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- HMF Vasaloppet, English Heavy Battlecruiser laid down 1941 (Engine 1940)
- Displacement:
- 61,474 t light; 66,726 t standard; 70,200 t normal; 72,979 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (930.00 ft / 900.00 ft) x 106.00 ft (Bulges 120.00 ft) x (35.00 / 36.33 ft)
- (283.46 m / 274.32 m) x 32.31 m (Bulges 36.58 m) x (10.67 / 11.07 m)
- Armament:
- 8 - 19.50" / 495 mm 58.0 cal guns - 5,500.00lbs / 2,494.76kg shells, 140 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1940 Model
- 4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
- 2 raised mounts - superfiring
- 20 - 6.00" / 152 mm 120.0 cal guns - 109.00lbs / 49.44kg shells, 200 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1941 Model
- 10 x Twin mounts on side ends, majority forward
- 52 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 35.7 cal guns - 1.50lbs / 0.68kg shells, 2,000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1941 Model
- 13 x Twin mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
- 13 raised mounts
- 13 x Twin mounts layout not set
- 13 double raised mounts
- 18 - 4.00" / 102 mm 40.0 cal guns - 30.67lbs / 13.91kg shells, 200 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1941 Model
- 18 x Single mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
- 6 raised mounts
- 32 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm 48.0 cal guns - 0.51lbs / 0.23kg shells, 4,000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1941 Model
- 32 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 12 raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 46,826 lbs / 21,240 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 571.50 ft / 174.19 m 12.35 ft / 3.76 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
- Main Belt inclined 30.00 degrees (positive = in)
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
- 12.0" / 305 mm 571.50 ft / 174.19 m 33.60 ft / 10.24 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 96.00 ft / 29.26 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 13.0" / 330 mm
- 2nd: 4.50" / 114 mm 4.50" / 114 mm 4.50" / 114 mm
- 3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
- 4th: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
- 5th: 0.50" / 13 mm 0.50" / 13 mm -
- - Box over magazines:
- 5.00" / 127 mm
- Forecastle: 5.00" / 127 mm Quarter deck: 7.00" / 178 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 4.00" / 102 mm, Aft 4.00" / 102 mm
- Machinery:
- Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 205,338 shp / 153,182 Kw = 30.00 kts
- Range 2,200nm at 23.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 6,252 tons (100% coal)
- Complement:
- 2,156 - 2,803
- Cost:
- £46.734 million / $186.938 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 7,883 tons, 11.2 %
- - Guns: 7,883 tons, 11.2 %
- Armour: 21,860 tons, 31.1 %
- - Belts: 4,485 tons, 6.4 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 8,526 tons, 12.1 %
- - Armament: 6,412 tons, 9.1 %
- - Armour Deck: 2,144 tons, 3.1 %
- - Conning Towers: 293 tons, 0.4 %
- Machinery: 6,039 tons, 8.6 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 25,692 tons, 36.6 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8,726 tons, 12.4 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 63,450 lbs / 28,780 Kg = 17.1 x 19.5 " / 495 mm shells or 12.2 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
- Metacentric height 6.3 ft / 1.9 m
- Roll period: 20.1 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1.00
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.93
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
- a ram bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.650 / 0.651
- Length to Beam Ratio: 7.50 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 30.00 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 20.80 %, 33.00 ft / 10.06 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- - Aft deck: 33.50 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Quarter deck: 15.70 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Average freeboard: 22.09 ft / 6.73 m
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.3 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 136.9 %
- Waterplane Area: 73,082 Square feet or 6,790 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 91 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 266 lbs/sq ft or 1,301 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.96
- - Longitudinal: 0.94
- - Overall: 0.94
- Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
- Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
- Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather
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