Meuse class, French Corvette laid down 1925
Displacement: 530 t light; 554 t standard;
625 t normal; 681 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 229.66 ft / 229.66 ft x 21.98
ft x 10.83 ft (normal load) 70.00 m / 70.00 m x 6.70 m x 3.30 m
Armament: 3 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in single
mounts, 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
4 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on
side, all amidships 4 - 0.30" / 7.6 mm guns in single mounts, 0.01lbs / 0.01kg shells, 1925 Model Breech loading guns
in deck mounts on side, evenly spread Weight of broadside 99 lbs / 45 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 200 4
- 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes 30 tons depth charges/mines
Armour: - Gun armour: Face (max) Other
gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 0.98" / 25 mm - - 2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm - -
Machinery: Oil fired
boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 2 shafts, 14,354 shp / 10,708 Kw = 30.00 kts Range 4,700nm at 12.00 kts (Bunkerage
= 126 tons)
Complement: 62 - 81
Cost: £0.228 million / $0.913 million
Distribution of weights
at normal displacement: Armament: 12 tons, 2.0 % Armour: 9 tons, 1.4 % - Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Torpedo bulkhead:
0 tons, 0.0 % - Armament: 9 tons, 1.4 % - Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 % Machinery:
291 tons, 46.6 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 188 tons, 30.1 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 94 tons, 15.1 % Miscellaneous
weights: 30 tons, 4.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating
hits needed to sink ship): 188 lbs / 85 Kg = 6.2 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below
1.00): 1.18 Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m Roll period: 11.0 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average
= 50 %): 50 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.33 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00
Hull
form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck and transom stern Block coefficient: 0.400 Length to Beam Ratio:
10.45 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 17.47 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 % Trim (Max stability
= 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00
m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 11.48 ft / 3.50 m - Forecastle
(20 %): 11.48 ft / 3.50 m - Mid (50 %): 11.32 ft / 3.45 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.32 ft / 3.45 m - Stern: 11.32
ft / 3.45 m - Average freeboard: 11.38 ft / 3.47 m Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 171.4 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better):
51.2 % Waterplane Area: 3,225 Square feet or 300 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 58 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 24 lbs/sq ft or 117 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional:
0.50 - Longitudinal: 3.94 - Overall: 0.61 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room
for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
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