Another new ship for 1934. Two of these will be built in the Phillipines for Mexico. They are close relaitves of the original Basilan and of Shivagi by way of the Samals and Recifes.
They are designed to be able to pound any Inigo Montoya into scrap, they will be faster than the old Iberian BBS and the Lunas, are able to match the Santa Marias, and stand a chance of fighting El Cid to a draw. They can also be used as raiders being faster, better armed, better armored than the German PBs.
Note: They might be finished with 6x2 47mm guns instead of the 1.1" guns.
Pancho Villa, Mexico Heavy Cruiser & Bandido laid down 1934
Displacement:
13,202 t light; 13,965 t standard; 16,151 t normal; 17,901 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
706.94 ft / 670.00 ft x 67.00 ft x 25.70 ft (normal load)
215.48 m / 204.22 m x 20.42 m x 7.83 m
Armament:
9 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (3x3 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
2 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (1x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (4x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
16 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm guns (4x4 guns), 0.67lbs / 0.30kg shells, 1935 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns (8x2 guns), 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1935 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 5,137 lbs / 2,330 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 92 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 83,453 shp / 62,256 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 14,100nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,936 tons
Complement:
716 - 931
Cost:
£6.788 million / $27.152 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 642 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 3,500 tons, 21.7 %
- Belts: 1,180 tons, 7.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 853 tons, 5.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,425 tons, 8.8 %
- Conning Tower: 41 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,371 tons, 14.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,640 tons, 41.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,949 tons, 18.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.3 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
22,464 lbs / 10,189 Kg = 44.9 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 2.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 3.5 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 15.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.82
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.490
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.57 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 42
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 50.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (40 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Stern: 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Average freeboard: 20.73 ft / 6.32 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 79.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 147.4 %
Waterplane Area: 30,816 Square feet or 2,863 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 135 lbs/sq ft or 661 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.43
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily