New Ottoman Ships, 1900 and onward

[The Rock Doctor]

We begin on the picturesque waters of the Danube and Sava rivers of the Balkan peninsula.

Here, with the prospect of riverine operations conducted by Austria-Hungary or Romania, the Ottomans operate a squadron of river gunboats and transports.  The port at Belgrad will now undertake construction of two river monitors to supplement the Danube Squadron.

The 77mm gun is a howitzer, incidentally...

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1900

Displacement:
   431 t light; 452 t standard; 469 t normal; 483 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (196.85 ft / 196.85 ft) x 29.20 ft x (4.27 / 4.37 ft)
   (60.00 m / 60.00 m) x 8.90 m  x (1.30 / 1.33 m)

Armament:
      3 - 3.46" / 88.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 19.93lbs / 9.04kg shells, 250 per gun
     Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mount, 1900 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft
      1 - 3.03" / 77.0 mm 15.0 cal gun - 12.34lbs / 5.60kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading gun in Coles/Ericsson turret mount, 1900 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck forward
      2 - 1.97" / 50.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 3.66lbs / 1.66kg shells, 500 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
      2 raised mounts
      2 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 15,000 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
      Weight of broadside 79 lbs / 36 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   1.97" / 50 mm   127.95 ft / 39.00 m   6.53 ft / 1.99 m
   Ends:   0.59" / 15 mm     68.86 ft / 20.99 m   6.53 ft / 1.99 m
   Upper:   0.59" / 15 mm   127.95 ft / 39.00 m   3.28 ft / 1.00 m
     Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   2.95" / 75 mm   0.98" / 25 mm            -
   2nd:   2.95" / 75 mm   0.98" / 25 mm            -
   3rd:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -
   4th:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -

   - Box over machinery & magazines:
   0.79" / 20 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.95" / 75 mm, Aft 2.95" / 75 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 268 ihp / 200 Kw = 10.02 kts
   Range 1,000nm at 8.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 31 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   49 - 65

Cost:
   £0.027 million / $0.108 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 19 tons, 4.0 %
      - Guns: 19 tons, 4.0 %
   Armour: 155 tons, 33.1 %
      - Belts: 93 tons, 19.7 %
      - Armament: 21 tons, 4.5 %
      - Armour Deck: 34 tons, 7.3 %
      - Conning Towers: 8 tons, 1.6 %
   Machinery: 42 tons, 8.9 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 205 tons, 43.6 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 38 tons, 8.2 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 2.1 %
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,641 lbs / 744 Kg = 78.9 x 3.5 " / 88 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
   Metacentric height 1.1 ft / 0.3 m
   Roll period: 11.7 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 79 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.17
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a round stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.670 / 0.673
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6.74 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 14.03 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 27 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 78
   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:   15.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Forward deck:   20.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Aft deck:   50.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Average freeboard:      6.56 ft / 2.00 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 43.8 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 114.4 %
   Waterplane Area: 4,484 Square feet or 417 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 153 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 192 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.99
      - Longitudinal: 1.07
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

[eltf177]

Armament:
      3 - 3.46" / 88.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 19.93lbs / 9.04kg shells, 250 per gun
     Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mount, 1900 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft

Ummm...is it one or three guns?

[The Rock Doctor]

Armament:
      3 - 3.46" / 88.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 19.93lbs / 9.04kg shells, 250 per gun
     Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mount, 1900 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft

Ummm...is it one or three guns?

Oh - it'd be three.  Weird...

[eltf177]

Also Coles/Ericsson turrets? I would think plain deck mounts would be sufficient...

[The Rock Doctor]

The Austrian monitors I based this on appeared to have full turrets, so I went with it.  The better all-round protection seems useful for situations where there might be fire coming from both sides of a river.

[The Rock Doctor]

Redone with the right number of mountings.  This freed up some hull strength which I used for misc. weight.

