Panzerkreuzer & Große Kreuzer (Armored and Large Cruisers)

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SMS Prinz Heinrich, German armored cruiser laid down 1898

Displacement:
   7.891 t light; 8.173 t standard; 8.800 t normal; 9.301 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (415,03 ft / 409,78 ft) x 64,30 ft x (24,61 / 25,63 ft)
   (126,50 m / 124,90 m) x 19,60 m  x (7,50 / 7,81 m)

Armament:
      2 - 9,45" / 240 mm 40,0 cal guns - 308,65lbs / 140,00kg shells, 75 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1898 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      4 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 150 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1898 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      6 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 100 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1898 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      6 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
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     10 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
      10 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 1.653 lbs / 750 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m torpedoes - 0,540 t each, 1,079 t total
   submerged bow & stern tubes
      2nd Torpedoes
      2 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m torpedoes - 0,540 t each, 1,079 t total
   submerged side tubes

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   3,94" / 100 mm   308,40 ft / 94,00 m   17,06 ft / 5,20 m
   Ends:   Unarmoured
   Upper:   3,94" / 100 mm   213,25 ft / 65,00 m   8,20 ft / 2,50 m
     Main Belt covers 116% of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   5,91" / 150 mm   3,94" / 100 mm      5,91" / 150 mm
   2nd:   3,94" / 100 mm   3,15" / 80 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   3rd:   2,76" / 70 mm   3,94" / 100 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   4th:   1,18" / 30 mm         -               -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 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, 16.890 ihp / 12.600 Kw = 20,80 kts
   Range 4.680nm at 10,00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1.128 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   453 - 590

Cost:
   £0,789 million / $3,157 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 400 tons, 4,5%
      - Guns: 395 tons, 4,5%
      - Weapons: 4 tons, 0,0%
   Armour: 2.073 tons, 23,6%
      - Belts: 1.174 tons, 13,3%
      - Armament: 424 tons, 4,8%
      - Armour Deck: 410 tons, 4,7%
      - Conning Towers: 65 tons, 0,7%
   Machinery: 2.724 tons, 31,0%
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 2.649 tons, 30,1%
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 909 tons, 10,3%
   Miscellaneous weights: 45 tons, 0,5%
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
      - Hull above water: 5 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
      - Above deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     8.446 lbs / 3.831 Kg = 20,0 x 9,4 " / 240 mm shells or 3,0 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,40
   Metacentric height 4,6 ft / 1,4 m
   Roll period: 12,6 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,30
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,475 / 0,482
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6,37 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 20,24 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4,00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 3,28 ft / 1,00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20,00%,  24,61 ft / 7,50 m,  22,97 ft / 7,00 m
      - Forward deck:   50,00%,  22,97 ft / 7,00 m,  22,97 ft / 7,00 m
      - Aft deck:   15,00%,  15,09 ft / 4,60 m,  15,09 ft / 4,60 m
      - Quarter deck:   15,00%,  15,09 ft / 4,60 m,  15,09 ft / 4,60 m
      - Average freeboard:      20,73 ft / 6,32 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 115,6%
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 152,7%
   Waterplane Area: 17.169 Square feet or 1.595 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100%
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 101 lbs/sq ft or 495 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0,88
      - Longitudinal: 3,03
      - 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

45 t misc weight
   5 t - 4 45cm Torpedo tubes and 6 torpedos
   25 t Radio, refitted in 1900H1
--> 7876 t light

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Originally planned as a battleships, their weak armament and relatively high speed meant they were reclassified as armored cruisers even before being laid down. At the same time it was decided to limit their length to 120m, so they would be able to fit into most colonial docks.

