Borys you'll love this one.

[Desertfox]

A leader/support craft for my multi purpose ships. Also has quick change fittings allowing a maximum armament of 2x6", 4x4". Or instead of those supplies and a crane.

Martin Luther
John Wycliff
Jon Hus
etc, etc.

NSS Martin Luther, New Switzerland Gunboat Leader laid down 1907 (Engine 1909)

Displacement:
   746 t light; 774 t standard; 923 t normal; 1,042 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   250.00 ft / 250.00 ft x 25.00 ft x 11.00 ft (normal load)
   76.20 m / 76.20 m x 7.62 m  x 3.35 m

Armament:
      1 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1907 Model
     Breech loading gun in deck mount
     on centreline forward
      2 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1907 Model
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts
     on centreline, evenly spread
      4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1907 Model
     Machine guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 112 lbs / 51 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 150
   4 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   1.00" / 25 mm         -               -

   - Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 8,588 shp / 6,407 Kw = 24.00 kts
   Range 5,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 268 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   83 - 108

Cost:
   £0.089 million / $0.357 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 14 tons, 1.5 %
   Armour: 79 tons, 8.5 %
      - Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 4 tons, 0.4 %
      - Armour Deck: 75 tons, 8.1 %
      - Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Machinery: 367 tons, 39.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 217 tons, 23.5 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 177 tons, 19.2 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 7.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     348 lbs / 158 Kg = 3.2 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
   Metacentric height 0.9 ft / 0.3 m
   Roll period: 10.8 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 82 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.28
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.68

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck
   Block coefficient: 0.470
   Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 15.81 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 49
   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:      17.00 ft / 5.18 m
      - Forecastle (20 %):   14.00 ft / 4.27 m
      - Mid (50 %):      11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Quarterdeck (15 %):   11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Stern:      11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Average freeboard:   12.29 ft / 3.75 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 148.5 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 73.5 %
   Waterplane Area: 4,054 Square feet or 377 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 82 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 23 lbs/sq ft or 114 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.51
      - Longitudinal: 2.65
      - Overall: 0.60
   Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
   Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

[Borys]

Ahoj!
Yes, I'm mesmerised ...
:)
No need to comment, is there?
:D
Borys

[maddox]

Totaly stunned. ???

[Desertfox]

Maddox look at the name of the ship...

[maddox]

The starter of Protestantism ,and a few centuries of european warfare.  Great.

[The Rock Doctor]

Ah, subtle.  While I'm tempted to call it unnecessary needling by the Swiss, I also appreciate the fact that the sim has enough "history" to make the needling meaningful.

[Desertfox]

A slip of the penknife, payback for restarting the Inquisition. And to top it of, my new destroyer class after the Van Hakes will be called William Tell.

Martin Luther
Jan Hus
John Wycliffe
William Tyndale
Huldrych Zwingli
John Calvin

still looking for more names to use, 12 of these will be built.

[maddox]

Tijl Uylenspiegel.
Tamme Goedzak.
lange Wapper.
Kludde.
Jozef van Ganzen

[Borys]

Hmm, I'm thinking of caling my next pair of battleships the Torquemada and Auto da Fe .... Heilige Dreieinigkeit just doesn't have the same ring to it like Santissima Trinidad.

Borys

[Ithekro]

Make those your battlecruiser if you have any.  Gives you a reason for a new naming convention.

[Desertfox]

Now those are really provocative, calling a ship after the act of burning people at the stake? But it will help me rally countries under the flag of religious freedom.

[Borys]

It was good for their souls ....
Borys

[P3D]

Under the flag of religious freedom? NS is anything but that. If a state with sabbathical protestantism as the de facto state religion, and prosecutring catholics, goes to spread its own ideas of religious freedom they are just another bunch of fanatics.

[Borys]

Another worthy for that class would be John Knox
And "religious freedom" and "John Calvin" in a single sentence make me smile :)

Borys

[Desertfox]

NS does not have a state religion. Yes most people are Sabbatical Protestants, and Catholicism is frown upon, but there is full freedom of religion, there are Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in NS. And we certainly dont go around burning people for their beliefs.