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- Titan-Class, Mazantsi Dominion Battleship laid down 1881
- Barbette ship
- Displacement:
- 9,450 t light; 10,100 t standard; 12,009 t normal; 13,536 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (303.00 ft / 300.00 ft) x 88.00 ft x (27.00 / 29.80 ft)
- (92.35 m / 91.44 m) x 26.82 m x (8.23 / 9.08 m)
- Armament:
- 4 - 16.25" / 413 mm 30.0 cal guns - 1,823.23lbs / 827.00kg shells, 100 per gun
- Breech loading guns in open barbette mounts, 1880 Model
- 2 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
- 4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 30.0 cal guns - 11.47lbs / 5.20kg shells, 150 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1880 Model
- 4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 - 1.00" / 25.4 mm 40.0 cal guns - 0.44lbs / 0.20kg shells, 150 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1880 Model
- 4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 double raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 7,341 lbs / 3,330 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 16.5" / 419 mm 150.00 ft / 45.72 m 11.26 ft / 3.43 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 77 % of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
- 1.00" / 25 mm 155.00 ft / 47.24 m 24.80 ft / 7.56 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 80.00 ft / 24.38 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: - - 12.0" / 305 mm
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 3.00" / 76 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, 7,738 ihp / 5,773 Kw = 15.00 kts
- Range 8,000nm at 10.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 3,437 tons (100% coal)
- Complement:
- 573 - 745
- Cost:
- £0.871 million / $3.482 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 767 tons, 6.4 %
- - Guns: 767 tons, 6.4 %
- Armour: 3,445 tons, 28.7 %
- - Belts: 1,531 tons, 12.7 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 142 tons, 1.2 %
- - Armament: 858 tons, 7.1 %
- - Armour Deck: 824 tons, 6.9 %
- - Conning Tower: 90 tons, 0.8 %
- Machinery: 1,578 tons, 13.1 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,660 tons, 30.5 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,559 tons, 21.3 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 16,523 lbs / 7,495 Kg = 8.9 x 16.3 " / 413 mm shells or 3.5 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.97
- Metacentric height 12.1 ft / 3.7 m
- Roll period: 10.6 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 85 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.17
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.70
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a ram bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.590 / 0.602
- Length to Beam Ratio: 3.41 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 17.32 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -4.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: -4.00 ft / -1.22 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 20.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- - Forward deck: 23.50 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- - Aft deck: 36.50 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- - Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- - Average freeboard: 13.19 ft / 4.02 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.1 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 80.0 %
- Waterplane Area: 19,123 Square feet or 1,777 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 125 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 166 lbs/sq ft or 813 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.85
- - Longitudinal: 4.06
- - 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
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