Again, if the SF Treaty talks fail.
Aircraft carrier St. Cyr uses a a modified Dunkirque hull.
St. Cyr, French Aircraft Carrier laid down 1935
Displacement:
30,389 t light; 31,227 t standard; 35,943 t normal; 39,716 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
721.49 ft / 711.94 ft x 82.02 ft (Bulges 98.43 ft) x 31.50 ft (normal load)
219.91 m / 217.00 m x 25.00 m (Bulges 30.00 m) x 9.60 m
Armament:
12 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (6x2 guns), 61.73lbs / 28.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
36 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (9x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 811 lbs / 368 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.15" / 80 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: 1.18" / 30 mm 221.46 ft / 67.50 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Upper: 1.97" / 50 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.56 ft / 8.40 m
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Armour deck: 3.15" / 80 mm, Conning tower: 3.15" / 80 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 201,373 shp / 150,224 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 12,800nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,489 tons
Complement:
1,304 - 1,696
Cost:
£9.868 million / $39.472 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 88 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 5,616 tons, 15.6 %
- Belts: 2,059 tons, 5.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 938 tons, 2.6 %
- Armament: 26 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 2,520 tons, 7.0 %
- Conning Tower: 74 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 5,721 tons, 15.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,449 tons, 29.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,554 tons, 15.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 8,515 tons, 23.7 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
50,736 lbs / 23,013 Kg = 962.3 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 6.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 19.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.06
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.58
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.570
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.23 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.02 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 44
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 13.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 41.34 ft / 12.60 m
- Forecastle (17 %): 41.34 ft / 12.60 m
- Mid (50 %): 41.34 ft / 12.60 m (26.25 ft / 8.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Stern: 28.87 ft / 8.80 m
- Average freeboard: 33.99 ft / 10.36 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 106.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 212.1 %
Waterplane Area: 43,250 Square feet or 4,018 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 137 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 129 lbs/sq ft or 630 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.61
- 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, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
90 aircraft, plus 16 spares
Air search radar - 20 tons
And, at long last, the Paris class gets started:
Paris class, French Battlecruiser laid down 1935
Paris
Lyon
Displacement:
41,518 t light; 43,627 t standard; 49,069 t normal; 53,423 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
885.31 ft / 875.00 ft x 90.55 ft (Bulges 106.96 ft) x 32.48 ft (normal load)
269.84 m / 266.70 m x 27.60 m (Bulges 32.60 m) x 9.90 m
Armament:
6 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x3 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 9.45" / 240 mm guns (2x3 guns), 551.16lbs / 250.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
12 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (6x2 guns), 61.73lbs / 28.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
32 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 16,361 lbs / 7,421 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11.8" / 300 mm 509.19 ft / 155.20 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: 1.18" / 30 mm 365.81 ft / 111.50 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Main Belt covers 90 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 509.19 ft / 155.20 m 33.79 ft / 10.30 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 7.87" / 200 mm 11.0" / 280 mm
2nd: 13.8" / 350 mm 7.87" / 200 mm 11.0" / 280 mm
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
4th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
5th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Armour deck: 4.72" / 120 mm, Conning tower: 11.81" / 300 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 225,816 shp / 168,459 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,796 tons
Complement:
1,647 - 2,142
Cost:
£19.115 million / $76.460 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,671 tons, 3.4 %
Armour: 13,274 tons, 27.1 %
- Belts: 3,520 tons, 7.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,003 tons, 2.0 %
- Armament: 3,305 tons, 6.7 %
- Armour Deck: 5,104 tons, 10.4 %
- Conning Tower: 341 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 6,415 tons, 13.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 20,038 tons, 40.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,551 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 120 tons, 0.2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
73,659 lbs / 33,411 Kg = 43.6 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 10.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 5.2 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 19.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.79
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.29
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.565
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.18 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 34.05 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 54
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 14.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 41.34 ft / 12.60 m
- Forecastle (26 %): 29.86 ft / 9.10 m
- Mid (55 %): 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Stern: 31.17 ft / 9.50 m
- Average freeboard: 30.96 ft / 9.44 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 200.0 %
Waterplane Area: 58,403 Square feet or 5,426 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 124 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 209 lbs/sq ft or 1,018 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.52
- 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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Air search radar - 20 tons
Surface search Radar - 20 tons
2 Seaplanes, 1 Catapult
30 tons misc weight
And there's four light cruisers, similar to the Caledonie of 1932:
Algerie
Tunisie
Syria
Lebanon
Algerie class, French Heavy Cruiser laid down 1935
Displacement:
9,629 t light; 10,019 t standard; 11,921 t normal; 13,443 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
649.14 ft / 636.48 ft x 56.76 ft (Bulges 63.98 ft) x 23.13 ft (normal load)
197.86 m / 194.00 m x 17.30 m (Bulges 19.50 m) x 7.05 m
Armament:
12 - 5.98" / 152 mm guns (4x3 guns), 110.23lbs / 50.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (1x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (4x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
6 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1935 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,707 lbs / 774 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 21.7" / 550 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.94" / 100 mm 374.67 ft / 114.20 m 9.19 ft / 2.80 m
Ends: 0.98" / 25 mm 261.48 ft / 79.70 m 9.19 ft / 2.80 m
Upper: 0.98" / 25 mm 65.62 ft / 20.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.33" / 110 mm 2.76" / 70 mm 3.35" / 85 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
4th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 4.33" / 110 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 98,186 shp / 73,246 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 2,800nm at 30.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,423 tons
Complement:
569 - 741
Cost:
£4.571 million / $18.285 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 203 tons, 1.7 %
Armour: 1,965 tons, 16.5 %
- Belts: 696 tons, 5.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 354 tons, 3.0 %
- Armour Deck: 867 tons, 7.3 %
- Conning Tower: 49 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 2,789 tons, 23.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,582 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,292 tons, 19.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 90 tons, 0.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,562 lbs / 6,605 Kg = 135.9 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 16.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.38
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.443
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.95 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.01 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
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: 34.78 ft / 10.60 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 24.44 ft / 7.45 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.44 ft / 7.45 m (14.60 ft / 4.45 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.60 ft / 4.45 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 20.67 ft / 6.30 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 113.0 %
Waterplane Area: 23,799 Square feet or 2,211 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 129 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 107 lbs/sq ft or 524 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.49
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Aviation - 2 Seaplanes, 1 Catapult
Air search radar - 20 tons
Surface search radar- 20 tons
10,000nm @ 18 kts
4,500nm @ 25 kts
2,800nm @ 30 kts
This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "AdmKuznetsov" (Jun 25th 2007, 12:39pm)