Forge , laid down 1926, rebuild 1942
Credits to seawolf for the picture!
Displacement:
19.695 t light; 20.277 t standard (20.000 t officially); 23.584 t normal; 26.230 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
722,74 ft / 705,38 ft x 89,73 ft x 26,18 ft (normal load)
220,29 m / 215,00 m x 27,35 m x 7,98 m
Air Group: 7 squadrons á 12 planes
3 - Fighter Squadrons
2 - Dive Bomber Squadrons
2 - Torpedo Bomber/Scout Squadrons
Armament:
8 - 5,91" / 150 mm guns in single mounts, 102,98lbs / 46,71kg shells, 1922 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
16 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 20,79lbs / 9,43kg shells, 1925 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (6 mounts), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1923 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised guns
20 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (14 mounts), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1924 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1.200 lbs / 544 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1,97" / 50 mm 377,62 ft / 115,10 m 9,84 ft / 3,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 82% of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,38" / 35 mm - -
2nd: 0,98" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
4th: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2,76" / 70 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 100.536 shp / 75.000 Kw = 29,52 kts
Range 15.000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5.964 tons
Complement:
953 - 1.240
Cost:
£4,383 million / $17,532 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 150 tons, 0,6%
Armour: 2.540 tons, 10,7%
- Belts: 324 tons, 1,4%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 66 tons, 0,3%
- Armour Deck: 2.150 tons, 9,1%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 3.218 tons, 13,6%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6.808 tons, 28,8%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3.898 tons, 16,5%
Miscellaneous weights: 7.060 tons, 29,8%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
30.619 lbs / 13.889 Kg = 297,3 x 5,9 " / 150 mm shells or 3,1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,13
Metacentric height 5,3 ft / 1,6 m
Roll period: 16,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,39
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,86 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,28 ft / 1,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30,18 ft / 9,20 m
- Forecastle (20%): 27,56 ft / 8,40 m (19,69 ft / 6,00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 21,47 ft / 6,54 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82,1%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165,9%
Waterplane Area: 42.172 Square feet or 3.918 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 137%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 113 lbs/sq ft or 549 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,99
- Longitudinal: 1,12
- 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
After modernization
Displacement:
19.984 t light; 20.707 t standard; 23.673 t normal; 26.046 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
722,74 ft / 705,38 ft x 89,73 ft x 26,18 ft (normal load)
220,29 m / 215,00 m x 27,35 m x 7,98 m
Armament:
16 - 4,53" / 115 mm guns (8x2 guns), 50,71lbs / 23,00kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 2,95" / 75,0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 12,87lbs / 5,84kg shells, 1942 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
28 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1938 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1.024 lbs / 464 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 350
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1,97" / 50 mm 377,62 ft / 115,10 m 9,84 ft / 3,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 82% of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
2nd: 1,38" / 35 mm - 0,98" / 25 mm
3rd: 0,98" / 25 mm - 0,98" / 25 mm
4th: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2,76" / 70 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 120.644 shp / 90.000 Kw = 30,91 kts
Range 15.600nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5.340 tons
Complement:
953 - 1.240
Cost:
£4,302 million / $17,208 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 125 tons, 0,5%
Armour: 2.548 tons, 10,8%
- Belts: 324 tons, 1,4%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 74 tons, 0,3%
- Armour Deck: 2.150 tons, 9,1%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 3.152 tons, 13,3%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7.060 tons, 29,8%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3.689 tons, 15,6%
Miscellaneous weights: 7.100 tons, 30,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
30.545 lbs / 13.855 Kg = 658,2 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 3,1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,10
Metacentric height 5,1 ft / 1,5 m
Roll period: 16,7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 62 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,23
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,86 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,28 ft / 1,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30,18 ft / 9,20 m
- Forecastle (20%): 27,56 ft / 8,40 m (19,69 ft / 6,00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 21,47 ft / 6,54 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81,2%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165,9%
Waterplane Area: 42.172 Square feet or 3.918 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 140%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 117 lbs/sq ft or 570 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,99
- Longitudinal: 1,13
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Airgroup: ~80 planes of late WW2-vintage