 5.071 t normal; 5.616 t full load
Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
393,25 ft / 374,34 ft x 47,01 ft x 17,39 ft (normal load)
119,86 m / 114,10 m x 14,33 m x 5,30 m
Armament:
6 - 4,69" / 119 mm guns (3x2 guns), 51,42lbs / 23,32kg shells, 1920 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority aft, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (6 mounts), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1920 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 1,18" / 30,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,82lbs / 0,37kg shells, 1920 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 337 lbs / 153 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 21,0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2,56" / 65 mm 342,03 ft / 104,25 m 9,19 ft / 2,80 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 141% of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2,99" / 76 mm - 0,94" / 24 mm
2nd: 0,47" / 12 mm - -
3rd: 0,08" / 2 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1,77" / 45 mm, Conning tower: 2,17" / 55 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 48.920 shp / 36.495 Kw = 28,90 kts
Range 6.000nm at 16,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.226 tons
Complement:
299 - 390
Cost:
£1,144 million / $4,578 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 42 tons, 0,8%
Armour: 816 tons, 16,1%
- Belts: 322 tons, 6,3%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 67 tons, 1,3%
- Armour Deck: 414 tons, 8,2%
- Conning Tower: 14 tons, 0,3%
Machinery: 1.685 tons, 33,2%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.697 tons, 33,5%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 832 tons, 16,4%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4.795 lbs / 2.175 Kg = 93,3 x 4,7 " / 119 mm shells or 0,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,12
Metacentric height 2,0 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 13,9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,580
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,96 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 68 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 27,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 7,87 ft / 2,40 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21,65 ft / 6,60 m
- Forecastle (18%): 21,00 ft / 6,40 m
- Mid (50%): 19,03 ft / 5,80 m
- Quarterdeck (18%): 17,06 ft / 5,20 m
- Stern: 15,42 ft / 4,70 m
- Average freeboard: 18,93 ft / 5,77 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 114,8%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 105,2%
Waterplane Area: 12.633 Square feet or 1.174 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 74 lbs/sq ft or 364 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,90
- Longitudinal: 3,11
- Overall: 1,02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
The torpedo tubes are splited in 4 tubes on each side, placed at the end of the ship.
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Manning
Displacement:
4.210 t light; 4.360 t standard; 5.071 t normal; 5.640 t full load
Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
393,25 ft / 374,34 ft x 47,01 ft x 17,39 ft (normal load)
119,86 m / 114,10 m x 14,33 m x 5,30 m
Armament:
6 - 4,69" / 119 mm guns (3x2 guns), 51,42lbs / 23,32kg shells, 1923 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (6 mounts), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1923 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 1,18" / 30,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,82lbs / 0,37kg shells, 1923 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
10 - 0,31" / 7,9 mm guns in single mounts, 0,02lbs / 0,01kg shells, 1923 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 337 lbs / 153 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
10 - 21,0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2,56" / 65 mm 342,03 ft / 104,25 m 9,19 ft / 2,80 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 141% of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2,99" / 76 mm - 0,94" / 24 mm
2nd: 0,47" / 12 mm - -
3rd: 0,08" / 2 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1,77" / 45 mm, Conning tower: 2,17" / 55 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 48.920 shp / 36.495 Kw = 28,90 kts
Range 7.500nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.280 tons
Complement:
299 - 390
Cost:
£1,207 million / $4,830 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 42 tons, 0,8%
Armour: 817 tons, 16,1%
- Belts: 322 tons, 6,3%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 68 tons, 1,3%
- Armour Deck: 414 tons, 8,2%
- Conning Tower: 14 tons, 0,3%
Machinery: 1.659 tons, 32,7%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.691 tons, 33,3%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 862 tons, 17,0%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4.929 lbs / 2.236 Kg = 95,9 x 4,7 " / 119 mm shells or 0,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,12
Metacentric height 2,0 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 14,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,580
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,96 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 68 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 27,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 7,87 ft / 2,40 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21,65 ft / 6,60 m
- Forecastle (18%): 21,00 ft / 6,40 m
- Mid (50%): 19,03 ft / 5,80 m
- Quarterdeck (18%): 17,06 ft / 5,20 m
- Stern: 15,42 ft / 4,70 m
- Average freeboard: 18,93 ft / 5,77 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 113,3%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 93,3%
Waterplane Area: 12.633 Square feet or 1.174 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 74 lbs/sq ft or 362 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,90
- Longitudinal: 3,10
- Overall: 1,01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
The CL Manning is also a modified WENSHAN-Class Cruiser , but she has some modifications:
- 10 torpedotubes spreaded in 2x5 on each side placed midship
- some additional machine guns
- a greater range
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