I can't remember who got this thought running around my head, whover it was ....thanks!
Well, does she sink or swim?
She is a rebuild of the D1 class destroyer ( in the encyclopedia section)
SD 1, Denmark Sloop (Former Destroyer) laid down 1908 (Engine 192
Displacement:
1,133 t light; 1,179 t standard; 1,370 t normal; 1,523 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
280.39 ft / 270.00 ft x 30.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
85.46 m / 82.30 m x 9.14 m x 3.66 m
Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.40kg shells, 1927 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1926 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1925 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 315 lbs / 143 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 0.75" / 19 mm 190.29 ft / 58.00 m 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.50" / 13 mm 104.99 ft / 32.00 m 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm - -
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm - -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm - -
- Armour deck: 0.50" / 13 mm, Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 10,879 shp / 8,116 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 343 tons
Complement:
112 - 146
Cost:
£0.120 million / $0.481 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 39 tons, 2.9 %
Armour: 123 tons, 9.0 %
- Belts: 55 tons, 4.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 16 tons, 1.2 %
- Armour Deck: 50 tons, 3.6 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 339 tons, 24.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 557 tons, 40.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 237 tons, 17.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 5.5 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,400 lbs / 635 Kg = 20.9 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.01
Metacentric height 0.8 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 13.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.98
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.493
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Mid (55 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m (8.00 ft / 2.44 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
- Stern: 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
- Average freeboard: 12.56 ft / 3.83 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 107.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 112.3 %
Waterplane Area: 5,364 Square feet or 498 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 53 lbs/sq ft or 260 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.87
- Longitudinal: 3.33
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
ASW Weaponry = 60 depth charges - 2 rails and 4 launchers
P.S. would she benefit from the .50 hull strenght rule, or is she too slow?