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- "Great Huntress"-Class, Mazantsi Dominion Battlecruiser laid down 1910
- Displacement:
- 27,070 t light; 29,400 t standard; 32,432 t normal; 34,857 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (724.50 ft / 720.00 ft) x 88.00 ft x (33.00 / 34.93 ft)
- (220.83 m / 219.46 m) x 26.82 m x (10.06 / 10.65 m)
- Armament:
- 14 - 13.50" / 343 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,240.68lbs / 562.76kg shells, 150 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1910 Model
- 7 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
- 3 raised mounts - superfiring
- 16 - 6.25" / 159 mm 47.0 cal guns - 126.98lbs / 57.60kg shells, 200 per gun
- Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1907 Model
- 16 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
- 4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 42.0 cal guns - 13.09lbs / 5.94kg shells, 300 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1890 Model
- 4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 19,453 lbs / 8,824 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 11.26 ft / 3.43 m
- Ends: 2.00" / 51 mm 70.00 ft / 21.34 m 11.26 ft / 3.43 m
- Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
- Main Belt covers 139 % of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
- 2.50" / 64 mm 576.00 ft / 175.56 m 30.29 ft / 9.23 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 60.00 ft / 18.29 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 2.50" / 64 mm
- Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 14.00" / 356 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
- Machinery:
- Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Direct drive, 2 shafts, 99,242 shp / 74,035 Kw = 28.00 kts
- Range 9,000nm at 12.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 5,457 tons (75% coal)
- Complement:
- 1,207 - 1,570
- Cost:
- £3.286 million / $13.145 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 3,353 tons, 10.3 %
- - Guns: 3,353 tons, 10.3 %
- Armour: 9,341 tons, 28.8 %
- - Belts: 2,612 tons, 8.1 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,614 tons, 5.0 %
- - Armament: 2,794 tons, 8.6 %
- - Armour Deck: 2,014 tons, 6.2 %
- - Conning Tower: 307 tons, 0.9 %
- Machinery: 4,401 tons, 13.6 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 9,875 tons, 30.4 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,362 tons, 16.5 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.3 %
- - Above deck: 100 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 30,515 lbs / 13,841 Kg = 24.8 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 4.3 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.03
- Metacentric height 4.4 ft / 1.3 m
- Roll period: 17.6 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1.17
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.05
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
- a normal bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.543 / 0.551
- Length to Beam Ratio: 8.18 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 26.83 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 8.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: -4.00 ft / -1.22 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 10.00 %, 32.00 ft / 9.75 m, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- - Forward deck: 25.00 %, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- - Aft deck: 55.00 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Quarter deck: 10.00 %, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- - Average freeboard: 19.86 ft / 6.05 m
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 137.9 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 132.6 %
- Waterplane Area: 43,925 Square feet or 4,081 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 94 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 194 lbs/sq ft or 950 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.98
- - Longitudinal: 1.20
- - Overall: 1.00
- Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
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