Taking Bids

Started by Tanthalas, January 12, 2008, 01:17:13 PM

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Tanthalas

Hope this is the right Place...

The Royal Navy of Italia is curently taking bids on 1 unarmed 1910 Scout Battle ship, plans follow.  Please include Delivery date and requestsd price with all bids

Plese send all bids to my messages thankyou in advance, Biding will close Monday nite with the winer notified via board message.



Italia-SBB-1910, Italia Scout Battle Ship laid down 1910 (Engine 1909)

Displacement:
   14,429 t light; 15,109 t standard; 16,577 t normal; 17,751 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
   557.00 ft / 557.00 ft x 74.00 ft x 23.00 ft (normal load)
   169.77 m / 169.77 m x 22.56 m  x 7.01 m

Armament:
      8 - 11.00" / 279 mm guns (3 mounts), 665.50lbs / 301.87kg shells, 1910 Model
     Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
     on centreline ends, majority aft
      12 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1910 Model
     Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
     on side, all amidships
     8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
      2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (1x2 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1910 Model
     Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
     on centreline forward, all raised guns - superfiring
      20 - 0.75" / 19.1 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.21lbs / 0.10kg shells, 1910 Model
     Machine guns in deck mounts
     on side, evenly spread
   Weight of broadside 6,105 lbs / 2,769 kg
   Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   8.00" / 203 mm   335.00 ft / 102.11 m   18.00 ft / 5.49 m
   Ends:   3.00" / 76 mm   222.00 ft / 67.67 m   12.00 ft / 3.66 m
   Upper:   3.00" / 76 mm   335.00 ft / 102.11 m   12.00 ft / 3.66 m
     Main Belt covers 93 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   9.00" / 229 mm   4.00" / 102 mm      8.00" / 203 mm
   2nd:   3.00" / 76 mm   3.00" / 76 mm            -
   3rd:   1.00" / 25 mm   1.00" / 25 mm            -
   4th:   1.00" / 25 mm   1.00" / 25 mm            -

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm

Machinery:
   Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Electric motors, 4 shafts, 48,000 shp / 35,808 Kw = 25.00 kts
   Range 6,600nm at 13.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 2,643 tons

Complement:
   729 - 949

Cost:
   £1.452 million / $5.806 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 763 tons, 4.6 %
   Armour: 5,207 tons, 31.4 %
      - Belts: 2,930 tons, 17.7 %
      - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
      - Armament: 1,036 tons, 6.3 %
      - Armour Deck: 1,128 tons, 6.8 %
      - Conning Tower: 112 tons, 0.7 %
   Machinery: 2,182 tons, 13.2 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,927 tons, 35.8 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,148 tons, 13.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 2.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     22,001 lbs / 9,979 Kg = 33.1 x 11.0 " / 279 mm shells or 2.5 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
   Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m
   Roll period: 15.9 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.71
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.21

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak
   Block coefficient: 0.612
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7.53 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 23.60 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
   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:      25.00 ft / 7.62 m
      - Forecastle (20 %):   21.00 ft / 6.40 m
      - Mid (70 %):      21.00 ft / 6.40 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
      - Quarterdeck (20 %):   12.00 ft / 3.66 m
      - Stern:      12.00 ft / 3.66 m
      - Average freeboard:   18.62 ft / 5.68 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.0 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 155.3 %
   Waterplane Area: 30,485 Square feet or 2,832 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 135 lbs/sq ft or 660 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.98
      - Longitudinal: 1.41
      - Overall: 1.00
   Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
   Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
"He either fears his fate too much,
Or his desserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch,
To win or lose it all!"

James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose
1612 to 1650
Royalist General during the English Civil War

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Quote from: Tanthalas on January 12, 2008, 01:17:13 PM
Hope this is the right Place...

The Royal Navy of Italia is curently taking bids on 1 unarmed 1910 Scout Battle ship, plans follow.  Please include Delivery date and requestsd price with all bids

Plese send all bids to my messages thankyou in advance, Biding will close Monday nite with the winer notified via board message.
Sorry if I am confusing things, but are you buying or selling?
Card-carrying member of the Battlecruiser Fan Club.

Tanthalas

id like to buy one lol, and np I did leave that a little vauge
"He either fears his fate too much,
Or his desserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch,
To win or lose it all!"

James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose
1612 to 1650
Royalist General during the English Civil War