Aircraft Carriers

Jefgte · October 27, 2021, 08:38:12 AM

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Jefgte · October 27, 2021, 08:40:23 AM

These seaplane transports are also intended for working with battleships squadrons.
The role of seaplanes on land and on board is to locate and provide informations on enemy forces and their movements.
Assistance in adjusting shots.
Hunt enemy aerial reconnaissance.
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4 seaplanes transports formally in the Plan
- 1 for Marmara Fleet
- 1 for Atlantic Fleet
- 1 for Madagascar Fleet
- 1 for Australian Fleet
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Byzantine Empire Sea Planes Transport laid down 1919

Antalya - Adana - Azgar - Assiout

Displacement:
5 825 t light; 6 003 t standard; 6 634 t normal; 7 138 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(547,90 ft / 547,90 ft) x 69,23 ft x (12,65 / 13,36 ft)
(167,00 m / 167,00 m) x 21,10 m x (3,86 / 4,07 m)

Armament:
2 - 4,72" / 120 mm 45,0 cal guns - 53,02lbs / 24,05kg shells, 200 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1919 Model
2 x Single mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 4,72" / 120 mm 45,0 cal guns - 53,02lbs / 24,05kg shells, 200 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1919 Model
4 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 1 000 per gun
    Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1928 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
      8 raised mounts
8 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 4 000 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1928 Model
     4 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 373 lbs / 169 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
4th: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 23 946 shp / 17 864 Kw = 24,26 kts
Range 8 000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 134 tons (20% coal)

Complement:
366 - 477

Cost:
£0,749 million / $2,996 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 67 tons, 1,0 %
- Guns: 67 tons, 1,0 %
Armour: 16 tons, 0,2 %
- Armament: 16 tons, 0,2 %
Machinery: 866 tons, 13,1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3 275 tons, 49,4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 808 tons, 12,2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1 602 tons, 24,1 %
- Hull below water: 360 tons
- Hull above water: 360 tons
- On freeboard deck: 850 tons
- Above deck: 32 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
25 537 lbs / 11 583 Kg = 485,7 x 4,7 " / 120 mm shells or 3,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,19
Metacentric height 4,0 ft / 1,2 m
Roll period: 14,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise aft of midbreak, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,484 / 0,493
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,91 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,41 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
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 (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 15,00 %, 20,01 ft / 6,10 m, 17,72 ft / 5,40 m
- Forward deck: 17,50 %, 17,72 ft / 5,40 m, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Aft deck: 50,00 %, 33,46 ft / 10,20 m, 33,46 ft / 10,20 m
- Quarter deck: 17,50 %, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Average freeboard: 25,38 ft / 7,74 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 58,3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 378,2 %
Waterplane Area: 24 909 Square feet or 2 314 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 188 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 87 lbs/sq ft or 424 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,91
- Longitudinal: 2,33
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent 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

misc weight: 1602t
7t for Top Mast Rangefinder
25t for Long Range Marconi
28t for climatisation
850t for Hangar, 2 catapults & 2 aft cranes
720t for 8 Float Planes SHORT 184 (90t for each seaplane) - Pilots, Air Personnel, armaments, repair workshop & fuel...

Jefgte · June 21, 2023, 09:15:12 AM

The first 2 aircraft carriers of the Byzantine Empire.
Experimental aircraft carriers intended to confirm the various exercises, bombing, torpedoing and hunting carried out from tracks located on land representing a 170m flat deck.

In 1932, 4T2x114DP was 4T2x120QF

Flat Deck, Byzantine Empire - 10000t Flat Deck laid down 1926

CV1 class

CV1 - Baydu
CV2 - Bursa

Displacement:
10 000 t light; 10 310 t standard; 11 206 t normal; 11 922 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(572,94 ft / 570,87 ft) x 71,39 ft x (18,33 / 19,23 ft)
(174,63 m / 174,00 m) x 21,76 m x (5,59 / 5,86 m)

Armament:
8 - 4,49" / 114 mm 45,0 cal guns - 45,59lbs / 20,68kg shells, 280 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1932 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
24 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 1 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1926 Model
12 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
16 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 4 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1926 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 414 lbs / 188 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

- Box over machinery & magazines:
1,77" / 45 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 65 000 shp / 48 490 Kw = 29,01 kts
Range 10 000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 612 tons

