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- KNS Crusader, Kotynia Battlecruiser laid down 1926
- Displacement:
- 31,699 t light; 33,401 t standard; 35,350 t normal; 36,909 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (784.00 ft / 771.00 ft) x 93.00 ft x (29.00 / 30.05 ft)
- (238.96 m / 235.00 m) x 28.35 m x (8.84 / 9.16 m)
- Armament:
- 9 - 14.00" / 356 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,500.00lbs / 680.39kg shells, 100 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1920 Model
- 3 x 3-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
- 1 raised mount - superfiring
- 16 - 4.72" / 120 mm 45.0 cal guns - 53.17lbs / 24.12kg shells, 450 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1906 Model
- 8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 raised mounts
- 8 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.29lbs / 6.48kg shells, 500 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1899 Model
- 8 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
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1923 Model
- 8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 8 raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 14,466 lbs / 6,562 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 11.5" / 292 mm 470.00 ft / 143.26 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length
- Main Belt inclined -12.50 degrees (positive = in)
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
- 2.50" / 64 mm 470.00 ft / 143.26 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 73.00 ft / 22.25 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 7.50" / 191 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
- 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm -
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 6.00" / 152 mm
- Forecastle: 1.50" / 38 mm Quarter deck: 1.50" / 38 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 12.00" / 305 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 137,152 shp / 102,315 Kw = 30.00 kts
- Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 3,508 tons
- Complement:
- 1,288 - 1,675
- Cost:
- £10.272 million / $41.087 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 2,799 tons, 7.9 %
- - Guns: 2,799 tons, 7.9 %
- Armour: 10,967 tons, 31.0 %
- - Belts: 2,767 tons, 7.8 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,043 tons, 3.0 %
- - Armament: 2,045 tons, 5.8 %
- - Armour Deck: 4,833 tons, 13.7 %
- - Conning Tower: 278 tons, 0.8 %
- Machinery: 4,390 tons, 12.4 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,198 tons, 37.3 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,651 tons, 10.3 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 345 tons, 1.0 %
- - Hull below water: 39 tons
- - Hull void weights: 35 tons
- - Hull above water: 21 tons
- - On freeboard deck: 36 tons
- - Above deck: 214 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 52,736 lbs / 23,920 Kg = 38.4 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 7.3 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
- Metacentric height 5.4 ft / 1.7 m
- Roll period: 16.8 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 63 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.98
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.25
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
- a normal bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.595 / 0.600
- Length to Beam Ratio: 8.29 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 27.77 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 21.50 degrees
- Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 20.00 %, 33.00 ft / 10.06 m, 29.50 ft / 8.99 m
- - Forward deck: 50.00 %, 29.50 ft / 8.99 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- - Aft deck: 10.00 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Average freeboard: 24.86 ft / 7.58 m
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.7 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 199.1 %
- Waterplane Area: 52,198 Square feet or 4,849 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 190 lbs/sq ft or 927 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.97
- - Longitudinal: 1.38
- - Overall: 1.00
- Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
- Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
- Split barbette: 14" above main armor deck, 2" below main armor deck
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