ok dumb question...

[Tanthalas]

dosnt this ship seem a tad tragicly flawd?

Impero, Italia Battleship laid down 1907

Displacement:
   14,317 t light; 15,258 t standard; 15,933 t normal; 16,473 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   590.00 ft / 590.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load)
   179.83 m / 179.83 m x 25.91 m  x 4.88 m

Armament:
      10 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4 mounts), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1907 Model
     Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
     on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
      8 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1907 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
      12 - 0.80" / 20.3 mm guns in single mounts, 0.26lbs / 0.12kg shells, 1907 Model
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
   Weight of broadside 8,899 lbs / 4,037 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 125

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   10.0" / 254 mm   364.00 ft / 110.95 m   10.73 ft / 3.27 m
   Ends:   3.50" / 89 mm   195.98 ft / 59.73 m   10.73 ft / 3.27 m
     30.02 ft / 9.15 m Unarmoured ends
     Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   10.0" / 254 mm   8.00" / 203 mm      8.00" / 203 mm
   2nd:   1.00" / 25 mm         -               -

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Direct drive, 3 shafts, 25,739 shp / 19,201 Kw = 21.00 kts
   Range 3,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1,215 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   708 - 921

Cost:
   £1.661 million / $6.643 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 1,112 tons, 7.0 %
   Armour: 4,098 tons, 25.7 %
      - Belts: 1,994 tons, 12.5 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 2,104 tons, 13.2 %
      - Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
   Machinery: 1,609 tons, 10.1 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,498 tons, 47.1 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,616 tons, 10.1 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     18,735 lbs / 8,498 Kg = 21.7 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
   Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
   Roll period: 16.7 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.84
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has low forecastle
   Block coefficient: 0.695
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6.94 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 24.29 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 41 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   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:      26.03 ft / 7.93 m
      - Forecastle (20 %):   18.57 ft / 5.66 m (20.57 ft / 6.27 m aft of break)
      - Mid (50 %):      18.57 ft / 5.66 m
      - Quarterdeck (12 %):   18.57 ft / 5.66 m
      - Stern:      18.57 ft / 5.66 m
      - Average freeboard:   19.47 ft / 5.93 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86.0 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 204.7 %
   Waterplane Area: 40,017 Square feet or 3,718 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 98 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 147 lbs/sq ft or 720 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.81
      - Longitudinal: 0.90
      - Overall: 0.82
   Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
   Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
   Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent


or is it just the realist in me wondering why in gods name you would make all the main guns supers?  I inherited it anyway so ill have to work up my own version of what a bb should look like =P

[Carthaginian]

Seems like it was intended to be a pair of triples with a pair of superfiring doubles.
The numbers just seem to be messed up.

Also, she's got absolutely no deck armor.

I'm pretty sure that P³D would let you re-do it.

[The Rock Doctor]

Agreed.  Given that the hull strength is only around 0.8, I think you'd need to chop the armament considerably or make it a deeper hull...

[Korpen]

Considering that Italy never posted a half year report, it can safely be assumed that that this was never laid down...

[Tanthalas]

thank god cause i would be compleatly rebuilding her before she left the yards lol.  Now to come up with somthing that actualy works

[Bazhell]

one more such question :)

Which Version of springsharp is currently in use and where can i find it? Beta 3.02b does not work with me.

[Ithekro]

We are presently using 2.1 I believe.
http://www.springsharp.com/

[maddox]

2.1 for me.
The 3.2 beta isn't my liking.

[swamphen]

SS3 shows promise, but as noted it's in beta and not all its new features (including a few of the most important ones, i.e. improved resistance calculations) have been activated yet.