
Poland Battleship laid down 1934 (Engine 1936)
Displacement:
9 576 t light; 10 072 t standard; 10 398 t normal; 10 658 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
466,46 ft / 456,27 ft x 74,80 ft x 21,33 ft (normal load)
142,18 m / 139,07 m x 22,80 m x 6,50 m
Armament:
6 - 11,14" / 283 mm guns (3x2 guns), 691,56lbs / 313,69kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (6x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1932 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
2 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 0,52" / 13,2 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 1934 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4 593 lbs / 2 083 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7,87" / 200 mm 308,63 ft / 94,07 m 12,01 ft / 3,66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 104% of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
0,98" / 25 mm 328,08 ft / 100,00 m 26,77 ft / 8,16 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7,87" / 200 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 8,66" / 220 mm
2nd: 1,18" / 30 mm 0,59" / 15 mm -
3rd: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
4th: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2,76" / 70 mm, Conning tower: 7,87" / 200 mm
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 10 690 shp / 7 974 Kw = 18,00 kts
Range 2 300nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 587 tons
Complement:
514 - 669
Cost: £4,219 million / $16,877 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 574 tons, 5,5%
Armour: 3 644 tons, 35,0%
- Belts: 1 260 tons, 12,1%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 320 tons, 3,1%
- Armament: 823 tons, 7,9%
- Armour Deck: 1 159 tons, 11,2%
- Conning Tower: 81 tons, 0,8%
Machinery: 300 tons, 2,9%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 808 tons, 46,2%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 822 tons, 7,9%
Miscellaneous weights: 250 tons, 2,4%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
19 877 lbs / 9 016 Kg = 28,7 x 11,1 " / 283 mm shells or 4,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,08
Metacentric height 3,7 ft / 1,1 m
Roll period: 16,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,65
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,59
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,10 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21,36 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 39 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 27,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20,01 ft / 6,10 m
- Forecastle (21%): 16,11 ft / 4,91 m
- Mid (50%): 16,11 ft / 4,91 m
- Quarterdeck (18%): 16,11 ft / 4,91 m
- Stern: 16,11 ft / 4,91 m
- Average freeboard: 16,43 ft / 5,01 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 74,3%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135,7%
Waterplane Area: 22 740 Square feet or 2 113 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 114%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 151 lbs/sq ft or 737 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,02
- Longitudinal: 2,18
- Overall: 1,10
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
A i jeszcze monitor "w wersji francuskiej", którą już się chwaliłem, ale jeszcze nie pokazałem.
Również z opisem ze Springsharpa. Boruta
Poland Monitor laid down 1935 (Engine 1937)
Displacement:
9 179 t light; 9 590 t standard; 9 913 t normal; 10 171 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
374,29 ft / 365,32 ft x 58,96 ft (Bulges 91,77 ft) x 14,76 ft (normal load)
114,08 m / 111,35 m x 17,97 m (Bulges 27,97 m) x 4,50 m
Armament:
2 - 12,99" / 330 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1 096,51lbs / 497,37kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline forward, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (1x4 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,41kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
12 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 0,52" / 13,2 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 1936 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2 485 lbs / 1 127 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,72" / 120 mm 206,69 ft / 63,00 m 15,88 ft / 4,84 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 87% of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1,57" / 40 mm 282,15 ft / 86,00 m 24,05 ft / 7,33 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13,0" / 330 mm 5,98" / 152 mm 13,0" / 330 mm
2nd: 3,94" / 100 mm 1,97" / 50 mm -
- Armour deck: 2,36" / 60 mm, Conning tower: 5,91" / 150 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 6 551 shp / 4 887 Kw = 15,00 kts
Range 5 500nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 582 tons
Complement:
496 - 645
Cost:
£3,093 million / $12,374 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 311 tons, 3,1%
Armour: 2 490 tons, 25,1%
- Belts: 709 tons, 7,2%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 395 tons, 4,0%
- Armament: 572 tons, 5,8%
- Armour Deck: 755 tons, 7,6%
- Conning Tower: 59 tons, 0,6%
Machinery: 182 tons, 1,8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6 196 tons, 62,5%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 734 tons, 7,4%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
32 510 lbs / 14 746 Kg = 29,6 x 13,0 " / 330 mm shells or 12,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,31
Metacentric height 3,7 ft / 1,1 m
Roll period: 20,1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 79 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,19
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,58
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,701
Length to Beam Ratio: 3,98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19,11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 42 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 24,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20,14 ft / 6,14 m
- Forecastle (31%): 16,27 ft / 4,96 m
- Mid (50%): 16,27 ft / 4,96 m
- Quarterdeck (16%): 16,27 ft / 4,96 m
- Stern: 16,27 ft / 4,96 m
- Average freeboard: 16,75 ft / 5,11 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 47,8%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 108,0%
Waterplane Area: 17 279 Square feet or 1 605 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 186%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 223 lbs/sq ft or 1 090 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,53
- Longitudinal: 3,63
- Overall: 1,67
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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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