Civilian ships

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A topic to post ships of primarily civilian purpose: merchants, cargo haulers, packets, liners, colliers, tankers, etc.  Please include the SS3 .sship file.

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Claudia, USA Cargo Barque laid down 1870

Displacement:
   3,343 t light; 3,413 t standard; 3,506 t normal; 3,580 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (275.00 ft / 275.00 ft) x 50.00 ft x (15.00 / 15.27 ft)
   (83.82 m / 83.82 m) x 15.24 m  x (4.57 / 4.65 m)

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 1 shaft, 284 ihp / 212 Kw = 7.00 kts
   Range 1,000nm at 7.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 167 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   227 - 296

Cost:
   £0.127 million / $0.507 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Machinery: 70 tons, 2.0 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,099 tons, 31.3 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 163 tons, 4.6 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 2,175 tons, 62.0 %
      - Hull below water: 1,200 tons
      - Hull above water: 600 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 200 tons
      - Above deck: 175 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     4,187 lbs / 1,899 Kg = 55.4 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.41
   Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
   Roll period: 11.7 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 93 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.86

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.595 / 0.597
   Length to Beam Ratio: 5.50 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 16.58 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 14 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 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 %,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Average freeboard:      10.51 ft / 3.20 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 63.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84.0 %
   Waterplane Area: 9,783 Square feet or 909 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 151 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 80 lbs/sq ft or 391 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.95
      - Longitudinal: 1.60
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, rides out heavy weather easily

Above-decks miscellaneous weight is masts & sails sufficient to propel the ship at half it's hull speed (8 knots) under normal conditions (5% of normal displacement).

Cost is: (3343 tons - 2000 tons cargo) = 1343 tons / 4 = $0.336 and 0.336 BP

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SS White Star, United States Packet laid down 1870

Displacement:
   12,437 t light; 12,734 t standard; 14,048 t normal; 15,100 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (525.00 ft / 525.00 ft) x 75.00 ft x (22.50 / 23.83 ft)
   (160.02 m / 160.02 m) x 22.86 m  x (6.86 / 7.26 m)

Armament:
      8 - 5.30" / 135 mm 15.0 cal guns - 60.01lbs / 27.22kg shells, 60 per gun
     Muzzle loading guns in broadside mounts, 1870 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 480 lbs / 218 kg

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 3,801 ihp / 2,835 Kw = 12.00 kts
   Range 5,000nm at 8.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 2,367 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   644 - 838

Cost:
   £0.573 million / $2.291 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 19 tons, 0.1 %
      - Guns: 19 tons, 0.1 %
   Machinery: 932 tons, 6.6 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,784 tons, 34.1 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,612 tons, 11.5 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 6,702 tons, 47.7 %
      - Hull below water: 2,000 tons
      - Hull above water: 3,000 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 1,000 tons
      - Above deck: 702 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     16,047 lbs / 7,279 Kg = 308.0 x 5.3 " / 135 mm shells or 3.1 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
   Metacentric height 4.9 ft / 1.5 m
   Roll period: 14.2 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 75 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.51

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.555 / 0.563
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 22.91 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 19 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 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 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
      - Average freeboard:      14.59 ft / 4.45 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 61.7 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 116.0 %
   Waterplane Area: 27,609 Square feet or 2,565 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 163 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 127 lbs/sq ft or 618 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.99
      - Longitudinal: 1.01
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate 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

Above-water miscellaneous tonnage is passenger accommodations (4000 tons), below-water miscellaneous tonnage (2000 tons) is cargo space.

Above-decks miscellaneous weight is masts and sails sufficient to drive the ship at 11.45 knots (half her hull speed).

(12437 - 2000 = 10437 tons to actually construct.  2609.25 + 19 tons to build because of being built to merchant standards + the weight of her guns.)

[Jefgte]

4000t for passengers...
That's a troop transport.

Jef ;)

[KWorld]

Well, it, like any other passenger ship, can serve as such, certainly.  :)

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Probably one of the nastiest pirates on the seas, a former Confederate commerce raider turned pirate.  The bow and stern guns are 6.4" Brooke rifles on pivot mounts (most ammunition is 6.4" shell, but a few 6.4" bolts are carried), the long 32 pounders are 32 pound 27 cwt sloop guns, and the short 32 pounders are 32 pound gunades (most commonly loaded with canister).

Black Swan, Pirate Raider laid down 1870

Displacement:
   2,067 t light; 2,132 t standard; 2,228 t normal; 2,304 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (225.00 ft / 225.00 ft) x 45.00 ft x (14.00 / 14.39 ft)
   (68.58 m / 68.58 m) x 13.72 m  x (4.27 / 4.39 m)

Armament:
      2 - 6.40" / 163 mm 18.5 cal guns - 75.00lbs / 34.02kg shells, 100 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1870 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      6 - 6.40" / 163 mm 10.0 cal guns - 31.99lbs / 14.51kg shells, 80 per gun
     Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1870 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 - 6.40" / 163 mm 6.0 cal guns - 31.99lbs / 14.51kg shells, 60 per gun
     Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1870 Model
     4 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 470 lbs / 213 kg

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 1 shaft, 978 ihp / 730 Kw = 11.00 kts
   Range 1,500nm at 7.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 171 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   161 - 210

Cost:
   £0.118 million / $0.472 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 36 tons, 1.6 %
      - Guns: 36 tons, 1.6 %
   Machinery: 240 tons, 10.8 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 768 tons, 34.5 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 161 tons, 7.2 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 1,023 tons, 45.9 %
      - Hull below water: 500 tons
      - Hull above water: 300 tons
      - Above deck: 223 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     2,185 lbs / 991 Kg = 23.8 x 6.4 " / 163 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
   Metacentric height 2.7 ft / 0.8 m
   Roll period: 11.5 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.14
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.550 / 0.553
   Length to Beam Ratio: 5.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 15.00 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 36 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 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 %,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Average freeboard:      10.51 ft / 3.20 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 82.9 %
   Waterplane Area: 6,853 Square feet or 637 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 138 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 79 lbs/sq ft or 384 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.91
      - Longitudinal: 2.50
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped 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

Below waterline miscellaneous weight is storage for booty or stores.

Above waterline miscellaneous weight is space for additional crew or prisoners.

Above-decks miscellaneous weight is masts & sails sufficient to propel the ship at 12.5 knots under normal conditions (half it's hull speed is 7.5 knots, + 5 knots for an 5% of normal displacement, at a cost of 10% normal displacement).