Cruisers

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Cruisers of the United States Navy
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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Ships in Class:
Olympia (C3)
Montgomery (C4)
Brooklyn (C5)

Olympia, United States Cruiser laid down 1891 (Engine 1890)

Displacement:
   5,016 t light; 5,246 t standard; 5,865 t normal; 6,360 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (344.00 ft / 334.00 ft) x 53.00 ft x (21.50 / 22.92 ft)
   (104.85 m / 101.80 m) x 16.15 m  x (6.55 / 6.98 m)

Armament:
      4 - 8.00" / 203 mm 35.0 cal guns - 240.00lbs / 108.86kg shells, 60 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1891 Model
     2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      10 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1891 Model
     10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      14 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 550 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1891 Model
     14 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      6 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 1,544 lbs / 700 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   2.00" / 51 mm   313.04 ft / 95.41 m   8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Ends:   1.00" / 25 mm     30.94 ft / 9.43 m   8.00 ft / 2.44 m
     Main Belt covers 144 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   5.50" / 140 mm   3.00" / 76 mm      4.00" / 102 mm

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 1.00" / 25 mm
   Forecastle: 0.50" / 13 mm  Quarter deck: 0.50" / 13 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 3.00" / 76 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 12,500 ihp / 9,325 Kw = 20.02 kts
   Range 5,250nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1,114 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   334 - 435

Cost:
   £0.599 million / $2.395 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 261 tons, 4.4 %
      - Guns: 261 tons, 4.4 %
   Armour: 624 tons, 10.6 %
      - Belts: 208 tons, 3.5 %
      - Armament: 170 tons, 2.9 %
      - Armour Deck: 225 tons, 3.8 %
      - Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.4 %
   Machinery: 2,315 tons, 39.5 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,817 tons, 31.0 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 849 tons, 14.5 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     3,540 lbs / 1,606 Kg = 13.8 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.54
   Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m
   Roll period: 11.1 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.42
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.65

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.539 / 0.549
   Length to Beam Ratio: 6.30 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 18.28 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -15.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -10.00 ft / -3.05 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   4.50 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
      - Aft deck:   61.00 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
      - Quarter deck:   4.50 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
      - Average freeboard:      17.00 ft / 5.18 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 143.8 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 118.6 %
   Waterplane Area: 12,232 Square feet or 1,136 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 95 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 97 lbs/sq ft or 473 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.88
      - Longitudinal: 3.08
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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#2
Ships in Class:
Richmond (C6)
Albany (C7)
Columbia (C8)
Detroit (C9)
Sacramento (C10)
San Antonio (C11)

Richmond, United States Cruiser laid down 1894 (Engine 1890)

Displacement:
   2,750 t light; 2,868 t standard; 3,199 t normal; 3,464 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (305.00 ft / 300.00 ft) x 42.00 ft x (18.00 / 19.11 ft)
   (92.96 m / 91.44 m) x 12.80 m  x (5.49 / 5.83 m)

Armament:
      10 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 150 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1894 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
     8 x Single mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
      2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 20.0 cal guns - 13.00lbs / 5.90kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1890 Model
     2 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
      6 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 450 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1894 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      6 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 562 lbs / 255 kg

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

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 1.50" / 38 mm
   Forecastle: 1.00" / 25 mm  Quarter deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.00" / 51 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 8,000 ihp / 5,968 Kw = 19.61 kts
   Range 4,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 597 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   212 - 276

