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- Marseille, France Battleship laid down 1931
- Displacement:
- 25,603 t light; 27,000 t standard; 29,472 t normal; 31,449 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (784.36 ft / 773.95 ft) x 99.08 ft x (26.90 / 28.26 ft)
- (239.07 m / 235.90 m) x 30.20 m x (8.20 / 8.61 m)
- Armament:
- 6 - 14.96" / 380 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,688.52lbs / 765.90kg shells, 110 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1928 Model
- 3 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
- 1 raised mount - superfiring
- 9 - 5.98" / 152 mm 45.0 cal guns - 123.46lbs / 56.00kg shells, 200 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1930 Model
- 2 x Triple mounts on sides, forward deck aft
- 1 x Triple mount on centreline, aft deck centre
- 1 raised mount
- 12 - 3.94" / 100 mm 45.0 cal guns - 30.78lbs / 13.96kg shells, 300 per gun
- Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1930 Model
- 6 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 16 - 0.52" / 13.2 mm 76.0 cal guns - 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 3,000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1929 Model
- 4 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
- 4 raised mounts
- 4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- Weight of broadside 11,613 lbs / 5,268 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 11.0" / 280 mm 377.30 ft / 115.00 m 11.98 ft / 3.65 m
- Ends: 2.13" / 54 mm 396.33 ft / 120.80 m 11.98 ft / 3.65 m
- Upper: 0.47" / 12 mm 492.85 ft / 150.22 m 8.01 ft / 2.44 m
- Main Belt covers 75 % of normal length
- Main Belt inclined 8.00 degrees (positive = in)
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
- 1.57" / 40 mm 367.45 ft / 112.00 m 23.69 ft / 7.22 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 85.30 ft / 26.00 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 9.45" / 240 mm 3.15" / 80 mm 6.30" / 160 mm
- 2nd: 2.99" / 76 mm 1.10" / 28 mm 2.99" / 76 mm
- 3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm - -
- - Protected deck - single deck:
- For and Aft decks: 5.51" / 140 mm
- Forecastle: 1.89" / 48 mm Quarter deck: 1.18" / 30 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 3.15" / 80 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 91,265 shp / 68,084 Kw = 28.00 kts
- Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 4,449 tons
- Complement:
- 1,124 - 1,462
- Cost:
- £10.181 million / $40.723 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 1,950 tons, 6.6 %
- - Guns: 1,950 tons, 6.6 %
- Armour: 8,841 tons, 30.0 %
- - Belts: 2,675 tons, 9.1 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 507 tons, 1.7 %
- - Armament: 1,086 tons, 3.7 %
- - Armour Deck: 4,508 tons, 15.3 %
- - Conning Tower: 65 tons, 0.2 %
- Machinery: 2,729 tons, 9.3 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,913 tons, 40.4 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,868 tons, 13.1 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 170 tons, 0.6 %
- - Above deck: 170 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 52,512 lbs / 23,819 Kg = 31.4 x 15.0 " / 380 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
- Metacentric height 7.5 ft / 2.3 m
- Roll period: 15.2 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.51
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.41
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a normal bow and a round stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.500 / 0.508
- Length to Beam Ratio: 7.81 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 27.82 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: 3.94 ft / 1.20 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 20.00 %, 30.47 ft / 9.29 m, 24.84 ft / 7.57 m
- - Forward deck: 32.00 %, 24.84 ft / 7.57 m, 19.32 ft / 5.89 m
- - Aft deck: 32.00 %, 19.32 ft / 5.89 m, 19.32 ft / 5.89 m
- - Quarter deck: 16.00 %, 19.32 ft / 5.89 m, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- - Average freeboard: 21.79 ft / 6.64 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 73.9 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 179.2 %
- Waterplane Area: 51,093 Square feet or 4,747 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 178 lbs/sq ft or 870 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.97
- - Longitudinal: 1.22
- - Overall: 1.00
- Excellent 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
- Compressed air rotating catapult - 25t
- Floatplane recovery crane - 25t
- 3x GL-812 HY floatplanes - 60t
- 2x hangar space - 60t
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