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Here are her stats as of when she is complete:
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany Battleship laid down 1942 (Engine 1943)

Displacement:
124,277 t light; 130,126 t standard; 139,926 t normal; 147,765 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,101.24 ft / 1,040.90 ft x 130.00 ft x 48.00 ft (normal load)
335.66 m / 317.27 m x 39.62 m x 14.63 m

Armament:
12 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,916.00lbs / 1,322.68kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
20 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on side, all amidships
40 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (20x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 36,309 lbs / 16,469 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 676.59 ft / 206.22 m 14.20 ft / 4.33 m
Ends: 7.00" / 178 mm 364.30 ft / 111.04 m 14.20 ft / 4.33 m
Upper: 3.00" / 76 mm 676.59 ft / 206.22 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.10" / 53 mm 676.59 ft / 206.22 m 46.67 ft / 14.23 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 15.0" / 381 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.61" / 41 mm -
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 14.00" / 356 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 265,847 shp / 198,322 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 19.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 17,640 tons

Complement:
3,616 - 4,702

Cost:
£58.066 million / $232.263 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4,540 tons, 3.2 %
Armour: 26,808 tons, 19.2 %
- Belts: 7,405 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,453 tons, 1.8 %
- Armament: 7,721 tons, 5.5 %
- Armour Deck: 8,416 tons, 6.0 %
- Conning Tower: 813 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 6,866 tons, 4.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 85,963 tons, 61.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 15,649 tons, 11.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
287,099 lbs / 130,226 Kg = 98.5 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 57.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 9.2 ft / 2.8 m
Roll period: 18.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 66 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.55
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.30

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.754
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.01 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32.26 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 51.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 44.00 ft / 13.41 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Mid (50 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 29.49 ft / 8.99 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 50.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 159.9 %
Waterplane Area: 113,723 Square feet or 10,565 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 182 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 532 lbs/sq ft or 2,596 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 2.35
- Longitudinal: 2.59
- Overall: 2.37
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Progress:

The back of the ship is pretty similiar of the Yamato Class.

Man 12 barrels and caliber 18?

This ship may be a little more larger isn't?and the back of the ship will a aircraft laucher?

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Verusea Alternative Universe is starting to build up.

Looks promising. I do think the vessel would be better off a bit longer, but thats not very important right now.

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Puerto Oeste - AU - WWI-WWII

You don't want "Coles/Ericsson turrets" for your secondary battery--those are Civil War monitor style turrets, and are awful for topweight, as they are not supported by much of anything. The proper Springsharp nomenclature for that type of mounting is "Mount and Hoist". Likewise, unless you have rather odd arrangements, your 37mm are likely simply deck mounts.

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We can't stop here--this is Bat country!

If it's close enough to cast a shadow, I think the flying house wins initiative.

Bronies are like the Forsworn. Everyone agrees that they are a problem but nobody wants to expend the energy rooting them out.

"That is a very graphic analogy which aids understanding wonderfully while being, strictly speaking, wrong in every possible way."

Underway on the superstructure...

i have to admit...this ships is getting good.

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Verusea Alternative Universe is starting to build up.

I like the look of it so far!

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Same here...love husky-style superstructure on these powerful ships. I remember seeing a CGI movie for Yamato in the NGC special Sinking the Supership and it was ruined because the animator made the main bridge tower too thin and circular.

-Matt

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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Glad to see people like it. I think she will look amazing when she's finished. Im going to revise her stern however. German battleships generally didn't have stern catapults, so I'm going for a midships position, a la Bismarck.

Actually, the H-class and H-44 would have had stern catapults, just not in the design style you're using. In any event, I think a midships placement would look better. Can't wait for the next update!

-Matt

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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