Battleships

Guinness · July 16, 2020, 06:12:49 PM

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Guinness · July 16, 2020, 06:20:07 PM

Zhenbei Class

(Purchased from the Vilnius Union

2 ships:
Zhenbei (ld 1897, refit 1907)
Hanzhen (ld 1897, refit 1907)

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Zhenbei, China Battleship laid down 1897

Displacement:
13,814 t light; 14,472 t standard; 15,347 t normal; 16,047 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(436.35 ft / 426.51 ft) x 78.74 ft x (24.61 / 25.56 ft)
(133.00 m / 130.00 m) x 24.00 m x (7.50 / 7.79 m)

Armament:
4 - 11.02" / 280 mm 40.0 cal guns - 641.94lbs / 291.18kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1897 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
8 - 7.87" / 200 mm 40.0 cal guns - 233.94lbs / 106.11kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1897 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 - 5.12" / 130 mm 40.0 cal guns - 64.25lbs / 29.14kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1897 Model
12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
8 - 1.97" / 50.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 3.66lbs / 1.66kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1897 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 5,240 lbs / 2,377 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11.8" / 300 mm 277.23 ft / 84.50 m 11.81 ft / 3.60 m
Ends: 3.94" / 100 mm 149.25 ft / 45.49 m 11.81 ft / 3.60 m
Upper: 5.91" / 150 mm 277.23 ft / 84.50 m 11.81 ft / 3.60 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11.8" / 300 mm 7.87" / 200 mm 11.0" / 280 mm
2nd: 7.87" / 200 mm 0.59" / 15 mm 7.87" / 200 mm
3rd: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
4th: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

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

- Conning towers: Forward 11.81" / 300 mm, Aft 7.87" / 200 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 14,745 ihp / 11,000 Kw = 18.06 kts
Range 4,500nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,575 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
689 - 896

Cost:
£1.225 million / $4.901 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 898 tons, 5.8 %
- Guns: 898 tons, 5.8 %
Armour: 5,543 tons, 36.1 %
- Belts: 2,880 tons, 18.8 %
- Armament: 1,317 tons, 8.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,083 tons, 7.1 %
- Conning Towers: 262 tons, 1.7 %
Machinery: 2,417 tons, 15.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,656 tons, 30.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,533 tons, 10.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 300 tons, 2.0 %
- Hull below water: 50 tons
---50 t: Torpedo tubes and reloads
- On freeboard deck: 250 tons
---50 t: Command facilities
---25 t: Long range radio
---175 t: Weight reserve

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
22,753 lbs / 10,320 Kg = 34.0 x 11.0 " / 280 mm shells or 2.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.36
Metacentric height 6.0 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 13.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.93

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.650 / 0.654
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.42 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.65 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 37
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -3.28 ft / -1.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Average freeboard: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 140.0 %
Waterplane Area: 25,727 Square feet or 2,390 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 138 lbs/sq ft or 675 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.43
- Overall: 1.01
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

Guinness · July 16, 2020, 06:22:46 PM

Dingyuan Class

(Purchased from Parthia)

3 ships:
Dingyuan (ld 1900, refit 1910)
Zhenyuan (ld 1900, refit 1910)
Yuanhai (ld 1900, refit 1910)

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Dingyuan, China Battleship laid down 1900
Displacement:
14,493 t light; 15,417 t standard; 16,484 t normal; 17,338 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(492.13 ft / 485.56 ft) x 76.28 ft x (26.90 / 28.03 ft)
(150.00 m / 148.00 m) x 23.25 m x (8.20 / 8.54 m)

Armament:
4 - 12.01" / 305 mm 40.0 cal guns - 826.73lbs / 375.00kg shells, 110 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1899 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
20 - 7.09" / 180 mm 45.0 cal guns - 176.37lbs / 80.00kg shells, 190 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1899 Model
12 x Single mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
6 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
8 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck centre
4 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
16 - 2.36" / 60.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 7.28lbs / 3.30kg shells, 300 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1904 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides amidships
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 6,951 lbs / 3,153 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.6" / 320 mm 315.03 ft / 96.02 m 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
Ends: 2.56" / 65 mm 170.51 ft / 51.97 m 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
Upper: 6.50" / 165 mm 242.78 ft / 74.00 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Hull Bulges:
0.00" / 0 mm 0.00 ft / 0.00 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.8" / 325 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 6.50" / 165 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm

- Protected deck - multiple decks: 3.15" / 80 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 0.98" / 25 mm Quarter deck: 0.98" / 25 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 12.60" / 320 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 20,987 ihp / 15,656 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 5,815nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,921 tons (90% coal)

Complement:
726 - 945

Cost:
£1.412 million / $5.650 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,076 tons, 6.5 %
Armour: 5,243 tons, 31.8 %
- Belts: 2,758 tons, 16.7 %
- Armament: 1,085 tons, 6.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,224 tons, 7.4 %
- Conning Tower: 176 tons, 1.1 %
Machinery: 3,247 tons, 19.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,502 tons, 27.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,991 tons, 12.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 425 tons, 2.6 %
- Hull below water: 189 tons
- Hull void weights: 25 tons
- On freeboard deck: 73 tons
- Above deck: 138 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
19,631 lbs / 8,904 Kg = 22.7 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.35
Metacentric height 5.7 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 13.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.52
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.55

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.579 / 0.585
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.04 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.56 ft / -2.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 25.00 %, 11.29 ft / 3.44 m, 11.29 ft / 3.44 m
- Forward deck: 25.00 %, 19.49 ft / 5.94 m, 19.49 ft / 5.94 m
- Aft deck: 25.00 %, 19.49 ft / 5.94 m, 19.49 ft / 5.94 m
- Quarter deck: 25.00 %, 11.29 ft / 3.44 m, 11.29 ft / 3.44 m
- Average freeboard: 15.39 ft / 4.69 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.8 %
Waterplane Area: 26,562 Square feet or 2,468 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 133 lbs/sq ft or 648 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.76
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

This is a expanded version of the OTL Hapsburg class, with 5 double-stacked casements instead of 3. The midships is raised, as is the upper belt, to provide room for those casements.

The vessel fields the new 305mm "high velocity" rifle, firing a 375kg round at 821m/s. Tests indicate up to 380mm of armor would be needed to fully stop this, an increase of 22% over the larger 1889 345mm. However, as Semi-armor peircing rounds have a limit of roughly 2/3rds their caliber for pentration, only 240mm would be needed to achieve that goal.

Due to the high central casement, and the high speed, the main belt armor is barely adequate. It will stop Semi-Armor piercing shells of all known calibers, but relies on the deflection ability of the sloped protective deck to keep solid shot from penetrating the vitals. The curve of the main battery barbettes is believed adequate to mimic the belt armor, as is the turret face armor.

Range is equivalent of 21 days at 10kts with a 10% reserve

Misc Wt.
25t- Long Range Radios, as built
105t - 1910 Fire Control
73t - 0.5% increased ventilation
40t - 4 torpedo tubes (2 each beam) with 20 18" torpedoes
148t - Torpedo Nets
25t - Construction reserve

+5.94 Double Stacked Casement Citadel, Upper Armored Deck 25mm
+3.44 Weather Deck
+0.94 3rd Deck, Top Main belt, Crown Protective Deck 55mm
-1.56 2nd Deck Bottom Main Belt, Edge Protective Deck
-4.06 1st Deck
-8.06 Engineering Deck

1907 refit : 138t
105t : +1905 fire control
-105t : construction reserve
-16x 45L45
25t +16x 60L50
-15t construction reserve.

1912 Basic Refit :
105t 1910 Fire Control

Guinness · July 16, 2020, 06:30:29 PM

Hailong Class
Hailong means "Sea Dragon"

3 ships in class:
Hailong (1905)
Tianlong (1905)
Shenlong (1905)

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Hailong, China Battleship laid down 1905

Displacement:
16,198 t light; 17,131 t standard; 18,010 t normal; 18,712 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(465.88 ft / 459.32 ft) x 85.30 ft x (26.90 / 27.76 ft)
(142.00 m / 140.00 m) x 26.00 m x (8.20 / 8.46 m)

