Habsburg Troopships

[Borys]

Russian built:
SMHS t/s Salome
SMHS t/s Xantype

Austria Liner laid down 1903 (Engine 1906)

Displacement:
16 407 t light; 16 869 t standard; 22 613 t normal; 27 208 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
542,32 ft / 541,34 ft x 85,63 ft x 27,23 ft (normal load)
165,30 m / 165,00 m x 26,10 m x 8,30 m

Armament:
4 - 3,94" / 100 mm guns in single mounts, 30,51lbs / 13,84kg shells, 1903 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 122 lbs / 55 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
0,79" / 20 mm 330,54 ft / 100,75 m 26,02 ft / 7,93 m

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 36 346 shp / 27 114 Kw = 22,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 18,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 10 339 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
921 - 1 198

Cost:
£0,951 million / $3,802 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 15 tons, 0,1%
Armour: 251 tons, 1,1%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 251 tons, 1,1%
- Armament: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 2 596 tons, 11,5%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5 545 tons, 24,5%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6 206 tons, 27,4%
Miscellaneous weights: 8 000 tons, 35,4%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
32 374 lbs / 14 685 Kg = 1 061,0 x 3,9 " / 100 mm shells or 4,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,05
Metacentric height 4,4 ft / 1,3 m
Roll period: 17,2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,627
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,32 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,27 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,98 ft / 0,30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Forecastle (20%): 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Mid (50%): 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Stern: 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Average freeboard: 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 100,3%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 188,7%
Waterplane Area: 34 766 Square feet or 3 230 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 167%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 106 lbs/sq ft or 517 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,92
- Longitudinal: 2,03
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

[Borys]

Normann built
SMHS t/s Ersebeth Bathory
SMHS t/s Lucrecia Borgia
, Austrian Liner laid down 1903 (Engine 1906)

Displacement:
16,016 t light; 16,456 t standard; 21,518 t normal; 25,568 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
550.00 ft / 550.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 26.85 ft (normal load)
167.64 m / 167.64 m x 25.91 m x 8.18 m

Armament:
4 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in single mounts, 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1903 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 122 lbs / 55 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 29,000 shp / 21,634 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 5,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,112 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
887 - 1,154

Cost:
£0.863 million / $3.453 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 15 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 533 tons, 2.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 533 tons, 2.5 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,071 tons, 9.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,546 tons, 25.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,503 tons, 25.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 7,850 tons, 36.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
34,815 lbs / 15,792 Kg = 1,141.0 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 5.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.47 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.45 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Mid (50 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Stern: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Average freeboard: 27.08 ft / 8.25 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 94.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 198.2 %
Waterplane Area: 34,192 Square feet or 3,177 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 170 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 106 lbs/sq ft or 518 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 2.11
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

7850tons of misc weight is:

8.50t / 1st class cabin passenger .........250 passengers = 2125tons
4.25t / 2nd class cabin passenger.........500 passengers = 2125ons
1.75t / Steerage passenger......................1200 passengers = 2100tons
Total passengers.......................................2300 passengers = 6350tons
Cargo = 1000tons
Extras inc wireless & more seaboats = 500tons

or

5250tons = 3000 soldiers@1.5t each (comfortable) or 5250 soldiers@1t each (tight packed)
300tons = 150 Officers@2t each
400tons = 200 horses & fodder
1200tons = Artillary, guns & ammo
200tons = Extra Cranes
500tons = more seaboats and Wireless

[Borys]

Actually I consider their loadout to be lesser than that stated by the Norman designer.
The whole lot of ships was ordered to carry a combat load consisting of a Foreign Volunteer Legion Brigade - 8 Rifle Battalions and two Artillery Battalions, plus all assorted HQ, horses, Supply Columns, etc.

The ships differ from civilian counterparts in:
- wider passageways, to allow for speedy transfer of men in military kit;
- more lower hull openings, for quicker access to boats;
- more boats;
- no 1st class, very small 2nd class;
- as the ship might be fired upon, it has very little wood used in finishing;
- being fired upon, runing into a mine or being torpedod are all taken into consideration, with improved compartmentisation, bulkheads without below waterline passages, etc. - this is represented in SS with TBS;
- the mighty 4x100 guns ... with hindsight I should had made these 6 inchers ...

[Borys]

Interestingly, the thread outlining the bid to build them still exists:
http://z4.invisionfree.com/Navalism/index.php?showtopic=1702&st=0