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1900

Displacement:
   431 t light; 452 t standard; 469 t normal; 483 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (196.85 ft / 196.85 ft) x 29.20 ft x (4.27 / 4.37 ft)
   (60.00 m / 60.00 m) x 8.90 m  x (1.30 / 1.33 m)

Armament:
      3 - 3.46" / 88.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 19.93lbs / 9.04kg shells, 250 per gun
     Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck forward
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft
      1 - 3.03" / 77.0 mm 15.0 cal gun - 12.35lbs / 5.60kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading gun in Coles/Ericsson turret mount, 1900 Model
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck forward
      2 - 1.97" / 50.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 3.66lbs / 1.66kg shells, 500 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
      2 raised mounts
      2 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 15,000 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
      Weight of broadside 79 lbs / 36 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   1.97" / 50 mm   127.95 ft / 39.00 m   6.53 ft / 1.99 m
   Ends:   0.59" / 15 mm     68.86 ft / 20.99 m   6.53 ft / 1.99 m
   Upper:   0.59" / 15 mm   127.95 ft / 39.00 m   3.28 ft / 1.00 m
     Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   2.95" / 75 mm   0.98" / 25 mm            -
   2nd:   2.95" / 75 mm   0.98" / 25 mm            -
   3rd:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -
   4th:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -

   - Box over machinery & magazines:
   0.79" / 20 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.95" / 75 mm, Aft 2.95" / 75 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 268 ihp / 200 Kw = 10.02 kts
   Range 1,000nm at 8.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 31 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   49 - 65

Cost:
   £0.027 million / $0.108 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 19 tons, 4.0 %
      - Guns: 19 tons, 4.0 %
   Armour: 147 tons, 31.4 %
      - Belts: 92 tons, 19.7 %
      - Armament: 38 tons, 8.1 %
      - Armour Deck: 9 tons, 1.9 %
      - Conning Towers: 8 tons, 1.6 %
   Machinery: 42 tons, 8.9 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 202 tons, 43.0 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 38 tons, 8.2 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 21 tons, 4.5 %
      - Hull above water: 11 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,520 lbs / 689 Kg = 73.1 x 3.5 " / 88 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
   Metacentric height 1.0 ft / 0.3 m
   Roll period: 12.0 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 77 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.18
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 0.99

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a round stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.670 / 0.673
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6.74 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 14.03 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 27 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 78
   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:   15.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Forward deck:   20.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Aft deck:   50.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m,  6.56 ft / 2.00 m
      - Average freeboard:      6.56 ft / 2.00 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 46.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 114.4 %
   Waterplane Area: 4,484 Square feet or 417 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 152 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 189 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.99
      - Longitudinal: 1.02
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

[The Rock Doctor]

The Ottomans seem to be a little crazy on protected cruisers, with nineteen already in service.  Here come two more - the Baghdad class.  I haven't fully allocated the miscellaneous weight, but the bit below water is torpedos, and the bit above is mostly wireless/flag space.

Baghdad class, laid down 1900

Displacement:
   3,504 t light; 3,642 t standard; 3,971 t normal; 4,234 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (393.70 ft / 390.42 ft) x 42.65 ft x (17.39 / 18.23 ft)
   (120.00 m / 119.00 m) x 13.00 m  x (5.30 / 5.56 m)

Armament:
      10 - 4.13" / 105 mm 40.0 cal guns - 33.85lbs / 15.36kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     8 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      4 - 3.46" / 88.0 mm 35.0 cal guns - 19.50lbs / 8.84kg shells, 500 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 417 lbs / 189 kg

Armour:
   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   1.97" / 50 mm   0.79" / 20 mm            -
   2nd:   0.79" / 20 mm   0.39" / 10 mm            -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 0.98" / 25 mm
   Forecastle: 0.98" / 25 mm  Quarter deck: 0.98" / 25 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 3.94" / 100 mm, Aft 3.94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 12,735 ihp / 9,500 Kw = 22.03 kts
   Range 4,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 591 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   249 - 325

Cost:
   £0.411 million / $1.644 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 58 tons, 1.5 %
      - Guns: 58 tons, 1.5 %
   Armour: 310 tons, 7.8 %
      - Armament: 68 tons, 1.7 %
      - Armour Deck: 200 tons, 5.0 %
      - Conning Towers: 43 tons, 1.1 %
   Machinery: 1,934 tons, 48.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,100 tons, 27.7 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 467 tons, 11.8 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 99 tons, 2.5 %
      - Hull below water: 4 tons
      - Hull above water: 16 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 69 tons
      - Above deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,907 lbs / 865 Kg = 54.0 x 4.1 " / 105 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.61
   Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 0.9 m
   Roll period: 10.2 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.10
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.63

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.480 / 0.488
   Length to Beam Ratio: 9.15 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 19.76 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10.00 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 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Average freeboard:      13.12 ft / 4.00 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 163.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 108.9 %
   Waterplane Area: 10,897 Square feet or 1,012 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 87 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 63 lbs/sq ft or 306 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.95
      - Longitudinal: 1.49
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped 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

[Tanthalas]

damn thats alot of PCs, although I can see why you would need so many, as to the ship in question I kinda like it honestly.

