New Gran Colombian Ships for 1917

[The Bushranger]

Yubarta....

It's a white elephant.
It's a complete oddball.
It's so ugly it makes French predreadnoughs look like ballet queens.

I love it. :D

[The Rock Doctor]

I reckon the sloops will rarely operate together - more likely, each will have its own charge (an oiler, for instance) or be the largest escort of a civilian convoy, with smaller sloops and minesweepers making up the remainder of the escort.

On that note, I remember now that I was going to assign some of that miscellaneous weight to command facilities, not marine constables.

BR:  Dude, you need help.

[The Bushranger]

I know. Unfortunatly, I can't find any help that's professional enough.

[The Rock Doctor]

The Florencia class gunboats are designed for anti-piracy patrols in the western Caribbean - specifically, boarding and inspection of suspected pirate vessels.  To this end, they are well-equipped with a range of rapid-fire ordnance, and are armored against small-arms fire.  A squad of marine constables are carried, both for boarding other vessels or, in the worst case, defending the gunboat against pirate boarders.

It is expected that the type would also be useful in escorting coastal or local convoys, though no ASW capability is presently included.

The armament and armor preclude the same speed and operating radius found in larger Colombian sloops, but performance is adequate for the area and the gunboat is unlikely to be outrun by captured merchant ships usually favored by pirates.  In the face of something faster or more powerful, a long-range wireless allows the gunboat to call in heavier Armada forces.

Production of four to six units is expected, at a rate of one every six months.



Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1916

Displacement:
   497 t light; 523 t standard; 582 t normal; 630 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   209.97 ft / 209.97 ft x 26.25 ft x 8.04 ft (normal load)
   64.00 m / 64.00 m x 8.00 m  x 2.45 m

Armament:
      3 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in single mounts, 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1916 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on centreline ends, majority aft, 1 raised mount aft
      2 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1916 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on side, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
      4 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 1916 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 98 lbs / 44 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 250

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   0.98" / 25 mm   131.23 ft / 40.00 m   11.81 ft / 3.60 m
   Ends:   Unarmoured
   Upper:   0.98" / 25 mm     65.62 ft / 20.00 m   8.01 ft / 2.44 m
     Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.98" / 25 mm   0.39" / 10 mm            -
   2nd:   0.98" / 25 mm         -               -
   3rd:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -

   - Armour deck: 0.50" / 13 mm, Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
   Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Geared drive, 2 shafts, 1,300 shp / 970 Kw = 15.70 kts
   Range 5,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 107 tons)

Complement:
   59 - 77

Cost:
   £0.056 million / $0.226 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 12 tons, 2.1 %
   Armour: 132 tons, 22.8 %
      - Belts: 91 tons, 15.7 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 7 tons, 1.2 %
      - Armour Deck: 33 tons, 5.6 %
      - Conning Tower: 1 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 48 tons, 8.3 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 252 tons, 43.2 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 85 tons, 14.7 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 52 tons, 8.9 %
   -25 t:  Long range wireless
   -24 t:  Accommodation for 12 Marine Constables
   -3 t::  Weight reserve

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,689 lbs / 766 Kg = 55.4 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 1.1 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
   Metacentric height 0.9 ft / 0.3 m
   Roll period: 11.9 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.27
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak
   Block coefficient: 0.460
   Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 14.49 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
      - Stem:      18.70 ft / 5.70 m
      - Forecastle (20 %):   15.75 ft / 4.80 m
      - Mid (50 %):      15.75 ft / 4.80 m (7.87 ft / 2.40 m aft of break)
      - Quarterdeck (15 %):   7.87 ft / 2.40 m
      - Stern:      7.87 ft / 2.40 m
      - Average freeboard:   12.05 ft / 3.67 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 55.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 131.7 %
   Waterplane Area: 3,545 Square feet or 329 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 154 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 35 lbs/sq ft or 173 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.83
      - Longitudinal: 5.03
      - 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