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.

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

CV1 class

Baydu - Bursa

Displacement:
   10 000 t light; 10 298 t standard; 11 193 t normal; 11 908 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (572,94 ft / 570,87 ft) x 71,39 ft x (18,31 / 19,21 ft)
   (174,63 m / 174,00 m) x 21,76 m x (5,58 / 5,86 m)

Armament:
8 - 4,72" / 120 mm 45,0 cal guns - 50,00lbs / 22,68kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1926 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 449 lbs / 204 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 = 1 611 tons

Complement:
   543 - 707

Cost:
   £2,295 million / $9,182 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 76 tons, 0,7 %
     - Guns: 76 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: 4 891 tons, 43,7 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 192 tons, 10,7 %
   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):
     27 689 lbs / 12 560 Kg = 525,2 x 4,7 " / 120 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): 0,09
   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): 75,1 %
      - 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: 0,84
      - 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...

Max transport capacity 39 planes

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

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

CV2 class
Karadeniz - 1928 - 1930H1
Kizildeniz - 1928 - 1930H2
Kurtadeniz - 1928 - 1930H2
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

CE1 class

Crutisdeniz - 1929 - 1930H2
Coluhdeniz - 1929 - 1930H2
Cakilcideniz - 1929 - 1930H2
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

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