Complement:
543 - 707

Cost:
£2,286 million / $9,143 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 80 tons, 0,7 %
- Guns: 80 tons, 0,7 %
Armour: 689 tons, 6,2 %
- Armament: 14 tons, 0,1 %
- Armour Deck: 675 tons, 6,0 %
Machinery: 2 081 tons, 18,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 887 tons, 43,6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 205 tons, 10,8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2 263 tons, 20,2 %
- Hull below water: 40 tons
- Hull above water: 1 150 tons
- On freeboard deck: 1 040 tons
- Above deck: 33 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
27 807 lbs / 12 613 Kg = 615,1 x 4,5 " / 114 mm shells or 2,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,10
Metacentric height 3,6 ft / 1,1 m
Roll period: 15,8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 96 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,525 / 0,532
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,89 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 12,00 %, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Forward deck: 40,00 %, 36,09 ft / 11,00 m, 36,09 ft / 11,00 m
- Aft deck: 40,00 %, 36,09 ft / 11,00 m, 36,09 ft / 11,00 m
- Quarter deck: 8,00 %, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m, 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Average freeboard: 32,31 ft / 9,85 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75,0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 351,8 %
Waterplane Area: 27 786 Square feet or 2 581 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 153 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 95 lbs/sq ft or 462 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,85
- Longitudinal: 4,45
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent 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

misc weight:
AD:25t for LR Marconi
8t for 1924 fire control

18 to 24 aircrafts max:
OD:960t for 12 aircrafts
HAW:960t for 12 aircrafts
40t for climatisation
100t for aircrafts spare parts
HBW:40t for additionnal pumps
100t reserved for material...

Jefgte · January 17, 2024, 11:00:03 AM

Byzantine Empire 15000t Aircraft Carrier - 40 aircrafts - laid down 1928

CV3 class
CV3 - Karadeniz - 1928 - 1930H1
CV4 - Kizildeniz - 1928 - 1930H2
CV5 - Kurtadeniz - 1928 - 1930H2
CV6 - Kahuldeniz - 1928 - 1930H2

Displacement:
15 000 t light; 15 589 t standard; 17 158 t normal; 18 413 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(658,58 ft / 656,17 ft) x 82,02 ft x (22,32 / 23,54 ft)
(200,74 m / 200,00 m) x 25,00 m x (6,80 / 7,18 m)

Armament:
8 - 7,52" / 191 mm 45,0 cal guns - 200,00lbs / 90,72kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1928 Model
8 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
8 - 4,02" / 102 mm 45,0 cal guns - 33,00lbs / 14,97kg shells, 240 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1928 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 4 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1928 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
16 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 10 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1928 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1 897 lbs / 861 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,57" / 40 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
4th: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

- Box over machinery & magazines:
2,76" / 70 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 80 000 shp / 59 680 Kw = 29,10 kts
Range 10 000nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 824 tons

Complement:
749 - 974

Cost:
£3,699 million / $14,798 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 306 tons, 1,8 %
- Guns: 306 tons, 1,8 %
Armour: 1 109 tons, 6,5 %
- Armament: 37 tons, 0,2 %
- Armour Deck: 1 072 tons, 6,2 %
Machinery: 2 491 tons, 14,5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7 146 tons, 41,7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 158 tons, 12,6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 3 948 tons, 23,0 %
- Hull below water: 140 tons
- Hull above water: 1 990 tons
- On freeboard deck: 1 790 tons
- Above deck: 28 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
44 184 lbs / 20 042 Kg = 207,8 x 7,5 " / 191 mm shells or 3,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,09
Metacentric height 4,4 ft / 1,3 m
Roll period: 16,4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 96 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,19
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,500 / 0,509
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25,62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 12,00 %, 22,97 ft / 7,00 m, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Forward deck: 40,00 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Aft deck: 40,00 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Quarter deck: 8,00 %, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 35,59 ft / 10,85 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 67,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 358,6 %
Waterplane Area: 35 859 Square feet or 3 331 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 157 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 111 lbs/sq ft or 541 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,85
- Longitudinal: 3,98
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent 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

misc weight:
AD
25t for LR Marconi
3t for 1924 fire control
OD
1600t for 20 aircrafts
90t for Climatisation
100t for Fire Fighting
HAW
1600t for 20 aircrafts
90t for Climatisation
100t for Fire Fighting
100t for aircrafts spare parts
HBW
40t for additionnal pumps
100t reserved for material...

