Enter ship name, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1915 (Engine 1912)
Displacement:
36.294 t light; 38.385 t standard; 41.400 t normal; 43.812 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
721,20 ft / 716,86 ft x 108,27 ft x 29,53 ft (normal load)
219,82 m / 218,50 m x 33,00 m x 9,00 m
Armament:
9 - 15,94" / 405 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2.026,91lbs / 919,39kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
20 - 5,91" / 150 mm guns (10x2 guns), 102,98lbs / 46,71kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
4 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns in single mounts, 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 20.310 lbs / 9.212 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13,8" / 350 mm 537,66 ft / 163,88 m 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 4,92" / 125 mm 537,66 ft / 163,88 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 115 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1,97" / 50 mm 537,66 ft / 163,88 m 28,28 ft / 8,62 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13,8" / 350 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 11,8" / 300 mm
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,20" / 5 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 11,81" / 300 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 4 shafts, 79.535 shp / 59.333 Kw = 25,00 kts
Range 7.500nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5.428 tons
Complement:
1.450 - 1.886
Cost:
£5,595 million / $22,381 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2.539 tons, 6,1 %
Armour: 13.976 tons, 33,8 %
- Belts: 5.530 tons, 13,4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1.107 tons, 2,7 %
- Armament: 2.774 tons, 6,7 %
- Armour Deck: 4.260 tons, 10,3 %
- Conning Tower: 305 tons, 0,7 %
Machinery: 3.171 tons, 7,7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16.108 tons, 38,9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5.106 tons, 12,3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 500 tons, 1,2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
56.633 lbs / 25.688 Kg = 27,9 x 15,9 " / 405 mm shells or 8,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,16
Metacentric height 7,5 ft / 2,3 m
Roll period: 16,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 63 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,63
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,26
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,632
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,62 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,77 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24,61 ft / 7,50 m
- Forecastle (10 %): 21,33 ft / 6,50 m
- Mid (70 %): 21,33 ft / 6,50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18,73 ft / 5,71 m
- Stern: 18,73 ft / 5,71 m
- Average freeboard: 20,87 ft / 6,36 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89,4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 161,9 %
Waterplane Area: 58.494 Square feet or 5.434 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 208 lbs/sq ft or 1.015 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,97
- Longitudinal: 1,28
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
As usual belt 15 dg outward slope
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