Wittelsbach-class, German Armord Cruiser laid down 1899
   Ships in class:
      SMS Wittelsbach
      SMS Wettin
      SMS Zähringen
      SMS Schwaben
      SMS Mecklenburg

Displacement:
   9.890 t light; 10.311 t standard; 11.352 t normal; 12.184 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (393,70 ft / 388,45 ft) x 68,24 ft x (26,57 / 28,13 ft)
   (120,00 m / 118,40 m) x 20,80 m  x (8,10 / 8,57 m)

Armament:
      4 - 9,45" / 240 mm 40,0 cal guns - 308,65lbs / 140,00kg shells, 90 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1899 Model
     1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, aft deck aft
     1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, forward deck forward
      1 raised mount
      14 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 120 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1899 Model
     10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      10 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in all but light seas
     4 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck forward
      4 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 88,18lbs / 40,00kg shells, 150 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1899 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, 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, 1899 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, aft evenly spread
      8 double raised mounts
      4 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm 30,0 cal guns - 15,43lbs / 7,00kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1899 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
      4 double raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 3.007 lbs / 1.364 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 14,76 ft / 4,50 m torpedoes - 0,507 t each, 1,014 t total
   submerged bow & stern tubes
      2nd Torpedoes
      2 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 14,76 ft / 4,50 m torpedoes - 0,507 t each, 1,014 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   11,8" / 300 mm   256,36 ft / 78,14 m   10,50 ft / 3,20 m
   Ends:   5,91" / 150 mm   132,05 ft / 40,25 m   9,91 ft / 3,02 m
   Upper:   5,51" / 140 mm   256,36 ft / 78,14 m   8,01 ft / 2,44 m
     Main Belt covers 102% of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   11,0" / 280 mm   5,91" / 150 mm      9,84" / 250 mm
   2nd:   5,51" / 140 mm   3,94" / 100 mm      3,94" / 100 mm
   3rd:   5,91" / 150 mm   1,97" / 50 mm      5,91" / 150 mm
   4th:   0,59" / 15 mm         -               -
   5th:   3,94" / 100 mm         -               -

   - Protected deck - multiple decks:
   For and Aft decks: 1,97" / 50 mm
   Forecastle: 1,18" / 30 mm  Quarter deck: 1,97" / 50 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 11,02" / 280 mm, Aft 5,91" / 150 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 3 shafts, 15.530 ihp / 11.586 Kw = 19,25 kts
   Range 7.000nm at 10,00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1.873 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   549 - 714

Cost:
   £0,925 million / $3,698 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 705 tons, 6,2%
      - Guns: 701 tons, 6,2%
      - Weapons: 4 tons, 0,0%
   Armour: 3.909 tons, 34,4%
      - Belts: 2.184 tons, 19,2%
      - Armament: 874 tons, 7,7%
      - Armour Deck: 667 tons, 5,9%
      - Conning Towers: 184 tons, 1,6%
   Machinery: 2.465 tons, 21,7%
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 2.735 tons, 24,1%
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.462 tons, 12,9%
   Miscellaneous weights: 76 tons, 0,7%
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 15 tons
      - Above deck: 31 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     11.543 lbs / 5.236 Kg = 27,4 x 9,4 " / 240 mm shells or 4,6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,22
   Metacentric height 4,1 ft / 1,2 m
   Roll period: 14,2 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,34
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1,32

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,564 / 0,572
   Length to Beam Ratio: 5,69 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 19,71 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 53
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10,00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 1,97 ft / 0,60 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   18,00%,  18,24 ft / 5,56 m,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m
      - Forward deck:   32,00%,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m
      - Aft deck:   34,00%,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m
      - Quarter deck:   16,00%,  14,17 ft / 4,32 m,  14,44 ft / 4,40 m
      - Average freeboard:      14,49 ft / 4,42 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90,5%
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 91,3%
   Waterplane Area: 18.745 Square feet or 1.741 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 102%
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 113 lbs/sq ft or 553 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0,92
      - Longitudinal: 2,15
      - Overall: 1,00
   Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

76 t misc weight
   6 t   12 37mm-Hotkiss guns, 210 kg each with 360 rounds (~240 kg) each
   5 t   4 45cm Torpedo tubes and 4 reloads
   25 t Radio, refitted in 1900H1
--> 9850 t light