Max transport capacity:
3331 : 65 = 51 aircrafts

Jefgte · January 17, 2024, 11:13:23 AM

CE1, Byzantine Empire 7900t Escort Carrier-18 aircrafts laid down 1929

CVE7 class

CVE7 - Crutisdeniz - 1929 - 1930H2
CVE8 - Coluhdeniz - 1929 - 1930H2
CVE9 - Cacildeniz - 1929 - 1930H2
CVE10 - Chaznadeniz - 1929 - 1930H2

Displacement:
7 900 t light; 8 209 t standard; 8 826 t normal; 9 319 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(576,07 ft / 570,87 ft) x 71,36 ft x (15,80 / 16,45 ft)
(175,59 m / 174,00 m) x 21,75 m x (4,82 / 5,01 m)

Armament:
8 - 5,98" / 152 mm 45,0 cal guns - 100,00lbs / 45,36kg shells, 122 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1929 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 - 4,02" / 102 mm 45,0 cal guns - 33,00lbs / 14,97kg shells, 250 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1929 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 2 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1929 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
16 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 10 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1929 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1 097 lbs / 498 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,18" / 30 mm - 1,57" / 40 mm
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
4th: 0,24" / 6 mm - -

- Box over machinery & magazines:
1,57" / 40 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 42 000 shp / 31 332 Kw = 27,06 kts
Range 8 000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 109 tons

Complement:
454 - 591

Cost:
£2,051 million / $8,202 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 185 tons, 2,1 %
- Guns: 185 tons, 2,1 %
Armour: 518 tons, 5,9 %
- Armament: 30 tons, 0,3 %
- Armour Deck: 489 tons, 5,5 %
Machinery: 1 290 tons, 14,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 104 tons, 46,5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 925 tons, 10,5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1 803 tons, 20,4 %
- Hull below water: 940 tons
- Hull above water: 800 tons
- On freeboard deck: 20 tons
- Above deck: 43 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
23 049 lbs / 10 455 Kg = 215,1 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 2,6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,28
Metacentric height 4,7 ft / 1,4 m
Roll period: 13,8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,14
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): 0,480 / 0,487
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,89 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 17,50 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Forward deck: 33,00 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Aft deck: 33,00 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Quarter deck: 16,50 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Average freeboard: 29,53 ft / 9,00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76,4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 330,3 %
Waterplane Area: 26 658 Square feet or 2 477 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 163 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 91 lbs/sq ft or 447 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,87
- Longitudinal: 3,43
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent 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

AD
18t for top fire control
25t for Marconi
OD
20t for fire control
AW
720t for 9 aircrafts
30t for fire control
20t for aircraft spares or reserved
30t for climatisation
BW
720t for 9 aircrafts
60t for additionnal pumps
60t for aircrafts amunition & AVGAS protection
30t for fire control
30t for climatisation
40t reserved

Max transport capacity:
2477 : 65 = 38 aircrafts

Jefgte · May 23, 2024, 02:16:36 AM

CV11 - Byzantine Empire Aircraft Carrier-60 aircrafts laid down 1932

CV11 - Pusuldeniz
CV12 - Kripodeniz

Displacement:
20 940 t light; 21 734 t standard; 23 583 t normal; 25 062 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(730,76 ft / 728,35 ft) x 91,86 ft x (24,67 / 25,83 ft)
(222,74 m / 222,00 m) x 28,00 m x (7,52 / 7,87 m)

Armament:
8 - 7,52" / 191 mm 45,0 cal guns - 200,00lbs / 90,72kg shells, 120 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1932 Model
8 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
16 - 4,02" / 102 mm 45,0 cal guns - 33,00lbs / 14,97kg shells, 340 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1932 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
24 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 4 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1932 Model
12 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
24 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 10 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1932 Model
12 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2 178 lbs / 988 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1,97" / 50 mm 684,65 ft / 208,68 m 11,52 ft / 3,51 m
Ends: 1,97" / 50 mm 43,67 ft / 13,31 m 11,52 ft / 3,51 m
Main Belt covers 145 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
1,97" / 50 mm 684,65 ft / 208,68 m 21,72 ft / 6,62 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 72,18 ft / 22,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,57" / 40 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,24" / 6 mm - -
4th: 0,24" / 6 mm - -

- Armoured deck - single deck:
For and Aft decks: 1,97" / 50 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 105 820 shp / 78 942 Kw = 30,00 kts
Range 10 000nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 328 tons

