After a year of not playing around with SS, I thought I'd give it another go. I put this together while watching the first half of the Nigeria/South Korea match today. A drawing will be underway when I get home from work.
Note- British Grand Pacific is my NS nation.
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Princeton, British Grand Pacific CLAA laid down 1939
Displacement:
6,834 t light; 7,199 t standard; 7,801 t normal; 8,283 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
614.19 ft / 604.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
187.21 m / 184.10 m x 17.68 m x 5.49 m
Armament:
12 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (6x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1939 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 801 lbs / 363 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 450
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.50" / 89 mm 374.48 ft / 114.14 m 9.14 ft / 2.79 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.25" / 32 mm 0.50" / 13 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm 0.30" / 8 mm -
3rd: 0.30" / 8 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.25" / 32 mm, Conning tower: 2.50" / 64 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 76,510 shp / 57,077 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,084 tons
Complement:
414 - 539
Cost:
£3.567 million / $14.268 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 100 tons, 1.3 %
Armour: 1,087 tons, 13.9 %
- Belts: 499 tons, 6.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 38 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 529 tons, 6.8 %
- Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,070 tons, 26.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,457 tons, 44.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 967 tons, 12.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 120 tons, 1.5 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11,823 lbs / 5,363 Kg = 189.2 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.23
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.27
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.43
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.433
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.41 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.20 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 21.63 ft / 6.59 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 100.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 184.0 %
Waterplane Area: 22,895 Square feet or 2,127 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 127 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 90 lbs/sq ft or 441 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.77
- 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
20 tons reserved for radar systems
75 tons reserved for 3 aircraft (typically 2 embarked)
25 tons reserved for crew comforts & growth