Geschützte Kreuzer (Protected Cruisers)

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SMS Kaiserin Augusta, German Protected Cruiser laid down 1893

Displacement:
   5.285 t light; 5.472 t standard; 6.012 t normal; 6.444 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (393,70 ft / 390,42 ft) x 50,85 ft x (23,29 / 24,48 ft)
   (120,00 m / 119,00 m) x 15,50 m  x (7,10 / 7,46 m)

Armament:
      8 - 5,91" / 150 mm 35,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 80 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1893 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      8 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
      4 - 5,91" / 150 mm 35,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 100 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1893 Model
     4 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
      8 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm 30,0 cal guns - 15,43lbs / 7,00kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1893 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      3 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 20,0 cal guns - 0,99lbs / 0,45kg shells, 1.500 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1893 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck centre
      1 raised mount
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck centre
      2 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 1.185 lbs / 537 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      1 - 13,8" / 350 mm, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m torpedo - 0,226 t total
   submerged bow tube
      2nd Torpedoes
      4 - 13,8" / 350 mm, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m torpedoes - 0,226 t each, 0,905 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Ends:   Unarmoured
   Upper:   0,79" / 20 mm   280,64 ft / 85,54 m   8,01 ft / 2,44 m

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   1,97" / 50 mm         -               -
   2nd:   1,18" / 30 mm         -               -

   - Armoured deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 1,97" / 50 mm
   Forecastle: 0,79" / 20 mm  Quarter deck: 1,18" / 30 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 1,97" / 50 mm, Aft 1,18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 3 shafts, 15.600 ihp / 11.638 Kw = 21,67 kts
   Range 4.600nm at 10,00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 972 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   340 - 443

Cost:
   £0,616 million / $2,464 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 153 tons, 2,5%
      - Guns: 151 tons, 2,5%
      - Weapons: 2 tons, 0,0%
   Armour: 569 tons, 9,5%
      - Belts: 73 tons, 1,2%
      - Armament: 43 tons, 0,7%
      - Armour Deck: 431 tons, 7,2%
      - Conning Towers: 22 tons, 0,4%
   Machinery: 2.737 tons, 45,5%
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.761 tons, 29,3%
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 727 tons, 12,1%
   Miscellaneous weights: 65 tons, 1,1%
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
      - Above deck: 25 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     3.315 lbs / 1.504 Kg = 32,2 x 5,9 " / 150 mm shells or 3,8 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,64
   Metacentric height 4,1 ft / 1,3 m
   Roll period: 10,5 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,16
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has low quarterdeck ,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,455 / 0,464
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7,68 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 19,76 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -15,00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20,00%,  21,65 ft / 6,60 m,  19,69 ft / 6,00 m
      - Forward deck:   35,00%,  19,69 ft / 6,00 m,  17,72 ft / 5,40 m
      - Aft deck:   35,00%,  17,72 ft / 5,40 m,  17,72 ft / 5,40 m
      - Quarter deck:   10,00%,  9,84 ft / 3,00 m,  9,84 ft / 3,00 m
      - Average freeboard:      17,82 ft / 5,43 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 155,8%
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 129,1%
   Waterplane Area: 12.717 Square feet or 1.181 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 92%
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 80 lbs/sq ft or 391 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0,89
      - Longitudinal: 2,87
      - Overall: 1,00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

65 t misc weight
   5 t - 5 35cm torpedo tubes and 12 reloads
   25 t Radio, refitted in 1900H1
--> 5250 t light

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Victoria Louise class, German Protected Cruiser laid down 1895
   Ships in class:
      SMS Victoria Louise
      SMS Hertha
      SMS Freya
      SMS Vineta
      SMS Hansa

Displacement:
   4.966 t light; 5.176 t standard; 5.827 t normal; 6.348 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (362,86 ft / 357,94 ft) x 57,09 ft x (21,33 / 22,70 ft)
   (110,60 m / 109,10 m) x 17,40 m  x (6,50 / 6,92 m)

Armament:
      2 - 8,27" / 210 mm 40,0 cal guns - 238,10lbs / 108,00kg shells, 60 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1895 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      4 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 140 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1895 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 100 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1895 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
      10 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm 30,0 cal guns - 15,43lbs / 7,00kg shells, 250 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1895 Model
     10 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
      2 raised mounts
      10 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 20,0 cal guns - 0,99lbs / 0,45kg shells, 1.500 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1895 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
     2 x Single mounts layout not set
      2 double raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 1.346 lbs / 611 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      1 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 14,76 ft / 4,50 m torpedo - 0,440 t total
   submerged bow tube
      2nd Torpedoes
      2 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 14,76 ft / 4,50 m torpedoes - 0,440 t each, 0,880 t total
   submerged side tubes

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Ends:   Unarmoured
   Upper:   2,36" / 60 mm   262,47 ft / 80,00 m   8,01 ft / 2,44 m

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   3,94" / 100 mm   3,15" / 80 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   2nd:   3,94" / 100 mm   2,76" / 70 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   3rd:   3,94" / 100 mm   3,94" / 100 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   4th:   1,18" / 30 mm   0,79" / 20 mm      1,97" / 50 mm

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 1,57" / 40 mm
   Forecastle: 1,18" / 30 mm  Quarter deck: 1,57" / 40 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 5,91" / 150 mm, Aft 1,18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 3 shafts, 10.656 ihp / 7.949 Kw = 19,50 kts
   Range 6.090nm at 10,00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1.172 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   333 - 433

Cost:
   £0,535 million / $2,138 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 321 tons, 5,5%
      - Guns: 318 tons, 5,5%
      - Weapons: 3 tons, 0,0%
   Armour: 967 tons, 16,6%
      - Belts: 208 tons, 3,6%
      - Armament: 331 tons, 5,7%
      - Armour Deck: 378 tons, 6,5%
      - Conning Towers: 49 tons, 0,8%
   Machinery: 1.806 tons, 31,0%
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.819 tons, 31,2%
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 860 tons, 14,8%
   Miscellaneous weights: 54 tons, 0,9%
      - Hull below water: 24 tons
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
      - Above deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     4.931 lbs / 2.237 Kg = 17,5 x 8,3 " / 210 mm shells or 2,9 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,41
   Metacentric height 3,9 ft / 1,2 m
   Roll period: 12,1 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 82 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,33
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1,95

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,468 / 0,479
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6,27 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 18,92 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 42
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12,00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -6,56 ft / -2,00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   22,00%,  22,97 ft / 7,00 m,  21,33 ft / 6,50 m
      - Forward deck:   20,00%,  21,33 ft / 6,50 m,  21,33 ft / 6,50 m
      - Aft deck:   40,00%,  13,45 ft / 4,10 m,  13,45 ft / 4,10 m
      - Quarter deck:   18,00%,  13,45 ft / 4,10 m,  13,45 ft / 4,10 m
      - Average freeboard:      16,90 ft / 5,15 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 119,4%
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 121,7%
   Waterplane Area: 13.233 Square feet or 1.229 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103%
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 94 lbs/sq ft or 459 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0,89
      - Longitudinal: 2,77
      - Overall: 1,00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

54 t misc weight
   8 t - 3 45 cm Torpedo tubes and 10 reloads
   25 t Radio, refitted in 1900H1
--> 4945 t light