Armament:
12 - 10.63" / 270 mm 45.0 cal guns - 606.27lbs / 275.00kg shells, 120 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 x Twin mounts on side ends, evenly spread
12 - 4.33" / 110 mm 50.0 cal guns - 44.09lbs / 20.00kg shells, 200 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1905 Model
6 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
6 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
6 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
6 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
16 - 2.76" / 70.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 11.02lbs / 5.00kg shells, 300 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1905 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 7,981 lbs / 3,620 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.45" / 240 mm 298.56 ft / 91.00 m 13.29 ft / 4.05 m
Ends: 3.54" / 90 mm 160.73 ft / 48.99 m 13.29 ft / 4.05 m
Upper: 4.72" / 120 mm 298.56 ft / 91.00 m 9.78 ft / 2.98 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Hull Bulges:
0.00" / 0 mm 0.00 ft / 0.00 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.8" / 275 mm 7.09" / 180 mm 9.84" / 250 mm
2nd: 4.72" / 120 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm
3rd: 0.31" / 8 mm - -

- Protected deck - multiple decks: 2.95" / 75 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 0.98" / 25 mm Quarter deck: 1.57" / 40 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 9.45" / 240 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 23,158 ihp / 17,276 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 4,815nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,581 tons (90% coal)

Complement:
776 - 1,010

Cost:
£1.749 million / $6.995 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,472 tons, 8.2 %
Armour: 5,995 tons, 33.3 %
- Belts: 2,585 tons, 14.4 %
- Armament: 1,827 tons, 10.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,443 tons, 8.0 %
- Conning Tower: 140 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,323 tons, 18.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,965 tons, 27.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,812 tons, 10.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 442 tons, 2.5 %
- Hull below water: 140 tons
- Hull void weights: 80 tons
- Hull above water: 50 tons
- Above deck: 172 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
17,304 lbs / 7,849 Kg = 28.8 x 10.6 " / 270 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 14.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.39
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.28

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.598 / 0.602
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.38 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.56 ft / -2.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 15.00 %, 21.49 ft / 6.55 m, 21.49 ft / 6.55 m
- Forward deck: 10.00 %, 21.49 ft / 6.55 m, 21.49 ft / 6.55 m
- Aft deck: 55.00 %, 13.48 ft / 4.11 m, 13.48 ft / 4.11 m
- Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 13.48 ft / 4.11 m, 13.48 ft / 4.11 m
- Average freeboard: 15.49 ft / 4.72 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 103.3 %
Waterplane Area: 28,603 Square feet or 2,657 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 90 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 143 lbs/sq ft or 700 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.72
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Chinese 1905 BB

25mm upper deck
Upperbelt is 2 decks high for 22% of length, average height 2.98m
Main belt is from +0.75 above deck crown, to -1.6 below WL, total 4.05.
50mm protective deck crowns 1.67m, descends 0.77m BWL.

Miscellaneous Weight :
140 : Torpedo Nets
50t : Torpedo flat on stern, above armor deck. 2TT each side, 12 Torpedoes.
147t Fire Control.
25t LR radio
80t Construction reserve.

2.44 decks, 3.44m Engineering, 1m dbl bottom

Decks :
6.58.4 : 25mm Armor, Weather deck
4.14 : Gun Deck, Casements
2.45 : Top of Main belt.
1.7 : 40mm Crown of protective deck
-0.74 : 2nd Deck, Lower Edge of protective deck
-1.6 : Bottom of Main belt
-3.18 : 1st Deck
-6.62 : Engineering Deck.

Guinness · July 16, 2020, 06:36:40 PM

Anlong Class

Anlong means Hidden Dragon

3 ships
Anlong (ld 1910, Completed 1912)
Delong (ld 1910, Completed 1912)
Tianlong (ld 1910, Completed 1912)

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Hidden Dragon, China Battleship laid down 1909

Displacement:
18,975 t light; 20,095 t standard; 22,036 t normal; 23,589 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(557.74 ft / 551.18 ft) x 85.30 ft x (26.25 / 27.79 ft)
(170.00 m / 168.00 m) x 26.00 m x (8.00 / 8.47 m)

