I know the armord belt is to tall, I gave into my baser instincts and let hindsight run rampant (and I know the 3 twins arangement isnt exactly period but germany did do it in the 1890s so I went ahead and did it)
HMS Tester, Kingdom of Testistan AC-BB Unified hull laid down 1885
Displacement:
10,500 t light; 10,877 t standard; 11,795 t normal; 12,530 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
414.00 ft / 414.00 ft x 65.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
126.19 m / 126.19 m x 19.81 m x 7.62 m
Armament:
6 - 11.00" / 279 mm guns (3x2 guns), 615.59lbs / 279.23kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
6 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns in single mounts, 42.15lbs / 19.12kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
2 - 3.50" / 88.9 mm guns in single mounts, 19.83lbs / 8.99kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward
2 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
6 - 3.50" / 88.9 mm guns in single mounts, 19.83lbs / 8.99kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
10 - 1.50" / 38.1 mm guns in single mounts, 1.56lbs / 0.71kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4,121 lbs / 1,869 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 60
6 - 17.7" / 450.0001 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 236.00 ft / 71.93 m 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
Ends: 7.00" / 178 mm 178.00 ft / 54.25 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Main Belt covers 88 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 11.0" / 279 mm
2nd: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
4th: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
5th: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 8,159 ihp / 6,086 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 4,300nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,653 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
565 - 735
Cost:
£1.022 million / $4.089 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 515 tons, 4.4 %
Armour: 4,232 tons, 35.9 %
- Belts: 2,552 tons, 21.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 820 tons, 6.9 %
- Armour Deck: 738 tons, 6.3 %
- Conning Tower: 123 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 1,586 tons, 13.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,067 tons, 34.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,295 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,444 lbs / 5,645 Kg = 20.2 x 11.0 " / 279 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.59
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.39
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.614
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 39 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Forecastle (16 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (49 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarterdeck (27 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 83.8 %
Waterplane Area: 19,933 Square feet or 1,852 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 139 lbs/sq ft or 678 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.72
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
and the AC version (I may skip out on this idea compleatly initialy as it works much better in 1890)
HMS Tester, Kingdom of Testistan AC-BB Unified hull laid down 1885
Displacement:
10,500 t light; 10,836 t standard; 11,795 t normal; 12,562 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
414.00 ft / 414.00 ft x 65.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
126.19 m / 126.19 m x 19.81 m x 7.62 m
Armament:
4 - 11.00" / 279 mm guns (2x2 guns), 615.59lbs / 279.23kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns in single mounts, 42.15lbs / 19.12kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
2 - 3.50" / 88.9 mm guns in single mounts, 19.83lbs / 8.99kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward
2 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
6 - 3.50" / 88.9 mm guns in single mounts, 19.83lbs / 8.99kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
10 - 1.50" / 38.1 mm guns in single mounts, 1.56lbs / 0.71kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2,889 lbs / 1,311 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 60
6 - 17.7" / 450.0001 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 289.80 ft / 88.33 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 124.18 ft / 37.85 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
4th: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
5th: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 15,612 ihp / 11,646 Kw = 19.00 kts
Range 4,505nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,727 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
565 - 735
Cost:
£1.096 million / $4.383 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 361 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 3,155 tons, 26.7 %
- Belts: 1,774 tons, 15.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 531 tons, 4.5 %
- Armour Deck: 738 tons, 6.3 %
- Conning Tower: 112 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 3,034 tons, 25.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,780 tons, 32.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,295 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 170 tons, 1.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
8,717 lbs / 3,954 Kg = 14.2 x 11.0 " / 279 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 14.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.37
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.33
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.614
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 53
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (49 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 107.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 83.8 %
Waterplane Area: 19,933 Square feet or 1,852 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 96 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 129 lbs/sq ft or 630 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.69
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
or the more period apropriat 9500 ton version (aka the I ignored hindsight as much as possible on it version)
HMS Tester, Kingdom of Testistan Battleship laid down 1885
Displacement:
9,500 t light; 9,857 t standard; 10,717 t normal; 11,405 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
380.00 ft / 380.00 ft x 64.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
115.82 m / 115.82 m x 19.51 m x 7.62 m
Armament:
6 - 11.00" / 279 mm guns (3x2 guns), 615.59lbs / 279.23kg shells, 1885 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
6 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 57.81lbs / 26.22kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 12.49lbs / 5.66kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward
2 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 12.49lbs / 5.66kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
10 - 1.50" / 38.1 mm guns in single mounts, 1.56lbs / 0.71kg shells, 1885 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4,156 lbs / 1,885 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 60
6 - 17.7" / 450.0001 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 247.00 ft / 75.29 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 132.98 ft / 40.53 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm -
2nd: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
3rd: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
4th: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
5th: 1.50" / 38 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.60" / 66 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 8,000 ihp / 5,968 Kw = 16.06 kts
Range 4,300nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,549 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
526 - 684
Cost:
£0.987 million / $3.946 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 519 tons, 4.8 %
Armour: 3,478 tons, 32.5 %
- Belts: 1,605 tons, 15.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 899 tons, 8.4 %
- Armour Deck: 869 tons, 8.1 %
- Conning Tower: 105 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 1,555 tons, 14.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,948 tons, 36.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,217 tons, 11.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11,756 lbs / 5,332 Kg = 19.1 x 11.0 " / 279 mm shells or 1.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.84
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.76
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.617
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.94 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.49 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Mid (49 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m (18.00 ft / 5.49 m before break)
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 16.60 ft / 5.06 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 103.5 %
Waterplane Area: 18,070 Square feet or 1,679 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 143 lbs/sq ft or 698 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.90
- Longitudinal: 2.47
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
I found a few old designs I did for Rohan to back-tech them farther than our original 1883 date.
Basically armored cruisers/battleships
Theoden, Rohan Battleship laid down 1875
Displacement:
5,405 t light; 5,719 t standard; 6,100 t normal; 6,380 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
340.00 ft / 340.00 ft x 50.00 ft x 19.00 ft (normal load)
103.63 m / 103.63 m x 15.24 m x 5.79 m
Armament:
2 - 9.00" / 229 mm guns in single mounts, 342.64lbs / 155.42kg shells, 1886 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 101.52lbs / 46.05kg shells, 1886 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 12.69lbs / 5.76kg shells, 1886 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 2,056 lbs / 933 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 140.00 ft / 42.67 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 200.00 ft / 60.96 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 140.00 ft / 42.67 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Main Belt covers 63 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 5.00" / 127 mm -
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm - -
3rd: 0.75" / 19 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,930 ihp / 2,186 Kw = 12.97 kts
Range 4,000nm at 7.00 kts (Bunkerage = 686 tons)
Complement:
344 - 448
Cost:
£0.496 million / $1.986 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 257 tons, 4.2 %
Armour: 2,194 tons, 36.0 %
- Belts: 1,326 tons, 21.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 564 tons, 9.2 %
- Armour Deck: 240 tons, 3.9 %
- Conning Tower: 65 tons, 1.1 %
Machinery: 653 tons, 10.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,300 tons, 37.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 695 tons, 11.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
6,607 lbs / 2,997 Kg = 23.4 x 9.0 " / 229 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 77 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.66
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.55
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.661
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.44 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 33 %
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 (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 13.82 ft / 4.21 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 96.8 %
Waterplane Area: 12,992 Square feet or 1,207 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 564 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.75
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
A second one, slightly newer
Aragorn, Rohan Battleship laid down 1877
Displacement:
5,646 t light; 5,936 t standard; 6,300 t normal; 6,566 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
340.00 ft / 340.00 ft x 50.00 ft x 19.00 ft (normal load)
103.63 m / 103.63 m x 15.24 m x 5.79 m
Armament:
2 - 9.00" / 229 mm guns in single mounts, 293.46lbs / 133.11kg shells, 1877 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 86.95lbs / 39.44kg shells, 1877 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 10.87lbs / 4.93kg shells, 1877 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,761 lbs / 799 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 140.00 ft / 42.67 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 200.00 ft / 60.96 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 140.00 ft / 42.67 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Main Belt covers 63 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 5.00" / 127 mm -
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm - -
3rd: 0.75" / 19 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 3,000 ihp / 2,238 Kw = 13.03 kts
Range 4,000nm at 7.00 kts (Bunkerage = 654 tons)
Complement:
353 - 459
Cost:
£0.473 million / $1.892 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 220 tons, 3.5 %
Armour: 2,565 tons, 40.7 %
- Belts: 1,673 tons, 26.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 572 tons, 9.1 %
- Armour Deck: 246 tons, 3.9 %
- Conning Tower: 73 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 647 tons, 10.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,213 tons, 35.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 654 tons, 10.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
7,831 lbs / 3,552 Kg = 26.7 x 9.0 " / 229 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.6 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.53
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.683
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.44 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 34 %
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 (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 13.82 ft / 4.21 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 61.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 96.6 %
Waterplane Area: 13,293 Square feet or 1,235 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 109 lbs/sq ft or 535 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.65
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
And the last one...this one actually appeared in the sim as a ship sold to California by Rohan in order to afford to finish one of the newer battleships around 1898.
Deor, Rohan Battleship laid down 1881 (Engine 1891)
Displacement:
5,848 t light; 6,373 t standard; 6,800 t normal; 7,114 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
360.00 ft / 360.00 ft x 50.00 ft x 19.00 ft (normal load)
109.73 m / 109.73 m x 15.24 m x 5.79 m
Armament:
2 - 11.00" / 279 mm guns in single mounts, 575.70lbs / 261.13kg shells, 1881 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
14 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 93.43lbs / 42.38kg shells, 1881 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
6 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in all but light seas
8 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 11.68lbs / 5.30kg shells, 1881 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.75" / 19.1 mm guns in single mounts, 0.18lbs / 0.08kg shells, 1881 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2,554 lbs / 1,158 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 141.00 ft / 42.98 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 219.00 ft / 66.75 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 141.00 ft / 42.98 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Main Belt covers 60 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm - -
3rd: 0.75" / 19 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.25" / 32 mm, Conning tower: 8.50" / 216 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,739 ihp / 2,043 Kw = 13.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 7.00 kts (Bunkerage = 768 tons)
Complement:
373 - 486
Cost:
£0.547 million / $2.186 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 319 tons, 4.7 %
Armour: 2,489 tons, 36.6 %
- Belts: 1,601 tons, 23.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 492 tons, 7.2 %
- Armour Deck: 330 tons, 4.9 %
- Conning Tower: 66 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 527 tons, 7.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,488 tons, 36.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 952 tons, 14.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 25 tons, 0.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
8,857 lbs / 4,017 Kg = 15.4 x 11.0 " / 279 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 2.3 ft / 0.7 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.67
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.50
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.696
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.20 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.97 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 32 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 14.16 ft / 4.31 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 65.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 100.1 %
Waterplane Area: 14,270 Square feet or 1,326 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 560 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.67
- Overall: 1.06
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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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