Training Cruisers

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Order of Battle

Kongo class (1875)
Kongo (refit 1896)

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Kongo

Refurbished in 1896 as a training ship.



Kongo class, Japan Armored Frigate laid down 1875 (Engine 1896)
Armoured Corvette (Broadside ironclad)

Displacement:
   2,080 t light; 2,152 t standard; 2,366 t normal; 2,537 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (220.00 ft / 220.00 ft) x 41.00 ft x (17.00 / 17.99 ft)
   (67.06 m / 67.06 m) x 12.50 m  x (5.18 / 5.48 m)

Armament:
      8 - 5.00" / 127 mm 45.0 cal guns - 55.49lbs / 25.17kg shells, 100 per gun
     Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1875 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 444 lbs / 201 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   4.00" / 102 mm   120.00 ft / 36.58 m   10.00 ft / 3.05 m
   Ends:   2.00" / 51 mm   100.00 ft / 30.48 m   10.00 ft / 3.05 m
     Main Belt covers 84 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   2.00" / 51 mm         -               -

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

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 1 shaft, 2,065 ihp / 1,541 Kw = 14.00 kts
   Range 3,400nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 384 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   169 - 220

Cost:
   £0.147 million / $0.588 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 61 tons, 2.6 %
      - Guns: 61 tons, 2.6 %
   Armour: 438 tons, 18.5 %
      - Belts: 298 tons, 12.6 %
      - Armament: 27 tons, 1.2 %
      - Armour Deck: 113 tons, 4.8 %
   Machinery: 379 tons, 16.0 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 692 tons, 29.2 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 285 tons, 12.1 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 510 tons, 21.6 %
      - Hull below water: 100 tons
      - Hull above water: 340 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 60 tons
      - Above deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     2,411 lbs / 1,094 Kg = 49.8 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.41
   Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
   Roll period: 11.1 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.14
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.84

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.540 / 0.547
   Length to Beam Ratio: 5.37 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 14.83 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
   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 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m,  11.00 ft / 3.35 m
      - Average freeboard:      11.00 ft / 3.35 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81.4 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 74.9 %
   Waterplane Area: 6,038 Square feet or 561 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 124 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 74 lbs/sq ft or 360 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.89
      - Longitudinal: 2.91
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped 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

150t - Full rigging
340t - Student equipment
10t - 2 Torpedo tubes + reloads
10t - Short-range wireless