Juno, Great Britain Corvette laid down 1906 Displacement: 1,641 t light; 1,710 t standard; 2,083 t normal; 2,381 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 203.94 ft / 200.00 ft x 40.00 ft x 16.50 ft (normal load) 62.16 m / 60.96 m x 12.19 m x 5.03 m Armament: 2 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns (1x2 guns), 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1906 Model Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette) on centreline forward 4 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1906 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, evenly spread Weight of broadside 294 lbs / 134 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 150 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Ends: Unarmoured - Torpedo Bulkhead: 0.50" / 13 mm 120.00 ft / 36.58 m 16.50 ft / 5.03 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm - Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 5,608 ihp / 4,184 Kw = 18.00 kts Range 4,700nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 671 tons (100% coal) Complement: 153 - 200 Cost: £0.200 million / $0.799 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 37 tons, 1.8 % Armour: 215 tons, 10.3 % - Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 37 tons, 1.8 % - Armament: 60 tons, 2.9 % - Armour Deck: 104 tons, 5.0 % - Conning Tower: 14 tons, 0.7 % Machinery: 795 tons, 38.2 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 595 tons, 28.6 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 442 tons, 21.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 1,244 lbs / 564 Kg = 15.0 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.19 Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m Roll period: 12.7 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 87 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.36 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.25 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.552 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.00 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 14.14 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Average freeboard: 14.32 ft / 4.36 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 274.7 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 97.5 % Waterplane Area: 5,595 Square feet or 520 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 61 lbs/sq ft or 299 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.83 - Longitudinal: 5.12 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
The corvette June, and anachronistic design
I tried my hand at doing an 1860's corvette as an anachronistic design. I chose the Juno, as it had fewer guns. I had to extend my system to handle the 64pdr MLR. The anachronistic Juno can make 18 knots and has a twin 5.5in turret forward and 4-4in guns on the sides, in mounts with shields. The range is 4,700nm at 12 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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