Capitani Romani class, Italy Light Cruiser laid down 1940 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
4,045 t light; 4,187 t standard; 4,526 t normal; 4,797 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(465.72 ft / 459.32 ft) x 47.24 ft x (16.40 / 17.09 ft)
(141.95 m / 140.00 m) x 14.40 m x (5.00 / 5.21 m)
Armament:
8 - 5.31" / 135 mm 45.0 cal guns - 75.71lbs / 34.34kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1940 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 1.69lbs / 0.77kg shells, 150 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts , 1940 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 619 lbs / 619 kg
8 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.47" / 12 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.47" / 12 mm
- Armour deck: 0.39" / 10 mm, Conning tower: 0.59" / 15 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 72,626 shp / 54,179 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 3,200nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 610 tons
Complement:
275 - 358
Cost:
£2.661 million / $10.644 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 144 tons, 3.2 %
Armour: 137 tons, 3.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 33 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 100 tons, 2.2 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 1,737 tons, 38.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,101 tons, 46.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 481 tons, 10.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,421 lbs / 1,552 Kg = 45.6 x 5.3 " / 135 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 13.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.445 / 0.453
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.72 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 11.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.98 ft / 0.30 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 27.89 ft / 8.50 m, 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 21.33 ft / 6.50 m, 18.04 ft / 5.50 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 18.04 ft / 5.50 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 19.18 ft / 5.85 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 136.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 130.8 %
Waterplane Area: 13,786 Square feet or 1,281 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 82 lbs/sq ft or 398 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.73
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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I apparently cannot make the machinery sufficiently light enough to make the Italian Capitani Romani class ships work in Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta (the Attilio Regolo, in particular). I was able to reduce the performance sufficiently, that I could make a workable Springsharp design, but the result is a hollow victory:
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