Sverige Battleship laid down 1913 (Engine 1915)
Displacement:
17 911 t light; 18 985 t standard; 19 619 t normal; 20 127 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(527,32 ft / 524,93 ft) x 96,13 ft x (23,06 / 23,55 ft)
(160,73 m / 160,00 m) x 29,30 m x (7,03 / 7,18 m)
Armament:
8 - 12,99" / 330 mm 45,0 cal guns - 1 105,85lbs / 501,61kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1914 Model
3 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
1 raised mount
1 x 2-gun mount on centreline, aft deck aft
16 - 4,72" / 120 mm 50,0 cal guns - 55,82lbs / 25,32kg shells, 350 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1913 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides amidships
16 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in all but light seas
8 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm 50,0 cal guns - 5,98lbs / 2,71kg shells, 600 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1913 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides amidships
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 9 788 lbs / 4 440 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 298,56 ft / 91,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
Ends: 2,95" / 75 mm 226,38 ft / 69,00 m 9,84 ft / 3,00 m
Upper: 3,54" / 90 mm 203,41 ft / 62,00 m 5,58 ft / 1,70 m
Main Belt covers 88% of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1,46" / 37 mm 360,89 ft / 110,00 m 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Hull Bulges:
0,98" / 25 mm 360,89 ft / 110,00 m 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13,4" / 340 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 11,8" / 300 mm
2nd: 3,54" / 90 mm 3,54" / 90 mm 3,54" / 90 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 2,95" / 75 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 1,46" / 37 mm Quarter deck: 1,46" / 37 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 11,81" / 300 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 40 814 shp / 30 447 Kw = 23,00 kts
Range 3 000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1 142 tons (60% coal)
Complement:
828 - 1 077
Cost:
£1,889 million / $7,555 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 069 tons, 10,5%
Armour: 7 430 tons, 37,9%
- Belts: 2 596 tons, 13,2%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 574 tons, 2,9%
- Bulges: 216 tons, 1,1%
- Armament: 2 044 tons, 10,4%
- Armour Deck: 1 815 tons, 9,2%
- Conning Tower: 185 tons, 0,9%
Machinery: 1 635 tons, 8,3%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6 777 tons, 34,5%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 708 tons, 8,7%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
31 425 lbs / 14 254 Kg = 28,7 x 13,0 " / 330 mm shells or 5,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,34
Metacentric height 7,9 ft / 2,4 m
Roll period: 14,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,34
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,590 / 0,593
Length to Beam Ratio: 5,46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22,91 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4,00 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%, 20,01 ft / 6,10 m, 18,70 ft / 5,70 m
- Forward deck: 50,00%, 18,70 ft / 5,70 m, 18,70 ft / 5,70 m
- Aft deck: 14,00%, 10,83 ft / 3,30 m, 10,83 ft / 3,30 m
- Quarter deck: 16,00%, 10,83 ft / 3,30 m, 12,14 ft / 3,70 m
- Average freeboard: 16,55 ft / 5,04 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86,6%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 142,8%
Waterplane Area: 36 563 Square feet or 3 397 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 168 lbs/sq ft or 818 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,95
- Longitudinal: 1,52
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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