The
Sagaland design was developed to carry a variety of cargos, including grain, ore, coal, or packaged and unitized cargo below deck, and timber and other heavy deck loads if required. Derricks are worked from four sets of kingposts rather than masts.
Sagaland, German General Purpose Freighter laid down 1947
Displacement: 7,200 t light; 7,490 t standard; 14,500 t normal; 20,108 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
482.11 ft / 473.10 ft x 62.50 ft x 28.22 ft (normal load) [146.95 m / 144.20 m x 19.05 m x 8.60 m]
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors, Geared drive, 1 shaft, 6,779 shp / 5,057 Kw = 15.00 kts
Range 90,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 12,618 tons
Complement: 659 - 858
Cost: £2.003 million / $8.013 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 167 tons, 1.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,833 tons, 40.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,300 tons, 50.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,200 tons, 8.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 98,217 lbs / 44,550 Kg = 909.4 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 17.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.35
Metacentric height 4.2 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 12.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 90 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.80
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.608
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.57: 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.75 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 31 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 22.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.31 ft / 6.80 m
- Forecastle (10 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m (18.04 ft / 5.50 m aft of break)
- Mid (30 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 14.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 103.7 %
Waterplane Area: 21,347 Square feet or 1,983 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 945 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 167 lbs/sq ft or 817 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.88
- Longitudinal: 3.12
- Overall: 1.98
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily
True bunkers 2,212 tons for a radius of 15,000 nm. Additional bunkers simmed as low-stowed cargo, 10,000 tons.
Residual composite strength represents strengthened deck coamings and structure for carriage of heavy cargos.
Breakdown of miscellaneous weight:
Cargo handling gear - 450 tons
Anticipated deck cargo - 700 tons
Navigational equipment - 50 tons