Cost:
   £0.324 million / $1.296 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 88 tons, 2.8 %
      - Guns: 88 tons, 2.8 %
   Armour: 254 tons, 7.9 %
      - Armament: 26 tons, 0.8 %
      - Armour Deck: 219 tons, 6.8 %
      - Conning Tower: 9 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 1,430 tons, 44.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 928 tons, 29.0 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 449 tons, 14.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 1.6 %
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,830 lbs / 830 Kg = 29.3 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.57
   Metacentric height 2.9 ft / 0.9 m
   Roll period: 10.3 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.25
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.494 / 0.503
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7.14 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 17.32 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -5.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -10.00 ft / -3.05 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Forward deck:   50.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Aft deck:   15.00 %,  9.00 ft / 2.74 m,  9.00 ft / 2.74 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  9.00 ft / 2.74 m,  9.00 ft / 2.74 m
      - Average freeboard:      15.30 ft / 4.66 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 154.5 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 119.4 %
   Waterplane Area: 8,347 Square feet or 775 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 91 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 65 lbs/sq ft or 318 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.87
      - Longitudinal: 3.28
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Hull below water: 20 tons
   10t Additional Marine equipment
   5t Additional pumps
   5t Reserve
Hull above water: 10 tons
   10t Accommodations for 5 additional Marines
On freeboard deck: 20 tons
   10t Accommodations for 5 additional Marines
   4t Additoinal boats
   6t Torpedo Boat leader equipment
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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#3
Ships in Class:
Providence (C12)
New Orleans (C13)
Denver (C14)
Portland (C15)
Hanover (C16)
Galveston (C17)

Providence, United States Cruiser laid down 1898 (Engine 1900)

Displacement:
   4,132 t light; 4,252 t standard; 4,750 t normal; 5,148 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (423.00 ft / 423.00 ft) x 47.00 ft x (17.00 / 18.06 ft)
   (128.93 m / 128.93 m) x 14.33 m  x (5.18 / 5.50 m)

Armament:
      2 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 175 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      1 raised mount - superfiring
      6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 13.00lbs / 5.90kg shells, 350 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 178 lbs / 81 kg

Armour:
   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.50" / 13 mm         -               -
   2nd:   0.50" / 13 mm         -               -

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 18,000 ihp / 13,428 Kw = 23.53 kts
   Range 5,500nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 896 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   285 - 371

Cost:
   £0.544 million / $2.178 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 32 tons, 0.7 %
      - Guns: 32 tons, 0.7 %
   Armour: 9 tons, 0.2 %
      - Armament: 9 tons, 0.2 %
   Machinery: 2,785 tons, 58.6 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,266 tons, 26.6 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 618 tons, 13.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 40 tons, 0.8 %
      - Hull above water: 20 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     1,652 lbs / 749 Kg = 26.4 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 2.05
   Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
   Roll period: 8.8 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.37

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has raised forecastle,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.492 / 0.502
   Length to Beam Ratio: 9.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 20.57 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
      - Forward deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Aft deck:   50.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Average freeboard:      11.80 ft / 3.60 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 192.0 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 87.9 %
   Waterplane Area: 13,149 Square feet or 1,222 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 82 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 64 lbs/sq ft or 312 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.99
      - Longitudinal: 1.04
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Hull above water: 20 tons
   20t Accommodations for 10 additional Marines
On freeboard deck: 20 tons
   10t Improved Optical equipment
   6t Torpedo Boat leader equipment
   4t Reserve
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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Ships in Class:
Tacoma (C18) Laid Down January 10th, 1901 at Puget Sound Naval Yard
Astoria (C19) Laid Down February 14th, 1901 at Puget Sound Naval Yard
Oakland (C20) Laid Down January 18th, 1901 at San Francisco Naval Yard
Birmingham (C21) Laid Down January 12th, 1901 at Philadelphia Naval Yard
Lafayette (C22) Laid Down February 15th, 1901 at New Orleans Naval Yard
Charolette (C23) Laid Down January 19th, 1901 at Charleston Naval Yard
Newark (C24) Laid Down January 24th, 1901 at Brooklyn Naval Yard
Worchester (C25) Laid Down January 11th, 1901 at Boston Naval Yard
Buffalo (C26) Laid down January 22nd, 1901 at Boston Naval Yard

Tacoma, United States Cruiser laid down 1901 (Engine 1900)

