Ministro Zentento class (SS 2.0.1 edition)
CL Francisco de Miranda (ex-Ministro Zentento)
CL Atanasio Gerardot (ex-Presidente Errazuriz)
CL Domingo Caycedo (ex-Blanco Encalado)
Colombian (ex-Chilean) Light Cruiser/Leader laid down 1909 (Engine 190
- (Nordmark Falun-class) purchased from Chile in 1936, scrapped in 1941/42
Displacement:
5,132 t light; 5,271 t standard; 5,551 t normal; 5,752 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
446.00 ft / 446.00 ft x 49.50 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load)
135.94 m / 135.94 m x 15.09 m x 4.88 m
Armament:
8 - 4.30" / 109 mm guns in single mounts, 39.75lbs / 18.03kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.90" / 48.3 mm guns in single mounts, 3.43lbs / 1.56kg shells, 1909 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 332 lbs / 150 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 34,521 ihp / 25,752 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 3,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 504 tons)
Complement:
321 - 418
Cost:
£0.654 million / $2.615 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 41 tons, 0.7 %
Armour: 315 tons, 5.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 11 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 276 tons, 5.0 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,138 tons, 56.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,622 tons, 29.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 419 tons, 7.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 15 tons, 0.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,708 lbs / 775 Kg = 43.0 x 4.3 " / 109 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33
Metacentric height 2.9 ft / 0.9 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.13
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.01 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.12 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 89
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: 23.50 ft / 7.16 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.50 ft / 5.03 m
- Mid (50 %): 13.25 ft / 4.04 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 14.54 ft / 4.43 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 195.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 121.2 %
Waterplane Area: 14,943 Square feet or 1,388 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 80 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 70 lbs/sq ft or 340 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.17
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform