HMS Bloody Awful

HMS Bloody Awful, British ironclad laid down 1866
Armoured Corvette (Central battery ironclad)

Displacement:
	7,436 t light; 7,808 t standard; 8,272 t normal; 8,642 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
	(310.00 ft / 300.00 ft) x 57.00 ft x (23.00 / 23.92 ft)
	(94.49 m / 91.44 m) x 17.37 m  x (7.01 / 7.29 m)

Armament:
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm 12.1 cal guns - 600.01lbs / 272.16kg shells, 100 per gun
	  Muzzle loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mounts, 1866 Model
	  1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, forward deck forward
	  1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, aft deck aft
      6 - 7.00" / 178 mm 14.2 cal guns - 110.01lbs / 49.90kg shells, 200 per gun
	  Breech loading guns in broadside mounts, 1866 Model
	  6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 3,060 lbs / 1,388 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:		Width (max)	Length (avg)		Height (avg)
	Main:	8.96" / 228 mm	130.00 ft / 39.62 m	14.00 ft / 4.27 m
	Ends:	7.00" / 178 mm	170.00 ft / 51.82 m	14.00 ft / 4.27 m
	Upper:	5.00" / 127 mm	300.00 ft / 91.44 m	6.28 ft / 1.91 m
	  Main Belt covers 67 % of normal length
	  Main Belt inclined 10.00 degrees (positive = in)

   - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
		2.00" / 51 mm	300.00 ft / 91.44 m	23.00 ft / 7.01 m
	Beam between torpedo bulkheads 50.44 ft / 15.37 m

   - Gun armour:	Face (max)	Other gunhouse (avg)	Barbette/hoist (max)
	Main:	10.5" / 267 mm	8.00" / 203 mm		      -
	2nd:	6.00" / 152 mm	      -			      -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
	For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
	Forecastle: 1.00" / 25 mm  Quarter deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 8.00" / 203 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
	Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
	Direct drive, 2 shafts, 4,463 ihp / 3,329 Kw = 13.37 kts
	Range 4,000nm at 6.00 kts
	Bunker at max displacement = 834 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
	433 - 563

Cost:
	£0.500 million / $2.000 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
	Armament: 171 tons, 2.1 %
	   - Guns: 171 tons, 2.1 %
	Armour: 3,280 tons, 39.7 %
	   - Belts: 1,808 tons, 21.9 %
	   - Torpedo bulkhead: 511 tons, 6.2 %
	   - Armament: 441 tons, 5.3 %
	   - Armour Deck: 449 tons, 5.4 %
	   - Conning Tower: 70 tons, 0.9 %
	Machinery: 1,200 tons, 14.5 %
	Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,785 tons, 33.7 %
	Fuel, ammunition & stores: 836 tons, 10.1 %
	Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
	Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
	  9,485 lbs / 4,302 Kg = 17.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes
	Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
	Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
	Roll period: 13.1 seconds
	Steadiness	- As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
			- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.96
	Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
	Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
	  a ram bow and a round stern
	Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.736 / 0.740
	Length to Beam Ratio: 5.26 : 1
	'Natural speed' for length: 17.32 kts
	Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
	Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
	Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -30.00 degrees
	Stern overhang: -4.00 ft / -1.22 m
	Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
				Fore end,	 Aft end
	   - Forecastle:	30.00 %,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
	   - Forward deck:	30.00 %,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m,  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
	   - Aft deck:	20.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
	   - Quarter deck:	20.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
	   - Average freeboard:		17.64 ft / 5.38 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
	Space	- Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 65.7 %
		- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 108.3 %
	Waterplane Area: 14,150 Square feet or 1,315 Square metres
	Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 130 %
	Structure weight / hull surface area: 154 lbs/sq ft or 754 Kg/sq metre
	Hull strength (Relative):
		- Cross-sectional: 0.87
		- Longitudinal: 3.28
		- 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

Armor:

-Belt:
14ft main belt, 3.5ft underwater. Over magazines, 10" thinning to 8" below waterline. Over machinery, 9" thinning to 7" below waterline.