[The Rock Doctor]

I need some for the peripheral areas of the empire.  I'm not convinced I need as many as I have for the main fleet, but can't not build some if I want to avoid a block obsolesence issue.

I'm pencilling in two ACs and three BBs in the near future, so they'll have something to escort in theory...

Edit: To clarify - I sketched out the Ottoman start-up fleet with the old 1:3:5 Capital Ship/Cruiser/DD ratio one hears bandied about, but I think now that the ratio is skewed a bit too much toward the escorts for 1900.  Oh well.

[Kaiser Kirk]

One area the Italian fleet lacks is these little cruisers, I've got just half as many somewhat larger ones. That was the category sacrificed for BPs.
As for the 1:3:5, perhaps the Ottomans are believers in small craft, or perhaps one of their potential foes has 100+MTBs and so there's a perceived need for escorts...

Overall looks quite servicable.
One question -  do twin 100mm conning towers really make sense? They seem a bit over armored for the foes a vessel that size would choose to tangle with. 

[The Rock Doctor]

Well, the MTB swarm came after my initial set-up, I think, but that's a valid point.  I'm also not sure whether I'm going to run the Ottomans down the path of "balanced fleet" or "jeune ecole" as the sim progresses.

I think I blindly borrowed the CT set-up from historical German designs, but don't quote me on that. 

[Kaiser Kirk]

I think I blindly borrowed the CT set-up from historical German designs

I couldn't resist...

[The Rock Doctor]

Decided that the Ottomans would benefit from some armored gunboats.  Notionally, these would be escorting auxiliaries, for the most part.  The armament and armor should be sufficient to deal with a torpedo-boat or two, and probably enough to have some nuisance value against a marauding protected cruiser.

Miscellaneous weight is 5 t up for a short-range wireless, and another 22 t for weight reserve

I'm eyeballing six in 1901.  Yes, I was looking at the Dutch Brinio class when I designed it.  I like those little ships.

Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1900

Displacement:
   541 t light; 569 t standard; 637 t normal; 691 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (180.45 ft / 177.17 ft) x 27.89 ft x (9.02 / 9.60 ft)
   (55.00 m / 54.00 m) x 8.50 m  x (2.75 / 2.92 m)

Armament:
      4 - 4.13" / 105 mm 40.0 cal guns - 33.85lbs / 15.36kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
     2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
      4 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 15,000 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 135 lbs / 61 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   1.57" / 40 mm   114.83 ft / 35.00 m   7.87 ft / 2.40 m
   Ends:   Unarmoured
     Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.79" / 20 mm   0.39" / 10 mm            -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 0.59" / 15 mm
   Forecastle: 0.59" / 15 mm  Quarter deck: 0.59" / 15 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 1.57" / 40 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 938 ihp / 700 Kw = 13.91 kts
   Range 2,500nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 121 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   63 - 82

Cost:
   £0.045 million / $0.181 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 22 tons, 3.4 %
      - Guns: 22 tons, 3.4 %
   Armour: 111 tons, 17.5 %
      - Belts: 62 tons, 9.7 %
      - Armament: 11 tons, 1.7 %
      - Armour Deck: 36 tons, 5.7 %
      - Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.4 %
   Machinery: 147 tons, 23.0 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 234 tons, 36.8 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 96 tons, 15.1 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 27 tons, 4.2 %
      - On freeboard deck: 22 tons
      - Above deck: 5 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,267 lbs / 575 Kg = 35.9 x 4.1 " / 105 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.35
   Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
   Roll period: 10.5 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a round stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.500 / 0.510
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6.35 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 13.31 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 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 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m,  13.12 ft / 4.00 m
      - Average freeboard:      13.12 ft / 4.00 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.7 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 130.6 %
   Waterplane Area: 3,292 Square feet or 306 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 131 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs/sq ft or 181 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.80
      - Longitudinal: 7.85
      - Overall: 1.00
   Adequate 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

[Kaiser Kirk]

I'm eyeballing six in 1901.  Yes, I was looking at the Dutch Brinio class when I designed it.  I like those little ships.

I liked them too :)

[Jefgte]

Armament:
      4 - 4.13" / 105 mm 40.0 cal guns - 33.85lbs / 15.36kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
     2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
      4 - 0.31" / 8.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.02lbs / 0.01kg shells, 15,000 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 135 lbs / 61 kg

To be more respected,
A couple of torpedoes could be add