Endeavour's Stats:
Endeavour, Dracan Commonwealth Battleship laid down 1911
Displacement:
15,761 t light; 19,517 t standard; 21,970 t normal; 23,933 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(599.50 ft / 593.50 ft) x 85.50 ft x (27.06 / 28.98 ft)
(182.73 m / 180.90 m) x 26.06 m x (8.25 / 8.83 m)
Armament:
8 - 14.00" / 356 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,383.70lbs / 627.63kg shells, 500 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1912 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
2 raised mounts
16 - 6.00" / 152 mm 45.0 cal guns - 108.92lbs / 49.41kg shells, 240 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1912 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
16 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 45.0 cal guns - 13.62lbs / 6.18kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1912 Model
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
2 x Single mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
2 raised mounts
4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 45.0 cal guns - 13.62lbs / 6.18kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1911 Model
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 12,948 lbs / 5,873 kg
Main Torpedoes
4 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m torpedoes - 1.507 t each, 6.030 t total
submerged side tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 9.00" / 229 mm 372.13 ft / 113.43 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt inclined 2.00 degrees (positive = in)
- Hull void:
0.00" / 0 mm 0.00 ft / 0.00 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm - 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 11.50" / 292 mm, Aft 11.50" / 292 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 46,962 shp / 35,034 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 8,900nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,415 tons
Complement:
901 - 1,172
Cost:
£1.940 million / $7.760 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,174 tons, 9.9 %
- Guns: 2,162 tons, 9.8 %
- Weapons: 12 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 3,779 tons, 17.2 %
- Belts: 1,161 tons, 5.3 %
- Armament: 896 tons, 4.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,333 tons, 6.1 %
- Conning Towers: 389 tons, 1.8 %
Machinery: 1,906 tons, 8.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,831 tons, 35.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,209 tons, 28.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 0.3 %
- Hull below water: 10 tons
- Hull void weights: 20 tons
- Hull above water: 20 tons
- On freeboard deck: 10 tons
- Above deck: 10 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
24,669 lbs / 11,190 Kg = 18.0 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 2.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.24
Metacentric height 5.8 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 14.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 65 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.77
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.31
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a ram bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.560 / 0.570
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.94 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.36 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -7.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -3.00 ft / -0.91 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 26.50 ft / 8.08 m, 26.50 ft / 8.08 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 26.50 ft / 8.08 m, 26.50 ft / 8.08 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 8.50 ft / 2.59 m, 8.50 ft / 2.59 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 8.50 ft / 2.59 m, 8.50 ft / 2.59 m
- Average freeboard: 17.50 ft / 5.33 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.0 %
Waterplane Area: 35,748 Square feet or 3,321 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 173 lbs/sq ft or 844 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.58
- Overall: 1.00
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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