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16,000 tons standard, 210m x 21m x 8.5m, 30knts, 12x234mm
Class names :
King Albert
Australia Bismarck-B design Heavy Escort Cruiser laid down 1936
Displacement:
15,245 t light; 16,154 t standard; 17,960 t normal; 19,405 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
682.04 ft / 675.00 ft x 75.49 ft x 26.25 ft (normal load)
207.88 m / 205.74 m x 23.01 m x 8.00 m
Armament:
12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x3 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (6x2 guns), 51.91lbs / 23.55kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5,337 lbs / 2,421 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 180
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.40" / 213 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 89 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.40" / 213 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -
3rd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.60" / 91 mm, Conning tower: 7.00" / 178 mm
Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 52,726 shp / 39,334 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 13,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,251 tons (90% coal)
Complement:
775 - 1,008
Cost:
£6.958 million / $27.830 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 667 tons, 3.7 %
Armour: 5,209 tons, 29.0 %
- Belts: 1,403 tons, 7.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 317 tons, 1.8 %
- Armament: 1,097 tons, 6.1 %
- Armour Deck: 2,288 tons, 12.7 %
- Conning Tower: 103 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 1,611 tons, 9.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,233 tons, 40.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,715 tons, 15.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 525 tons, 2.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
30,483 lbs / 13,827 Kg = 78.3 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 4.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.71
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.51
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.94 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.03 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 9.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.49 ft / 0.76 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.67 ft / 8.74 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.55 ft / 5.35 m
- Quarterdeck (25 %): 17.55 ft / 5.35 m
- Stern: 17.55 ft / 5.35 m
- Average freeboard: 20.60 ft / 6.28 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 84.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 149.9 %
Waterplane Area: 34,353 Square feet or 3,192 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 126 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 139 lbs/sq ft or 681 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.36
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
9.2" & 4.7" guns are Australian made, and the 37mm are by Schneiders license-built by FRC, while the 20mm is Madsen
Ed : 2/7/12 : Misc Weight is to represent "Admiral" quarters, mid-ship Catapult + Seaplanes (2), and early radar (1936ish Dutch), and "growth room".
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Kaiser Kirk" (Feb 8th 2012, 8:02am)