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Pengolodh_sc

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Wednesday, May 14th 2003, 4:58pm

Nordmark Infrastructure

I should have posted this earlier, but got sidetracked by various things, including a less than stable computer. As it is, I found certain problems with regards to infrastructure, as I found myself with only 60 points to support a balanced fleet around 9 capitals. It took some time to determine what to do with this - if I had been left with only 60 points, the only way of realistically retaining Nordmark in the sim would be to change Nordmark's place in the treaty. Eventually I arrived at a possible solution, which Wes found reasonable, and which preserved the Nordmark design-history I already had formed in my mind: When Chile orders two battleships from European yards shortly before WW1, these ships are ordered not in Britain, but in Nordmark. The ships have been Springstyled, the data listed below the infrastructure. The two ships fit in Type 3 docks, while the new capital ships constructed for the Royal Nordmark Navy at the time required Type 4. This increased my points to 80, 10 less than France (which has a considerably smaller treaty-allowance than Nordmark under the treaty). As far as I can determine, this also increases my factory-allowance to 18.

The navy has two distinct areas of responsibility - the Atlantic, where the important part is invasion-defence against enemy battlefleets, and protection of communications between the parts of the kingdom, and the Baltic, where the prime responsibility is invasion-defence and support of landforces. As a result, the larger vessels tend to be distributed to the Atlantic area, in support of the Battlesquadron, while smaller, more specialised vessels tend to be distributed to the Baltic fleet. At the time of the treaty, the core of the Baltic Fleet is made up of ten coast-defence armour-clads, in three classes; seven will be retained under the treaty. These include in the support-organisation three somewhat unusual cruisers in the 4000-5500ton range, armed with 15cm/5.9inch guns in twin enclosed turrets.


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Infrastructure is distributed as follows:

Karlskrona
1 - Type 4 Slip: 4   points
2 - Type 3 Dock: 8   points
2 - Type 3 Slip: 6   points
1 - Type 1 Dock: 2   points
1 - Type 1 Slip: 1   points
1 - Type 0 Dock: 1   points
1 - Type 0 Slip: 0.5 points

Helsingfors Örlovsvarv (exact location may change, as I find out more about Finland)
1 - Type 3 Slip: 3 points
2 - Type 1 Slip: 2 points

Gustavsvern Naval Base, Trondheim
1 - Type 4 Dock: 5   points
1 - Type 4 Slip: 4   points
1 - Type 3 Dock: 4   points
1 - Type 3 Slip: 3   points
1 - Type 1 Dock: 2   points
1 - Type 1 Slip: 1   points
1 - Type 0 Dock: 1   points
1 - Type 0 Slip: 0.5 points

Karljohansvern Naval Base, Horten outside Oslo
1 - Type 3 Slip: 3   points
1 - Type 0 Slip: 0.5 points

Oscarsvern Naval Base, Leivsborg (real-life St. John) at vinland (i.e. Newfoundland)
1 - Type 4 Dock: 5 points
1 - Type 4 Slip: 4 points
1 - Type 3 Slip: 3 points
1 - Type 1 Dock: 2 points
2 - Type 1 Slip: 2 points
2 - Type 0 Slip: 1 points

Iceland Naval Station
1 - Type 1 Dock: 2   points
1 - Type 1 Slip: 1   points
1 - Type 0 Slip: 0.5 points

Hjaltland (i.e. Shetland) Naval Station
No building- or maintenace-facilities currently installed

Faeroes Naval Station
1 - Type 0 Dock: 1 points

Åland Naval Base
1 - Type 3 Dock: 4 points
1 - Type 1 Dock: 2 points
1 - Type 0 Dock: 1 points




The battleships were laid down in 1913, but the war slowed progress somewhat. At the time they were completed, Nordmark had just joined the war, and the ships were laid in reserve for Nordmark until the end of the war. They were then handed over to Chile, and named Almirante Latorre and Almirante Cochrane.


