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- Chojun-Seo-Class, Seondok County Armored Corvette laid down 1870
- Armoured Corvette (Central battery ironclad)
- Displacement:
- 2,401 t light; 2,550 t standard; 2,791 t normal; 2,984 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (308.40 ft / 295.28 ft) x 45.93 ft x (13.12 / 13.84 ft)
- (94.00 m / 90.00 m) x 14.00 m x (4.00 / 4.22 m)
- Armament:
- 6 - 9.84" / 250 mm 15.0 cal guns - 352.74lbs / 160.00kg shells, 70 per gun
- Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1870 Model
- 6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 12 - 3.15" / 80.0 mm 21.0 cal guns - 11.02lbs / 5.00kg shells, 150 per gun
- Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1866 Model
- 12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 40 - 0.24" / 6.0 mm 200.0 cal guns - 0.01lbs / 0.00kg shells, 150 per gun
- Muzzle loading guns in deck mounts, 1870 Model
- 4 x 2 row decuple mounts on sides, evenly spread
- Weight of broadside 2,249 lbs / 1,020 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 9.84" / 250 mm 118.11 ft / 36.00 m 8.14 ft / 2.48 m
- Ends: 2.17" / 55 mm 177.13 ft / 53.99 m 8.14 ft / 2.48 m
- Main Belt covers 62 % of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
- 0.79" / 20 mm 118.11 ft / 36.00 m 12.04 ft / 3.67 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 45.93 ft / 14.00 m
- Machinery:
- Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
- Direct drive, 2 shafts, 1,473 ihp / 1,099 Kw = 12.00 kts
- Range 1,000nm at 12.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 434 tons (100% coal)
- Complement:
- 191 - 249
- Cost:
- £0.172 million / $0.690 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 105 tons, 3.8 %
- - Guns: 105 tons, 3.8 %
- Armour: 622 tons, 22.3 %
- - Belts: 581 tons, 20.8 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 41 tons, 1.5 %
- Machinery: 361 tons, 12.9 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,313 tons, 47.0 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 390 tons, 14.0 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 4,431 lbs / 2,010 Kg = 13.3 x 9.8 " / 250 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.48
- Metacentric height 3.0 ft / 0.9 m
- Roll period: 11.1 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 89 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.78
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a ram bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.549 / 0.556
- Length to Beam Ratio: 6.43 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 17.18 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 30 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -8.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: -3.28 ft / -1.00 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 30.00 %, 14.76 ft / 4.50 m, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m, 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
- - Aft deck: 10.00 %, 11.48 ft / 3.50 m, 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
- - Quarter deck: 30.00 %, 11.48 ft / 3.50 m, 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
- - Average freeboard: 12.42 ft / 3.79 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 58.0 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 114.1 %
- Waterplane Area: 9,456 Square feet or 879 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 164 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 103 lbs/sq ft or 502 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.92
- - Longitudinal: 2.01
- - Overall: 1.00
- Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Adequate 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
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