Armament:
8 - 12.20" / 310 mm 44.0 cal guns - 914.92lbs / 415.00kg shells, 115 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1909 Model
1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, forward evenly spread
3 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, aft evenly spread
8 - 5.12" / 130 mm 45.0 cal guns - 70.55lbs / 32.00kg shells, 200 per gun
Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1909 Model
2 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
2 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck centre
12 - 5.12" / 130 mm 45.0 cal guns - 70.55lbs / 32.00kg shells, 250 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1909 Model
12 x Single mounts on sides amidships
12 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
14 - 3.15" / 80.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 16.54lbs / 7.50kg shells, 250 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1909 Model
14 x Single mounts on sides amidships
14 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 8,962 lbs / 4,065 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.6" / 320 mm 385.83 ft / 117.60 m 14.80 ft / 4.51 m
Ends: 3.94" / 100 mm 165.32 ft / 50.39 m 14.80 ft / 4.51 m
Upper: 5.12" / 130 mm 385.83 ft / 117.60 m 9.91 ft / 3.02 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length

- Hull Bulges:
0.00" / 0 mm 0.00 ft / 0.00 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 12.6" / 320 mm
2nd: 3.94" / 100 mm 1.97" / 50 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
3rd: 3.94" / 100 mm - -
4th: 0.31" / 8 mm - -

- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 3.74" / 95 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 1.18" / 30 mm Quarter deck: 2.36" / 60 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 12.60" / 320 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 39,993 shp / 29,835 Kw = 22.68 kts
Range 6,600nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,494 tons (90% coal)

Complement:
903 - 1,175

Cost:
£1.699 million / $6.794 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,837 tons, 8.3 %
Armour: 8,514 tons, 38.6 %
- Belts: 4,286 tons, 19.4 %
- Armament: 1,728 tons, 7.8 %
- Armour Deck: 2,287 tons, 10.4 %
- Conning Tower: 213 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 1,980 tons, 9.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,018 tons, 27.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,062 tons, 13.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 625 tons, 2.8 %
- Hull below water: 168 tons
- Hull void weights: 100 tons
- Hull above water: 48 tons
- On freeboard deck: 100 tons
- Above deck: 209 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
32,485 lbs / 14,735 Kg = 35.7 x 12.2 " / 310 mm shells or 3.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.19
Metacentric height 5.4 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.46
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.625 / 0.632
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.48 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.56 ft / -2.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 13.00 %, 21.62 ft / 6.59 m, 21.62 ft / 6.59 m
- Forward deck: 17.00 %, 21.62 ft / 6.59 m, 21.62 ft / 6.59 m
- Aft deck: 55.00 %, 13.62 ft / 4.15 m, 13.62 ft / 4.15 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 13.62 ft / 4.15 m, 13.62 ft / 4.15 m
- Average freeboard: 16.02 ft / 4.88 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 63.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 115.1 %
Waterplane Area: 35,197 Square feet or 3,270 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 146 lbs/sq ft or 712 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.36
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

based on Dante Alighieri, but while that ship was 19552 normal, this is 20969.

With the 1903 tech, 'all big gun' is allowed, and (for China) wing turrets.
Tier 1 are behind dreadnaught-wise, so the Italian triple turrets are dropped in favor of a larger bore.

The famed "Cuniberti" arrangement
Short forecastle is site of forward turret
Long aft deck is site of other 3 turrets.

The upper belt is 2 decks high for 33% of it's length and 1 deck for 67%.
For an average of 1.33 decks high (1.33x2.44 = 3.2452)
The lower 0.66m of this is coverd by the main belt, giving a height of 2.5852m
Main belt covers 0.66m above and below (2.22 to -1.54 : 3.76)
The upper 0.66

Upper Belt covers from +2.71 to 4.15. For 23.6% of it's length, it is two decks high, covering the forecastle under A turret. This works out as an average of 3.02m high for it's length.

Main belt covers from -1.8 to +2.71.
Protective deck crowns at 1.71m, and descends to -0.73m.
65mm protective deck, 30mm upperdeck.

Miscellaneous Weight :
168t - Torpedo nets
48t - Torpedo tubes above stern deck, 4TT each side(8), 3 sets 18 Torpedoes (24)

100t - Admiral's Quarters

25t - LR Radio
184t - Fire Control

Decks are 2.44m high, with 3.44m for Engineering and a 0.5m double anti-mine bottom.

+6.59 Forecastle
+4.15 Weather Deck - 30mm deck, top upper belt.
+2.71 Top Main Belt.
+1.71 Crown Protective Deck 65mm. Battery Deck
-0.73 Main Deck, bottom turtle back
-1.80 Bottom of Main belt.
-3.17 1st Deck
-6.61 Engineering Deck
-7.11 Bilges

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