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[Alikchi]

Sultan Osman I, Imperial Ottoman Battleship laid down 1912

Displacement:
   20,675 t light; 21,929 t standard; 23,005 t normal; 23,866 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (510.17 ft / 510.17 ft) x 94.32 ft x (27.89 / 28.74 ft)
   (155.50 m / 155.50 m) x 28.75 m  x (8.50 / 8.76 m)

Armament:
      10 - 11.81" / 300 mm 50.0 cal guns - 826.73lbs / 375.00kg shells, 120 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1912 Model
     4 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
      2 raised mounts
     1 x Twin mount on centreline, forward deck aft
      12 - 5.91" / 150 mm 45.0 cal guns - 99.21lbs / 45.00kg shells, 300 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1912 Model
     6 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
      12 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 13.23lbs / 6.00kg shells, 500 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts , 1912 Model
     12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
      10 - 0.59" / 15.0 mm 30.0 cal guns - 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1,500 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts , 1912 Model
     10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 9,618 lbs / 9,618 kg
   4 - 15.7" / 400 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   11.8" / 300 mm   426.51 ft / 130.00 m   11.48 ft / 3.50 m
   Ends:   5.91" / 150 mm     49.21 ft / 15.00 m   11.48 ft / 3.50 m
     34.45 ft / 10.50 m Unarmoured ends
   Upper:   6.89" / 175 mm   360.89 ft / 110.00 m   8.20 ft / 2.50 m
     Main Belt covers 129 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
      3.15" / 80 mm   393.70 ft / 120.00 m   26.25 ft / 8.00 m

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   11.8" / 300 mm   9.84" / 250 mm      9.84" / 250 mm
   2nd:   5.90" / 150 mm   2.95" / 75 mm            -
   3rd:   2.95" / 75 mm   0.79" / 20 mm            -
   4th:   0.39" / 10 mm         -               -

   - Armour deck: 2.95" / 75 mm, Conning tower: 11.81" / 300 mm

Machinery:
   Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   ERROR: Revise drives, 4 shafts, 50,000 shp / 37,300 Kw = 23.58 kts
   Range 8,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1,937 tons

Complement:
   933 - 1,214

Cost:
   £2.032 million / $8.128 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 2,021 tons, 8.8 %
   Armour: 9,212 tons, 40.0 %
      - Belts: 3,425 tons, 14.9 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,204 tons, 5.2 %
      - Armament: 2,454 tons, 10.7 %
      - Armour Deck: 1,923 tons, 8.4 %
      - Conning Tower: 206 tons, 0.9 %
   Machinery: 1,994 tons, 8.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,144 tons, 35.4 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,331 tons, 10.1 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.4 %
      - Hull below water: 100 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     30,508 lbs / 13,838 Kg = 37.0 x 11.8 " / 300 mm shells or 6.0 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
   Metacentric height 5.2 ft / 1.6 m
   Roll period: 17.4 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.600 / 0.604
   Length to Beam Ratio: 5.41 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 22.59 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 66
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -12.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -3.28 ft / -1.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   15.00 %,  26.25 ft / 8.00 m,  20.51 ft / 6.25 m
      - Forward deck:   25.00 %,  20.51 ft / 6.25 m,  20.51 ft / 6.25 m
      - Aft deck:   45.00 %,  17.22 ft / 5.25 m,  17.22 ft / 5.25 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  17.22 ft / 5.25 m,  16.40 ft / 5.00 m
      - Average freeboard:      18.82 ft / 5.74 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.9 %
   Waterplane Area: 35,195 Square feet or 3,270 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 170 lbs/sq ft or 829 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.94
      - Longitudinal: 1.84
      - Overall: 1.00
   Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
   Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

[The Rock Doctor]

Other than an apparent error with your engines, it looks good at the moment.  Of course, you'll have to ask me again in 1911...

[maddox]

That is a long term investment....

[Walter]

Question. Are we to use SS 3 beta, or stick with SS 2? Cause that sim looks a lot like SS 3 to me. :)
Looking at navweaps, I think it is more likely that the secondaries will have 150-200 rounds, but that is just my opinion.
Maybe you have some sinister plan in mind with that many shells per secondary gun. :)

[Borys]

Ahoj!

Question. Are we to use SS 3 beta, or stick with SS 2? Cause that sim looks a lot like SS 3 to me. :)

We will be using SS2.
SS 3 is, well, a middle beta.
I think there is a die hard SS1 user too.

Borys

[Walter]

Perhaps I should go back to the Dark Ages and figure out where on the HD I have left Spring Style. :D

[Alikchi]

Other than an apparent error with your engines, it looks good at the moment.  Of course, you'll have to ask me again in 1911...

I'm not sure why that error is there - I think that's just a problem with the beta.

I plan on using SS2 as well - I just simmed this in SS3 for kicks. I'm really looking forward to the ability to sim mine rails + torpedo reloads.

Looking at navweaps, I think it is more likely that the secondaries will have 150-200 rounds, but that is just my opinion.
Maybe you have some sinister plan in mind with that many shells per secondary gun.

I'm sure you're right - I just doubled the 150 round default for main guns as a guess. No sinister plan, although I do want to emphasize the strong secondary battery.

As you can see I don't plan on advancing past 300mm gun calibre any time soon, but I do have a lot of research to do on capital ship secondaries.

[swamphen]

Perhaps I should go back to the Dark Ages and figure out where on the HD I have left Spring Style. :D

*brandishes SpringStyle right here*  ;D

[Borys]

Ahoj!
http://www.springsharp.com/download.htm

And I recommend the manual too.
Borys

[Walter]

*brandishes SpringStyle right here*

... come to think of it, will the use of Springstyle and springsharp be included in the rules? :)

Primitive => Pencil and Paper guesswork (-3)
Dated => Springstyle (-1)
Baseline => Springsharp 1 (0)
Advanced => Springsharp 2 (+1)
Cutting Edge => Springsharp 3 (+3)
;D

I just simmed this in SS3 for kicks.

I like that freeboard picture. When I sim the Okuni or the Tachibana, it really looks like the freeboard which the Yamato had.

I'm sure you're right - I just doubled the 150 round default for main guns as a guess. No sinister plan, although I do want to emphasize the strong secondary battery.

Which is why Navweaps is a good source. A number of guns do not have the number  of shells per gun given, but there are enough guns that do have that data to give you an idea what to use. Only gun I have encounted so far of roughly that caliber with more than 250 rounds is a German 15 cm/45cal gun, where it says "U-Boat cruisers:  500 rounds"