Battleships (No Longer in Service)

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Class # Units in Class
1885  3
1890  4

Alfonso.....Alfonso X........1895..12,500........280mm(2x2), 250mm(4x1), 165mm(16x1), 75mm(8x1), 0 TT...............VTE 18 knots
Alfonso.....Jaime I..........1895..12,500........280mm(2x2), 250mm(4x1), 165mm(16x1), 75mm(8x1), 0 TT...............VTE 18 knots

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BB1885, Spain Battleship laid down 1885 Central citadel ship

Displacement:
6 233 t light; 6 598 t standard; 7 584 t normal; 8 374 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
295,60 ft / 295,28 ft x 78,74 ft x 19,03 ft (normal load)
90,10 m / 90,00 m x 24,00 m x 5,80 m

Armament:
4 - 9,84" / 250 mm guns (2x2 guns), 440,99lbs / 200,03kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on side, all amidships
16 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns in single mounts, 32,67lbs / 14,82kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
8 - 2,95" / 75,0 mm guns in single mounts, 11,91lbs / 5,40kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm guns in single mounts, 1,43lbs / 0,65kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
Weight of broadside 2 393 lbs / 1 086 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9,84" / 250 mm 191,93 ft / 58,50 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m
Ends: 3,54" / 90 mm 103,31 ft / 31,49 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m
Upper: 4,72" / 120 mm 191,93 ft / 58,50 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 100% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9,06" / 230 mm 3,94" / 100 mm -
2nd: 4,33" / 110 mm - -
3rd: 1,97" / 50 mm - -

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 5 698 ihp / 4 251 Kw = 15,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 776 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
406 - 528

Cost:
£0,625 million / $2,498 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 299 tons, 3,9%
Armour: 2 022 tons, 26,7%
- Belts: 1 273 tons, 16,8%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 750 tons, 9,9%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 1 108 tons, 14,6%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2 714 tons, 35,8%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 351 tons, 17,8%
Miscellaneous weights: 90 tons, 1,2%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9 232 lbs / 4 188 Kg = 20,9 x 9,8 " / 250 mm shells or 1,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,42
Metacentric height 6,4 ft / 2,0 m
Roll period: 13,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,14
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,42

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,600
Length to Beam Ratio: 3,75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17,18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,33 ft / 0,10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18,24 ft / 5,56 m
- Forecastle (20%): 12,04 ft / 3,67 m
- Mid (50%): 12,04 ft / 3,67 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 12,04 ft / 3,67 m
- Stern: 12,04 ft / 3,67 m
- Average freeboard: 12,54 ft / 3,82 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 79,8%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 96,1%
Waterplane Area: 17 005 Square feet or 1 580 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 127 lbs/sq ft or 619 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,90
- Longitudinal: 2,45
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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BB1890, Spain Battleship laid down 1890

Displacement:
7 268 t light; 7 736 t standard; 8 648 t normal; 9 378 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
315,29 ft / 314,96 ft x 78,74 ft x 20,34 ft (normal load)
96,10 m / 96,00 m x 24,00 m x 6,20 m

Armament:
4 - 11,02" / 280 mm guns (2x2 guns), 669,80lbs / 303,81kg shells, 1890 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
16 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns in single mounts, 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1890 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
16 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
8 - 2,95" / 75,0 mm guns in single mounts, 12,87lbs / 5,84kg shells, 1890 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm guns in single mounts, 1,55lbs / 0,70kg shells, 1890 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
Weight of broadside 3 360 lbs / 1 524 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10,2" / 260 mm 195,28 ft / 59,52 m 10,66 ft / 3,25 m
Ends: 4,33" / 110 mm 119,65 ft / 36,47 m 10,66 ft / 3,25 m
Upper: 4,72" / 120 mm 195,28 ft / 59,52 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 95% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10,2" / 260 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
2nd: 3,54" / 90 mm - -
3rd: 1,97" / 50 mm - -

- Armour deck: 0,79" / 20 mm, Conning tower: 6,30" / 160 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 7 324 ihp / 5 463 Kw = 16,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 642 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
447 - 582

Cost:
£0,797 million / $3,188 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 420 tons, 4,9%
Armour: 2 448 tons, 28,3%
- Belts: 1 552 tons, 18,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 574 tons, 6,6%
- Armour Deck: 264 tons, 3,1%
- Conning Tower: 57 tons, 0,7%
Machinery: 1 356 tons, 15,7%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2 954 tons, 34,2%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 380 tons, 16,0%
Miscellaneous weights: 90 tons, 1,0%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9 905 lbs / 4 493 Kg = 14,8 x 11,0 " / 280 mm shells or 1,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,42
Metacentric height 6,4 ft / 2,0 m
Roll period: 13,1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 67 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,18
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,33

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,600
Length to Beam Ratio: 4,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17,75 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,33 ft / 0,10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19,32 ft / 5,89 m
- Forecastle (19%): 12,30 ft / 3,75 m
- Mid (50%): 12,30 ft / 3,75 m
- Quarterdeck (19%): 12,30 ft / 3,75 m
- Stern: 12,30 ft / 3,75 m
- Average freeboard: 12,84 ft / 3,91 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90,0%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 95,1%
Waterplane Area: 18 138 Square feet or 1 685 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 127 lbs/sq ft or 621 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,90
- Longitudinal: 2,38
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily