Parisius Class Cruiser

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Nine Ships
--IRS Parisius (Sunk August 1914)
--IRS Turones
--IRS Rolosa
--IRS Bresta
--IRS Edgbaston
--IRS Caerleon (Sunk August 1914)
--IRS Durocortorum
--IRS Augustonemetum (Sunk August 1914)
--IRS Cemenelum

1910 Cruiser, Imperial Roman Republic Cruiser laid down 1910

Displacement:
   5,000 t light; 5,175 t standard; 5,620 t normal; 5,976 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (485.85 ft / 475.72 ft) x 47.57 ft x (16.40 / 17.21 ft)
   (148.09 m / 145.00 m) x 14.50 m  x (5.00 / 5.24 m)

Armament:
      7 - 5.51" / 140 mm 55.0 cal guns - 85.98lbs / 39.00kg shells, 175 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1909 Model
     5 x Single mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
      2 raised mounts - superfiring
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
      4 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 13.23lbs / 6.00kg shells, 150 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1902 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, aft evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 655 lbs / 297 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   3.15" / 80 mm   389.63 ft / 118.76 m   8.20 ft / 2.50 m
   Ends:   Unarmoured
     Main Belt covers 126 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   1.97" / 50 mm   0.20" / 5 mm      0.98" / 25 mm
   2nd:   0.39" / 10 mm   0.20" / 5 mm            -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 2.36" / 60 mm
   Forecastle: 1.18" / 30 mm  Quarter deck: 1.18" / 30 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.76" / 70 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Direct drive, 4 shafts, 46,000 shp / 34,316 Kw = 29.31 kts
   Range 7,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 801 tons

Complement:
   323 - 421

Cost:
   £0.517 million / $2.070 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 218 tons, 3.9 %
      - Guns: 218 tons, 3.9 %
   Armour: 1,102 tons, 19.6 %
      - Belts: 398 tons, 7.1 %
      - Armament: 27 tons, 0.5 %
      - Armour Deck: 658 tons, 11.7 %
      - Conning Tower: 19 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 1,901 tons, 33.8 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,604 tons, 28.5 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 620 tons, 11.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 175 tons, 3.1 %
      - Hull below water: 5 tons
      - Hull above water: 50 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 105 tons
      - Above deck: 15 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     4,160 lbs / 1,887 Kg = 49.7 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 0.8 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.25
   Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
   Roll period: 12.7 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.30
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.530 / 0.537
   Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 21.81 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 2.07 ft / 0.63 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   9.05 %,  22.15 ft / 6.75 m,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m
      - Forward deck:   45.00 %,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m
      - Aft deck:   36.90 %,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m
      - Quarter deck:   9.05 %,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m
      - Average freeboard:      15.63 ft / 4.76 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 123.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 142.8 %
   Waterplane Area: 15,502 Square feet or 1,440 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 70 lbs/sq ft or 340 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.88
      - Longitudinal: 1.12
      - Overall: 0.90
   Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room

Misc Distribution
--Below Water (5t)
----5t Additional Pumps
--Above Water (40t)
----10t Improved Officer Accommodations
----10t Improved Crew Accommodations
----10t Short-Range Wireless
----5t Improved Ventilation
----5t Construction Reserve
--On Deck (105t)
----36t 12x530mm Torpedos [Two Tripple tube mounts per side]
----25t 1906 Fire Control
----25t Long-Range Wireless
----6t Improved Torpedo Handling Equipment
----5t Additional Officer accommodations
----3t Construction Reserve
--Above Deck (15t)
----10t Improved Aquisition Structures
----5t Additional Searchlights

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In 1914H1, all nine of these ships received 1912 Fire Control.

Parisius, Caerleon, and Augustonemetum were sunk in this configuration at the Battle of Ironclad Bay

1910 Cruiser, Imperial Roman Republic Cruiser laid down 1910

Displacement:
   5,000 t light; 5,175 t standard; 5,620 t normal; 5,976 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (485.85 ft / 475.72 ft) x 47.57 ft x (16.40 / 17.21 ft)
   (148.09 m / 145.00 m) x 14.50 m  x (5.00 / 5.24 m)

Armament:
      7 - 5.51" / 140 mm 55.0 cal guns - 85.98lbs / 39.00kg shells, 175 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1909 Model
     5 x Single mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
      2 raised mounts - superfiring
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
      4 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 13.23lbs / 6.00kg shells, 150 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1902 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, aft evenly spread
      4 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 655 lbs / 297 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   3.15" / 80 mm   389.63 ft / 118.76 m   8.20 ft / 2.50 m
   Ends:   Unarmoured
     Main Belt covers 126 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   1.97" / 50 mm   0.20" / 5 mm      0.98" / 25 mm
   2nd:   0.39" / 10 mm   0.20" / 5 mm            -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 2.36" / 60 mm
   Forecastle: 1.18" / 30 mm  Quarter deck: 1.18" / 30 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 2.76" / 70 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
   Direct drive, 4 shafts, 46,000 shp / 34,316 Kw = 29.31 kts
   Range 7,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 801 tons

Complement:
   323 - 421

Cost:
   £0.517 million / $2.070 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 218 tons, 3.9 %
      - Guns: 218 tons, 3.9 %
   Armour: 1,102 tons, 19.6 %
      - Belts: 398 tons, 7.1 %
      - Armament: 27 tons, 0.5 %
      - Armour Deck: 658 tons, 11.7 %
      - Conning Tower: 19 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 1,901 tons, 33.8 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,604 tons, 28.5 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 620 tons, 11.0 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 175 tons, 3.1 %
      - Hull below water: 5 tons
      - Hull above water: 50 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 105 tons
      - Above deck: 15 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     4,160 lbs / 1,887 Kg = 49.7 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 0.8 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.25
   Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
   Roll period: 12.7 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.30
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.530 / 0.537
   Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 21.81 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 2.07 ft / 0.63 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   9.05 %,  22.15 ft / 6.75 m,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m
      - Forward deck:   45.00 %,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m,  19.69 ft / 6.00 m
      - Aft deck:   36.90 %,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m
      - Quarter deck:   9.05 %,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m,  10.66 ft / 3.25 m
      - Average freeboard:      15.63 ft / 4.76 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 123.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 142.8 %
   Waterplane Area: 15,502 Square feet or 1,440 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 70 lbs/sq ft or 340 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.88
      - Longitudinal: 1.12
      - Overall: 0.90
   Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Excellent accommodation and workspace room

Misc Distribution
--Below Water (5t)
----5t Additional Pumps
--Above Water (40t)
----10t Improved Officer Accommodations
----10t Improved Crew Accommodations
----10t Short-Range Wireless
----5t Improved Ventilation
----5t Construction Reserve
--On Deck (105t)
----36t 12x530mm Torpedos [Two Tripple tube mounts per side]
----25t 1912 Fire Control
----25t Long-Range Wireless
----6t Improved Torpedo Handling Equipment
----5t Additional Officer accommodations
----3t Construction Reserve
--Above Deck (15t)
----10t Improved Aquisition Structures
----5t Additional Searchlights

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By the end of 1923H1, the six surviving ships had been updated to 1918 Fire Control.