MIN Dauntless, Muscatatuck IBDN laid down 1905
Displacement:
12,175 t light; 12,786 t standard; 14,388 t normal; 15,670 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(400.16 ft / 398.50 ft) x 30.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x (22.00 / 26.61 ft)
(121.97 m / 121.46 m) x 9.14 m (Bulges 24.38 m) x (6.71 / 8.11 m)
Armament:
6 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 871.38lbs / 395.25kg shells, 80 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, aft deck aft
1 raised mount aft - superfiring
1 x Twin mount on centreline, forward deck forward
1 raised mount
16 - 5.12" / 130 mm 45.0 cal guns - 67.62lbs / 30.67kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
4 x Quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 6,310 lbs / 2,862 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
Ends: 2.00" / 51 mm 90.00 ft / 27.43 m 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
18.50 ft / 5.64 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 112 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
4.00" / 102 mm 375.00 ft / 114.30 m 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Hull Bulges:
2.00" / 51 mm 375.00 ft / 114.30 m 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm
- Protected deck - single deck:
For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 22,765 ihp / 16,983 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,884 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
656 - 853
Cost:
£1.479 million / $5.916 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,179 tons, 8.2 %
- Guns: 1,179 tons, 8.2 %
Armour: 3,580 tons, 24.9 %
- Belts: 1,351 tons, 9.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 389 tons, 2.7 %
- Bulges: 500 tons, 3.5 %
- Armament: 1,062 tons, 7.4 %
- Armour Deck: 279 tons, 1.9 %
Machinery: 3,299 tons, 22.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,117 tons, 28.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,213 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9,365 lbs / 4,248 Kg = 10.8 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.38
Metacentric height 1.4 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 28.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.718 / 0.647
Length to Beam Ratio: 4.98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.96 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -10.00 ft / -3.05 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Aft deck: 30.00 %, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 11.00 ft / 3.35 m, 12.50 ft / 3.81 m
- Average freeboard: 17.55 ft / 5.35 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 111.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 53.7 %
Waterplane Area: 9,736 Square feet or 905 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 91 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 155 lbs/sq ft or 756 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 4.00
- Overall: 1.08
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Cramped accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
I plan on working out a head view just because I feel it'll be intimidating head on
Edit: fixed the turret color, my eyes were so tired the grey blended in