I'm considering building purpose built aircraft tenders rather than convert older vessels, Nautica may also be converted to this role as she is abit redundant in her role as training carrier.
Perdix/Talos, Atlantean Aircraft carrier tender laid down 1949
Displacement:
19,997 t light; 20,641 t standard; 23,195 t normal; 25,238 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
698.10 ft / 675.00 ft x 96.00 ft x 23.20 ft (normal load)
212.78 m / 205.74 m x 29.26 m x 7.07 m
Armament:
12 - 3.95" / 100 mm guns (6x2 guns), 30.81lbs / 13.98kg shells, 1949 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1949 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1949 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 374 lbs / 170 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 850
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.95" / 100 mm 345.00 ft / 105.16 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 79 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.96" / 50 mm 345.00 ft / 105.16 m 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.58" / 40 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.95" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 97,460 shp / 72,705 Kw = 30.15 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,597 tons
Complement:
939 - 1,221
Cost:
£8.223 million / $32.893 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 56 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 4,666 tons, 20.1 %
- Belts: 620 tons, 2.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 575 tons, 2.5 %
- Armament: 45 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 3,408 tons, 14.7 %
- Conning Tower: 18 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 2,356 tons, 10.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,373 tons, 31.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,197 tons, 13.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 5,546 tons, 23.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
45,069 lbs / 20,443 Kg = 1,462.6 x 4.0 " / 100 mm shells or 7.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.9 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): 1.20
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.540
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.03 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 23.40 ft / 7.13 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 208.1 %
Waterplane Area: 46,632 Square feet or 4,332 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 151 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 118 lbs/sq ft or 577 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.01
- Longitudinal: 1.27
- Overall: 1.03
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 ship is designed to operate as support CV. Machinery is same type as in the Phoenix class heavy cruiser
The main armament of 3.95" is a new mark using same half deck turrets as 5.1 mk 4/55 with modified auto loading equipment
Hangar deck has 3" of armor, flight deck has 2" (1.02" simmed using misc weight)
1,300 tons for 36 operational aircraft
1,200 tons for aircraft spare parts
906 tons used to sim 1.05" of deck armor
900 tons for 36 spare aircraft (25 tons each)
200 tons for Machine shop
200 tons for engine repair shop
200 tons for fabrication shop
150 tons for electronics
100 tons for 2 lighters and their associated equipment and fuel
100 tons for 2x50ton cranes
100 tons for T shaped lift
100 tons for fire screens and damage control equipment
50 tons for catapult
40 tons for 4x300kw diesel generators