Passenger liners/Fast military transports

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Type Cadiz


Name                   Laid down     Complete        Last refit       End of Service             Comments
Cadiz                    1905               -----             -----              construction           Shipyard at Toulon         
Barselona             1905               -----             ------             construction           Shipyard at Toulon                                     
No 3                      -----               -----             ------            no info           
No 4                     ------              -----             ------             no info         

RCNE Cadiz, Spain Passenger liner laid down 1905 (Engine 1900)

Displacement:
   17 418 t light; 17 848 t standard; 21 464 t normal; 24 357 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (528,09 ft / 510,07 ft) x 65,55 ft x (30,91 / 34,59 ft)
   (160,96 m / 155,47 m) x 19,98 m  x (9,42 / 10,54 m)

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 35 848 ihp / 26 743 Kw = 22,00 kts
   Range 4 100nm at 18,00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 6 510 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   886 - 1 152

Cost:
   £1,394 million / $5,575 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 0 tons, 0,0%
   Machinery: 5 601 tons, 26,1%
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 367 tons, 20,3%
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4 046 tons, 18,8%
   Miscellaneous weights: 7 450 tons, 34,7%
      - Hull below water: 1 500 tons
      - Hull above water: 4 425 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 1 525 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     15 681 lbs / 7 113 Kg = 145,2 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 1,5 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,13
   Metacentric height 3,4 ft / 1,0 m
   Roll period: 15,0 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,00
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has raised forecastle, raised quarterdeck ,
     a normal bow and a round stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,727 / 0,737
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7,78 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 22,58 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6,00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20,00%,  30,97 ft / 9,44 m,  26,90 ft / 8,20 m
      - Forward deck:   30,00%,  22,31 ft / 6,80 m,  22,31 ft / 6,80 m
      - Aft deck:   30,00%,  22,31 ft / 6,80 m,  22,31 ft / 6,80 m
      - Quarter deck:   20,00%,  30,18 ft / 9,20 m,  30,97 ft / 9,44 m
      - Average freeboard:      25,21 ft / 7,68 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 114,8%
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 131,6%
   Waterplane Area: 27 448 Square feet or 2 550 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115%
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 90 lbs/sq ft or 441 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0,90
      - Longitudinal: 2,39
      - 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, rides out heavy weather easily

        Misc weights (12850 GRT):
         - 5925t - cabins for 1950 passengers (150 1st class, 300 2nd class, 1500 3rd class) or 2962 soldiers and officers (war time)
        - 1500 t - cargo
        - 25 t - long range radio