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Fontainebleau, French Passenger-Cargo Ship laid down 1942[/SIZE]
Displacement:
8,306 t light; 8,637 t standard; 16,550 t normal; 22,881 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
517.07 ft / 498.69 ft x 61.68 ft x 26.90 ft (normal load)
157.60 m / 152.00 m x 18.80 m x 8.20 m
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 14,204 shp / 10,596 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 44,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 14,243 tons
Complement:
729 - 948
Cost:
£2.181 million / $8.722 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 371 tons, 2.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,285 tons, 19.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8,244 tons, 49.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,650 tons, 28.1 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
38,207 lbs / 17,330 Kg = 353.8 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 5.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.93
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.700
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.09 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.33 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 40 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 36
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 35.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (30 %): 23.62 ft / 7.20 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 18.04 ft / 5.50 m
- Average freeboard: 19.01 ft / 5.79 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 39.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 105.0 %
Waterplane Area: 24,489 Square feet or 2,275 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 307 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 84 lbs/sq ft or 409 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.43
- 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, rides out heavy weather easily
Notes:
Range is actually 15,000nm at 16.00 kts (Bunker at max displacement = 4,900 tons). 9343 tons of low-stowed cargo, ballast, etc simmed as bunker fuel.