And a Heavy
Simorgh3, Persia CV laid down 1938
Displacement:
35 877 t light; 36 776 t standard; 39 246 t normal; 41 221 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
853,02 ft / 853,02 ft x 98,43 ft (Bulges 111,55 ft) x 26,25 ft (normal load)
260,00 m / 260,00 m x 30,00 m (Bulges 34,00 m) x 8,00 m
Armament:
16 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
96 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (24x4 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1 260 lbs / 571 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3,94" / 100 mm 524,93 ft / 160,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 2,17" / 55 mm 524,93 ft / 160,00 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
0,79" / 20 mm 656,17 ft / 200,00 m 18,08 ft / 5,51 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
2nd: 1,18" / 30 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 7,87" / 200 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 158 832 shp / 118 489 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 9 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4 445 tons
Complement:
1 393 - 1 812
Cost:
£11,255 million / $45,020 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 158 tons, 0,4 %
Armour: 6 695 tons, 17,1 %
- Belts: 1 546 tons, 3,9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 346 tons, 0,9 %
- Armament: 165 tons, 0,4 %
- Armour Deck: 4 443 tons, 11,3 %
- Conning Tower: 196 tons, 0,5 %
Machinery: 4 349 tons, 11,1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12 675 tons, 32,3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 369 tons, 8,6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 12 000 tons, 30,6 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
64 610 lbs / 29 307 Kg = 963,8 x 5,1 " / 130 mm shells or 8,3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,08
Metacentric height 5,7 ft / 1,7 m
Roll period: 19,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,06
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,46
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,65 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33,87 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
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 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Stern: 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Average freeboard: 29,79 ft / 9,08 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 91,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 246,3 %
Waterplane Area: 61 002 Square feet or 5 667 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 137 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs/sq ft or 685 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,99
- Longitudinal: 1,17
- 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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Vukovlad" (Nov 1st 2008, 1:47am)