Disposed of some time prior to 1939; available records have not yet disclosed the fate of this vessel
(Historical data)
PRS Coron (ex-HNLMS Amsterdam), light cruiser laid down 1903
Displacement:
3.738 t light; 3.834 t standard; 4.104 t normal; 4.304 t full load
Loading submergence 264 tons/feet
Dimensions:
344,49 ft x 41,83 ft x 19,36 ft (normal load)
105,00 m x 12,75 m x 5,90 m
Armament:
3 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns
4 - 2,95" / 75 mm QF guns
2 - 1,57" / 40 mm guns
Weight of broadside 161 lbs / 73 kg
5 - 18,0" / 457,2 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
Belt 1,50" / 38 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 200 % of normal area
Main gun shields 1,50" / 38 mm,
Armour deck 0,25" / 6 mm, Conning tower 1,00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 17.344 ihp / 12.938 Kw = 23,25 kts
Range 3.500nm at 10,00 kts
Complement:
256 - 333
Cost:
£0,490 million / $1,962 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 20 tons, 0,5 %
Armour: 272 tons, 6,6 %
Belts: 218 tons, 5,3 %, Armament: 5 tons, 0,1 %, Armour Deck: 43 tons, 1,0 %
Conning Tower: 6 tons, 0,1 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 2.448 tons, 59,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 999 tons, 24,3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 366 tons, 8,9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Metacentric height 2,6
Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation & workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1,45
Shellfire needed to sink: 1.095 lbs / 497 Kg = 31,0 x 4,1 " / 105 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0,4
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 71 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0,04
Relative quality as seaboat: 1,02
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0,515
Sharpness coefficient: 0,36
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6,58
'Natural speed' for length: 18,56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim: 70
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 196,2 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 62,3 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 73 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0,98
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 63 lbs / square foot or 307 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1,57
(for 10,99 ft / 3,35 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment -1,68 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1,02
Coron, ex-HNLMS Amsterdam, laid down 1903, acquired 1932