Complement:
950 - 1 236

Cost:
£5,814 million / $23,256 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 358 tons, 1,5 %
- Guns: 358 tons, 1,5 %
Armour: 3 376 tons, 14,3 %
- Belts: 639 tons, 2,7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1 083 tons, 4,6 %
- Armament: 37 tons, 0,2 %
- Armour Deck: 1 617 tons, 6,9 %
Machinery: 3 123 tons, 13,2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8 283 tons, 35,1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 643 tons, 11,2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 5 800 tons, 24,6 %
- Hull below water: 250 tons
- Hull above water: 2 820 tons
- On freeboard deck: 2 670 tons
- Above deck: 60 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
61 798 lbs / 28 031 Kg = 290,7 x 7,5 " / 191 mm shells or 9,6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,14
Metacentric height 5,6 ft / 1,7 m
Roll period: 16,2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 96 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,14
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,500 / 0,507
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,99 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 6,00 %, 22,97 ft / 7,00 m, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Forward deck: 47,00 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Aft deck: 47,00 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Quarter deck: 0,00 %, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 38,27 ft / 11,66 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 351,5 %
Waterplane Area: 44 579 Square feet or 4 142 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 143 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 121 lbs/sq ft or 589 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,87
- Longitudinal: 3,41
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent 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

misc weight:
AD
25t for LR Marconi
35t for 1924 fire control
OD
2400t for 30 aircrafts
120t for Climatisation
150t for Fire Fighting
HAW
2400t for 30 aircrafts
120t for Climatisation
150t for Fire Fighting
150t for aircrafts spare parts
HBW
100t for additionnal pumps
150t reserved for material...

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Byzantine Empire Aircraft Carrier-66 aircrafts laid down 1935

1935 => CV13-Mavildeniz - CV14-Beyazdeniz com. 1938
1936 => CV15-Maradeniz - CV16-Padisahdeniz com. 1939

Displacement:
25 000 t light; 25 916 t standard; 28 290 t normal; 30 189 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(738,04 ft / 734,91 ft) x 98,43 ft x (27,38 / 28,76 ft)
(224,96 m / 224,00 m) x 30,00 m x (8,34 / 8,76 m)

Armament:
16 - 4,49" / 114 mm 45,0 cal guns - 58,00lbs / 26,31kg shells, 350 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1935 Model
8 x 2-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
36 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 4 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1935 Model
18 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
24 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 62,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 10 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1935 Model
12 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1 002 lbs / 454 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3,15" / 80 mm 507,09 ft / 154,56 m 11,91 ft / 3,63 m
Ends: 1,18" / 30 mm 227,79 ft / 69,43 m 11,91 ft / 3,63 m
Upper: 1,18" / 30 mm 507,09 ft / 154,56 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
1,97" / 50 mm 507,09 ft / 154,56 m 24,08 ft / 7,34 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 72,18 ft / 22,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,24" / 6 mm - -
4th: 0,24" / 6 mm - -

- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 3,94" / 100 mm
Forecastle: 1,18" / 30 mm Quarter deck: 1,18" / 30 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 1,18" / 30 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 118 600 shp / 88 476 Kw = 30,00 kts
Range 12 000nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4 273 tons

Complement:
1 089 - 1 417

Cost:
£7,056 million / $28,223 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 155 tons, 0,5 %
- Guns: 155 tons, 0,5 %
Armour: 5 186 tons, 18,3 %
- Belts: 1 112 tons, 3,9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 889 tons, 3,1 %
- Armament: 17 tons, 0,1 %
- Armour Deck: 3 144 tons, 11,1 %
- Conning Tower: 24 tons, 0,1 %
Machinery: 3 369 tons, 11,9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 9 310 tons, 32,9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 289 tons, 11,6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 6 980 tons, 24,7 %
- Hull below water: 3 480 tons
- Hull above water: 3 365 tons
- On freeboard deck: 70 tons
- Above deck: 65 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
69 703 lbs / 31 617 Kg = 645,4 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 9,6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,34
Metacentric height 8,2 ft / 2,5 m
Roll period: 14,4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 96 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,500 / 0,508
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,47 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27,11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 16,00 %, 29,82 ft / 9,09 m, 24,41 ft / 7,44 m
- Forward deck: 34,50 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Aft deck: 34,50 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Quarter deck: 15,00 %, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m, 39,37 ft / 12,00 m
- Average freeboard: 37,32 ft / 11,38 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93,2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 331,9 %
Waterplane Area: 48 194 Square feet or 4 477 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 147 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 128 lbs/sq ft or 623 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,89
- Longitudinal: 2,76
- Overall: 1,00
Adequate 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

misc weight: 6980t
AD
25t for LR Marconi
15t for 1930 fire control
25t for Hulsmeyer
OD
20t for 2 cata
50t for Fire Fighting
HAW
3135t for 33 aircrafts-1934
70t for enhanced climatisation
50t for Fire Fighting
30t for 3 x Fire Wall
40t for aircrafts spare parts
40t reserved for materials
HBW
3135t for 33 aircrafts-1934
70t for enhanced ventilation
50t for Fire Fighting
30t for 3 x Fire Wall
40t for aircrafts spares parts
100t for additionnal pumps
15t for enhanced Hydrophone
40t reserved for material...

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