Bar, Yugoslavia Escort laid down 1932
Displacement:
1 821 t light; 1 919 t standard; 2 179 t normal; 2 387 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
395,50 ft / 393,70 ft x 39,37 ft x 9,84 ft (normal load)
120,55 m / 120,00 m x 12,00 m x 3,00 m
Armament:
10 - 4,33" / 110 mm guns (5x2 guns), 40,61lbs / 18,42kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority aft, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (2x6 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
6 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 431 lbs / 196 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 220
4 - 17,7" / 450 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1,38" / 35 mm 255,91 ft / 78,00 m 7,51 ft / 2,29 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100% of normal length
- Armour deck: 1,18" / 30 mm, Conning tower: 1,97" / 50 mm
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 12 377 shp / 9 233 Kw = 24,00 kts
Range 5 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 468 tons
Complement:
159 - 207
Cost:
£0,728 million / $2,912 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 54 tons, 2,5%
Armour: 343 tons, 15,7%
- Belts: 110 tons, 5,1%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armour Deck: 226 tons, 10,4%
- Conning Tower: 7 tons, 0,3%
Machinery: 365 tons, 16,8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1 029 tons, 47,2%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 358 tons, 16,4%
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 1,4%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4 481 lbs / 2 033 Kg = 110,3 x 4,3 " / 110 mm shells or 1,2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,21
Metacentric height 1,7 ft / 0,5 m
Roll period: 12,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,53
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,55
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 10,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,84 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,66 ft / 0,20 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21,82 ft / 6,65 m
- Forecastle (20%): 13,88 ft / 4,23 m
- Mid (50%): 13,88 ft / 4,23 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 13,88 ft / 4,23 m
- Stern: 13,88 ft / 4,23 m
- Average freeboard: 14,51 ft / 4,42 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76,6%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 150,0%
Waterplane Area: 10 327 Square feet or 959 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 142%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 62 lbs/sq ft or 302 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,66
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
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
This an escort design to chase away any TB's attack