The name is her idea!!!
Glug (working title!), Iberia Oiler laid down 1931
Displacement:
9,942 t light; 10,190 t standard; 11,900 t normal; 13,268 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
489.43 ft / 480.00 ft x 80.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
149.18 m / 146.30 m x 24.38 m x 6.10 m
Armament:
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 12 lbs / 6 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1,500
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 1 shaft, 17,404 shp / 12,983 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,077 tons
Complement:
569 - 740
Cost:
£1.842 million / $7.368 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 520 tons, 4.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,915 tons, 24.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,958 tons, 16.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 6,500 tons, 54.6 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,258 lbs / 6,467 Kg = 9,225.5 x 1.5 " / 37 mm shells or 2.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, raised quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.542
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.91 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m before break)
- Stern: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 15.30 ft / 4.66 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 74.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 103.5 %
Waterplane Area: 25,770 Square feet or 2,394 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 157 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 84 lbs/sq ft or 411 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.13
- Overall: 1.00
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, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
Does she look ok?