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Seaplane Carrier Orlitsa
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The Orlitsa supports the operations of the Northern Fleet.

Seaplane Carrier Orlitsa, laid down 1913
     Length, 91.5 m x Beam, 12.0 m x Depth, 5.0 m
          3321 tonnes normal displacement (2916 tonnes standard)
     Main battery:       8 x  7.5-cm
     Light battery:      2 x  0.7-cm
          Weight of broadside: 47 kg
     Hull unarmored
     Battery armor:
          Main, 3.0 cm shields
          
     Aircraft - 5 Seaplanes, 2 Cranes
     Maximum speed for 4490 shaft kw = 18.00 knots
          Approximate cruising radius, 5000 nm / 12 knots
     Typical complement: 44-57

                    Estimated cost, $640,000 (£160,000)
          Remarks:
     Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
     Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
     in the heaviest weather.
     Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
     watertight subdivision.

          Distribution of weights:
                                                       Percent
                                                       normal
                                                    displacement:
          Armament .........................     13 tonnes =   0 pct
          Armor, total .....................      8 tonnes =   0 pct
               Armament                           8 tonnes =   0 pct
          Machinery ........................    259 tonnes =   8 pct
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....   2436 tonnes =  73 pct
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........    480 tonnes =  14 pct
          Miscellaneous weights ............    125 tonnes =   4 pct
                                              -----
                                               3321 tonnes = 100 pct
          Estimated metacentric height, 0.5 m
     Displacement summary:
          Light ship:              2841 tonnes
          Standard displacement:   2916 tonnes
          Normal service:          3321 tonnes
          Full load:               3632 tonnes
          Loading submergence 786 tonnes/metre
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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
          Relative margin of stability: 1.10
          Shellfire needed to sink: 4705 kg = 804.2 x 7.5-cm shells
               (Approximates weight of penetrating
               shell hits needed to sink ship,
               not counting critical hits)
          Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.3
               (Approximates number of 'typical'
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 71 percent
               (50 percent is 'average')
          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.05
          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.66
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     Hull form characteristics:
          Block coefficient: 0.60
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.40
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.15
          'Natural speed' for length = 17.3 knots
          Power going to wave formation
               at top speed: 50 percent

     Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
          Relative underwater volume absorbed by
               magazines and engineering spaces: 34 percent
          Relative accommodation and working space: 103 percent

          Displacement factor: 440 percent
               (Displacement relative to loading factors)

          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 2.78
               (Structure weight per square
               metre of hull surface: 827 kg)
          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 6.42
               (for 4.30 m average freeboard;
               freeboard adjustment +0.60 m)
          Relative composite hull strength: 3.02
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
300.12 x 39.36 x 16.40; 14.10 -- Dimensions
0.60 -- Block coefficient
1913 -- Year laid down
18.00 / 5000 / 12.00; Turbine, coal fired -- Speed / radius / cruise
125 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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8 x 2.95; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
  Central positioning of guns
  Gun-shields
   :
0 -- No secondary battery
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery
2 x 0.28 -- Fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
1.18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor

     (Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)

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