Assem Class LCM
These are licence-built copies of the Bharati LCM-1 class, and will be used for movement of supplies, troops, and vehicles along the coast or to islands are necessary.
Assem, laid down 1944
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Displacement:
35 t light; 37 t standard; 38 t normal; 39 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(51.00 ft / 49.21 ft) x 13.12 ft x (2.95 / 2.99 ft)
(15.55 m / 15.00 m) x 4.00 m x (0.90 / 0.91 m)
Armament:
2 - 0.59" / 15.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.10lbs / 0.05kg shells, 15,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
Weight of broadside 0 lbs / 0 kg
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 1 shaft, 94 shp / 70 Kw = 10.00 kts
Range 200nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 tons
Complement:
6 - 9
Cost:
£0.011 million / $0.043 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.3 %
- Guns: 0 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 1 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 1 tons, 3.2 %
Machinery: 2 tons, 6.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11 tons, 29.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 tons, 8.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 52.4 %
- Hull above water: 20 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
72 lbs / 33 Kg = 697.8 x 0.6 " / 15 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 0.3 ft / 0.1 m
Roll period: 9.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.85
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.700 / 0.701
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 7.02 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 73 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 71
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m, 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
- Average freeboard: 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 80.3 %
Waterplane Area: 514 Square feet or 48 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 144 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 14 lbs/sq ft or 70 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.81
- Longitudinal: 7.45
- Overall: 1.01
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Cramped accommodation and workspace room
Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather