Karkas, Persia CVE laid down 1920 (Engine 1937), to China 1942
Picture by parador
Displacement:
5,062 t light; 5,191 t standard; 5,670 t normal; 6,053 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
500.00 ft / 500.00 ft x 49.87 ft x 15.09 ft (normal load)
152.40 m / 152.40 m x 15.20 m x 4.60 m
Armament:
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1920 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1920 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 8 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 21 lbs / 10 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1,000
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 308.40 ft / 94.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm -
- Armour deck: 1.38" / 35 mm, Conning tower: 2.95" / 75 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 49,846 shp / 37,185 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 9,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 862 tons
Complement:
326 - 424
Cost:
£0.881 million / $3.525 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 847 tons, 14.9 %
- Belts: 376 tons, 6.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 16 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 434 tons, 7.7 %
- Conning Tower: 20 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 1,382 tons, 24.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,131 tons, 37.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 608 tons, 10.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 12.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
8,663 lbs / 3,929 Kg = 4,436.3 x 1.6 " / 40 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 13.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.68
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.527
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.03 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.36 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 42
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Mid (40 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m (13.12 ft / 4.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.9 %
Waterplane Area: 17,037 Square feet or 1,583 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 131 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 69 lbs/sq ft or 335 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.21
- 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
Airgroup = 24 aircraft
Converted in China from the Indian CL Jaipur
(Sim by commander Green)