The Persian Government has started to reconsider if two CLs are necessary and has ordered a study for a CA to be the flagship of the Cruiser Squadron and counter any future Saudi purchases.
Kaveh, Persia CA laid down 1935
Displacement:
19 878 t light; 21 353 t standard; 23 223 t normal; 24 719 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(832,45 ft / 820,21 ft) x 91,86 ft x (19,69 / 20,68 ft)
(253,73 m / 250,00 m) x 28,00 m x (6,00 / 6,30 m)
Armament:
9 - 10,00" / 254 mm 45,0 cal guns - 504,26lbs / 228,73kg shells, 300 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1935 Model
3 x 3-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 4,92" / 125 mm 45,0 cal guns - 60,10lbs / 27,26kg shells, 450 per gun
Dual purpose guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1935 Model
8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
24 - 0,98" / 25,0 mm 45,0 cal guns - 0,48lbs / 0,22kg shells, 2 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1935 Model
6 x Quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5 511 lbs / 2 500 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7,87" / 200 mm 506,89 ft / 154,50 m 10,66 ft / 3,25 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 1,97" / 50 mm 539,70 ft / 164,50 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8,00" / 203 mm 4,00" / 102 mm 4,00" / 102 mm
2nd: 0,79" / 20 mm 0,79" / 20 mm 0,79" / 20 mm
- Box over machinery & magazines: 1,57" / 40 mm
Forecastle: 0,79" / 20 mm Quarter deck: 0,79" / 20 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 1,97" / 50 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 132 884 shp / 99 132 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 10 000nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 367 tons
Complement:
939 - 1 222
Cost:
£8,865 million / $35,460 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 499 tons, 6,5 %
Armour: 4 122 tons, 17,7 %
- Belts: 2 141 tons, 9,2 %
- Armament: 838 tons, 3,6 %
- Armour Deck: 1 109 tons, 4,8 %
- Conning Tower: 35 tons, 0,1 %
Machinery: 3 775 tons, 16,3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10 483 tons, 45,1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 344 tons, 14,4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
48 292 lbs / 21 905 Kg = 96,6 x 10,0 " / 254 mm shells or 3,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,20
Metacentric height 6,2 ft / 1,9 m
Roll period: 15,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,48
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,41
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,548 / 0,555
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28,64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 15,00 %, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Forward deck: 25,00 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Aft deck: 45,00 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Quarter deck: 15,00 %, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Average freeboard: 28,54 ft / 8,70 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 314,4 %
Waterplane Area: 52 486 Square feet or 4 876 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 140 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 740 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,97
- Longitudinal: 1,30
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Vukovlad" (Jan 28th 2008, 3:05am)