Nouvelle-Calédonie, French Heavy Cruiser laid down 1932 (Engine 1943)
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Original Design, 1932.
Displacement:
11,468 t light; 11,944 t standard; 14,281 t normal; 16,150 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
675.21 ft / 662.73 ft x 57.41 ft (Bulges 66.27 ft) x 23.13 ft (normal load)
205.80 m / 202.00 m x 17.50 m (Bulges 20.20 m) x 7.05 m
Armament:
8 - 7.87" / 200 mm guns (4x2 guns), 286.60lbs / 130.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (4x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
2 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 6.61lbs / 3.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 6.61lbs / 3.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
6 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1932 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 2,641 lbs / 1,198 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 125
6 - 21.7" / 550 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.12" / 130 mm 384.84 ft / 117.30 m 9.19 ft / 2.80 m
Ends: 0.98" / 25 mm 251.61 ft / 76.69 m 9.19 ft / 2.80 m
26.28 ft / 8.01 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 0.98" / 25 mm 65.62 ft / 20.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Main Belt covers 89 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.91" / 150 mm 3.15" / 80 mm 4.72" / 120 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.20" / 5 mm
4th: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.20" / 5 mm
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 5.12" / 130 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 110,973 shp / 82,786 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 11,750nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,205 tons
Complement:
653 - 849
Cost:
£4.748 million / $18.993 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 288 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 2,462 tons, 17.2 %
- Belts: 883 tons, 6.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 561 tons, 3.9 %
- Armour Deck: 953 tons, 6.7 %
- Conning Tower: 65 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 2,866 tons, 20.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,577 tons, 39.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,812 tons, 19.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 275 tons, 1.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
18,450 lbs / 8,369 Kg = 75.6 x 7.9 " / 200 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 2.7 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.28
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.492
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.41 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 34.28 ft / 10.45 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.44 ft / 7.45 m (14.60 ft / 4.45 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.60 ft / 4.45 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 22.45 ft / 6.84 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.5 %
Waterplane Area: 26,169 Square feet or 2,431 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 133 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 561 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.61
- 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
Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 50 tons for 2x LeO-400 seaplanes
- 15 tons for catapult
- 30 tons for crew comforts
- 110 tons for Electronics
- 20 tons for Fire Control
- 30 tons for communications
- 20 tons for extra damage-control gear, pumps, etc
Electronics:
- DRBV-8B surface and air search radars (2 radars, 25 tons)
- DRBV-7 air search radar (1 radar, 10 tons)
- DRBN-1 navigational surface and air search radar (2 radars, 4 tons)
- DRBC-3A fire-control radar (3 radars, 12 tons)
- DRBI-3 height-finding radar (1 radar, 6 tons)
- SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Diesel electric double generator set (10 tons)
- Combat Management Center: 40 tons
Ships in Class:
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Nouvelle-Calédonie