Displacement:
   3,980 t light; 4,114 t standard; 4,640 t normal; 5,061 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (393.00 ft / 388.00 ft) x 45.00 ft x (18.00 / 19.25 ft)
   (119.79 m / 118.26 m) x 13.72 m  x (5.49 / 5.87 m)

Armament:
      7 - 5.00" / 127 mm 50.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 175 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1900 Model
     5 x Single mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
      2 raised mounts - superfiring
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck centre
      4 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 550 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 374 lbs / 170 kg

Armour:
   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.50" / 13 mm   0.25" / 6 mm      0.50" / 13 mm

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
   Forecastle: 1.00" / 25 mm  Quarter deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.00" / 51 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 12,600 ihp / 9,400 Kw = 21.32 kts
   Range 6,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 946 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   280 - 365

Cost:
   £0.464 million / $1.856 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 143 tons, 3.1 %
      - Guns: 143 tons, 3.1 %
   Armour: 426 tons, 9.2 %
      - Armament: 14 tons, 0.3 %
      - Armour Deck: 400 tons, 8.6 %
      - Conning Tower: 12 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 1,962 tons, 42.3 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,410 tons, 30.4 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 660 tons, 14.2 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 40 tons, 0.9 %
      - On freeboard deck: 40 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     2,870 lbs / 1,302 Kg = 45.9 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33
   Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
   Roll period: 11.9 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.35
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.517 / 0.527
   Length to Beam Ratio: 8.62 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 19.70 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -5.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
      - Average freeboard:      18.00 ft / 5.49 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 146.7 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 144.7 %
   Waterplane Area: 11,813 Square feet or 1,097 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 95 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 68 lbs/sq ft or 330 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.90
      - Longitudinal: 2.70
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

On freeboard deck: 40 tons
     25t Long Range Wireless
     8t Eight 18" Torpedo (Four Single tubes, four reloads)
     7t Reserve
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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Ships in Class:
Morgantown (C27) Laid down January 19th, 1903 at San Francisco Naval Yard
Tampa (C28) Laid down July 5th, 1903 at Philadelphia Naval Yard
Oregon City (C29) Laid down July 14th, 1903 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard

USS Morgantown, United States Cruiser laid down 1903 (Engine 1905)

Displacement:
   3,000 t light; 3,098 t standard; 3,702 t normal; 4,185 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (430.28 ft / 423.00 ft) x 45.00 ft x (17.00 / 18.44 ft)
   (131.15 m / 128.93 m) x 13.72 m  x (5.18 / 5.62 m)

Armament:
      4 - 5.00" / 127 mm 50.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 210 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1900 Model
     4 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      1 raised mount aft - superfiring
      4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 1.00lbs / 0.45kg shells, 500 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1890 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 204 lbs / 93 kg

Armour:
   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   0.50" / 13 mm   0.25" / 6 mm      0.50" / 13 mm
   2nd:   0.25" / 6 mm         -               -

Machinery:
   Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Direct drive, 4 shafts, 20,000 shp / 14,920 Kw = 25.40 kts
   Range 7,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1,086 tons (90% coal)

Complement:
   236 - 308

Cost:
   £0.364 million / $1.458 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 81 tons, 2.2 %
      - Guns: 81 tons, 2.2 %
   Armour: 10 tons, 0.3 %
      - Armament: 10 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 1,650 tons, 44.6 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,224 tons, 33.1 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 702 tons, 19.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 35 tons, 0.9 %
      - On freeboard deck: 35 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     2,213 lbs / 1,004 Kg = 35.4 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.60
   Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
   Roll period: 10.4 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.09
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.50

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.400 / 0.417
   Length to Beam Ratio: 9.40 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 20.57 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
      - Forward deck:   21.00 %,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
      - Aft deck:   44.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Average freeboard:      13.77 ft / 4.20 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 151.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 122.1 %
   Waterplane Area: 11,720 Square feet or 1,089 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 102 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 66 lbs/sq ft or 322 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.96
      - Longitudinal: 1.48
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon