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- KNS Tenacious, Kotynia Battleship laid down 1923
- Displacement:
- 31,032 t light; 33,252 t standard; 34,965 t normal; 36,335 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (711.75 ft / 700.00 ft) x 105.00 ft x (30.00 / 30.93 ft)
- (216.94 m / 213.36 m) x 32.00 m x (9.14 / 9.43 m)
- Armament:
- 12 - 14.00" / 356 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,500.00lbs / 680.39kg shells, 130 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1920 Model
- 4 x Triple mounts on centreline, evenly spread
- 2 raised mounts
- 16 - 4.72" / 120 mm 45.0 cal guns - 53.18lbs / 24.12kg shells, 375 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1906 Model
- 8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 raised mounts
- 12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.29lbs / 6.48kg shells, 450 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1899 Model
- 12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 raised mounts
- 8 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm 85.0 cal guns - 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1,900 per gun
- Machine guns in deck mounts, 1923 Model
- 8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 8 raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 19,023 lbs / 8,629 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 12.5" / 318 mm 465.00 ft / 141.73 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length
- Main Belt inclined -12.00 degrees (positive = in)
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
- 2.50" / 64 mm 465.00 ft / 141.73 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 72.00 ft / 21.95 m
- - Hull void:
- 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: 16.0" / 406 mm 7.75" / 197 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
- 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm - -
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 5.00" / 127 mm
- Forecastle: 1.50" / 38 mm Quarter deck: 1.50" / 38 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 17.50" / 445 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 81,274 shp / 60,630 Kw = 26.00 kts
- Range 6,500nm at 14.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 3,083 tons
- Complement:
- 1,278 - 1,662
- Cost:
- £9.036 million / $36.143 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 3,042 tons, 8.7 %
- - Guns: 3,042 tons, 8.7 %
- Armour: 11,179 tons, 32.0 %
- - Belts: 3,001 tons, 8.6 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,075 tons, 3.1 %
- - Armament: 2,779 tons, 7.9 %
- - Armour Deck: 3,919 tons, 11.2 %
- - Conning Tower: 403 tons, 1.2 %
- Machinery: 2,716 tons, 7.8 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,768 tons, 39.4 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,933 tons, 11.2 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 328 tons, 0.9 %
- - Hull below water: 41 tons
- - Hull void weights: 29 tons
- - Hull above water: 25 tons
- - On freeboard deck: 36 tons
- - Above deck: 197 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 55,127 lbs / 25,005 Kg = 40.2 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 8.9 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
- Metacentric height 6.7 ft / 2.1 m
- Roll period: 17.0 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 74 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1.00
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.48
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
- a normal bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.555 / 0.559
- Length to Beam Ratio: 6.67 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 26.46 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 19.06 degrees
- Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 22.00 %, 34.00 ft / 10.36 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- - Forward deck: 38.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- - Aft deck: 18.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- - Quarter deck: 22.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- - Average freeboard: 24.96 ft / 7.61 m
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101.7 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 195.7 %
- Waterplane Area: 51,536 Square feet or 4,788 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 219 lbs/sq ft or 1,069 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.94
- - Longitudinal: 1.80
- - Overall: 1.00
- Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
- Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
- Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
- Split barbette: 16" above upper armor deck; 7" between upper and main armor decks; 4" below main armor deck
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