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Almirante Latorre Battleship, laid down 1913 

     Length, 700 ft x Beam, 90.0 ft x Depth, 26.0 ft 
          30420 tons normal displacement (28677 tons standard) 

     Main battery:      10 x 13.4-inch (5 x 2; 2 superfiring) 
     Secondary battery: 12 x  5.9-inch 
     QF battery:        10 x  4.3-inch 
     Light battery:     20 x  1.5-inch 

          Weight of broadside: 13691 lbs 

     Main belt, 13.0 inches; bow and stern, 4.0 inches 
     Upper belt, 4.0 inches 
     Torpedo bulkhead, 1.0 inches 
     Armor deck, average 2.5 inches 
     C.T., 13.0 inches 

     Battery armor: 
          Main, 13.4" / secondary, 4.0" 
          QF, 2.0" / light guns, 0.5" shields  

     Maximum speed for 56155 shp = 24.00 knots 
          Approximate cruising radius, 4500 nm / 13 kts 

     Typical complement: 1152-1497 


                    Estimated cost, $11.864 million (£2.966 million) 

          Remarks: 

     Good seaboat; rides out heavy weather easily. 

     Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space. 

     Main deck secondary guns subject to being washed down 
     in a seaway. 


          Distribution of weights: 
                                                       Percent 
                                                       normal 
                                                    displacement: 

          Armament .........................   1711 tons =   6 pct 
          Armor, total .....................  10779 tons =  35 pct 

               Belt                            3863 tons =  13 pct 
               Torpedo bulkhead                 438 tons =   1 pct 
               Deck                            2183 tons =   7 pct 
               C.T.                             274 tons =   1 pct 
               Armament                        4022 tons =  13 pct 

          Machinery ........................   2420 tons =   8 pct 
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....  12017 tons =  40 pct 
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   3493 tons =  11 pct 
          Miscellaneous weights ............      0 tons =   0 pct 
                                              ----- 
                                              30420 tons = 100 pct 

          Estimated metacentric height, 5.1 ft 

     Displacement summary: 

          Light ship:             26927 tons 
          Standard displacement:  28677 tons 
          Normal service:         30420 tons 
          Full load:              31693 tons 

          Loading submergence 1349 tons/foot 

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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability: 

          Relative margin of stability: 1.10 

          Shellfire needed to sink: 33548 lbs = 27.9 x 13.4-inch shells 
               (Approximates weight of penetrating 
               shell hits needed to sink ship, 
               not counting critical hits) 

          Torpedoes needed to sink: 4.3 
               (Approximates number of 'typical' 
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship) 

          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 49 percent 
               (50 percent is 'average') 

          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.69 

          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.22 

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     Hull form characteristics: 

          Block coefficient: 0.65 
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.41 
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.86 
          'Natural speed' for length = 26.5 knots 
          Power going to wave formation 
               at top speed: 44 percent 


     Estimated hull characteristics and strength: 

          Relative underwater volume absorbed by 
               magazines and engineering spaces: 90 percent 

          Relative accommodation and working space: 156 percent 


          Displacement factor: 105 percent 
               (Displacement relative to loading factors) 


          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.01 
               (Structure weight per square 
               foot of hull surface: 183 lbs) 

          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.00 
               (for 20.0 ft average freeboard; 
               freeboard adjustment +1.1 ft) 

          Relative composite hull strength: 1.00 

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1] 

700.00 x 90.00 x 26.00; 20.00 -- Dimensions 
0.65 -- Block coefficient 
1913 -- Year laid down 
24.00 / 4500 / 13.00; Turbine, coal fired -- Speed / radius / cruise 
 0 tons -- Miscellaneous weights 
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10 x 13.40; 5; 2 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring 
   : 
12 x 5.90; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets 
  Main deck battery 
   : 
10 x 4.30 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery 
   : 
20 x 1.45 -- Fourth (light) battery 
0 -- No torpedo armament 
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13.00 / 4.00 / 4.00 / 1.00; 100 -- Belt armor; relative extent 
2.50 / 13.00 -- Deck / CT 
13.40 / 4.00 / 2.00 / 0.50 -- Battery armor 


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