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Victor Hugo, France Light Battlecruiser laid down 1938Displacement:
16 185 t light; 17 043 t standard; 18 818 t normal; 20 238 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(639,02 ft / 617,45 ft) x 82,22 ft x (23,59 / 24,99 ft)
(194,77 m / 188,20 m) x 25,06 m x (7,19 / 7,62 m)
Armament:
4 - 12,99" / 330 mm 52,0 cal guns - 1 256,64lbs / 570,00kg shells, 80 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mount, 1932 Model
1 x 4-gun mount on centreline, aft deck centre
16 - 5,12" / 130 mm 45,0 cal guns - 70,77lbs / 32,10kg shells, 300 per gun
Dual purpose guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1933 Model
2 x 4-gun mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
4 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
16 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 60,0 cal guns - 1,65lbs / 0,75kg shells, 3 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1933 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
4 x Single mounts on sides, aft evenly spread
4 raised mounts
40 - 0,52" / 13,2 mm 80,0 cal guns - 0,11lbs / 0,05kg shells, 10 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1929 Model
10 x 4-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
2 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
Weight of broadside 6 190 lbs / 2 808 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1,57" / 40 mm 289,70 ft / 88,30 m 17,72 ft / 5,40 m
Ends: 1,57" / 40 mm 292,32 ft / 89,10 m 7,87 ft / 2,40 m
35,43 ft / 10,80 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 72% of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
1,18" / 30 mm 271,00 ft / 82,60 m 24,70 ft / 7,53 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 82,22 ft / 25,06 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7,99" / 203 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 5,91" / 150 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 3,94" / 100 mm
- Protected deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 5,71" / 145 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 7,99" / 203 mm, Aft 7,99" / 203 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 96 989 shp / 72 354 Kw = 29,70 kts
Range 15 000nm at 18,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 195 tons
Complement:
803 - 1 044
Cost:
£8,736 million / $34,945 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 501 tons, 8,0%
- Guns: 1 501 tons, 8,0%
Armour: 4 437 tons, 23,6%
- Belts: 503 tons, 2,7%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 293 tons, 1,6%
- Armament: 901 tons, 4,8%
- Armour Deck: 2 496 tons, 13,3%
- Conning Towers: 244 tons, 1,3%
Machinery: 2 656 tons, 14,1%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7 592 tons, 40,3%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 633 tons, 14,0%
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
32 611 lbs / 14 792 Kg = 29,7 x 13,0 " / 330 mm shells or 4,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,16
Metacentric height 4,9 ft / 1,5 m
Roll period: 15,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,70
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,27
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,550 / 0,558
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,51 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24,85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 10,14 ft / 3,09 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 28,00%, 31,40 ft / 9,57 m, 28,31 ft / 8,63 m
- Forward deck: 32,50%, 28,31 ft / 8,63 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Aft deck: 14,50%, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Quarter deck: 25,00%, 18,21 ft / 5,55 m, 19,19 ft / 5,85 m
- Average freeboard: 25,62 ft / 7,81 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76,2%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 226,6%
Waterplane Area: 35 429 Square feet or 3 291 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 162 lbs/sq ft or 791 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,92
- Longitudinal: 2,19
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Insert joke about the French only being able to shoot while retreating here.
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In the pre radar targeting era this is not a good design. So good lucking finding your range with only 4 guns stuck in one turret.
One lucky hit can take out all your main armament.
As a shore bombardment monitor she's way too valuable.
And just like H.M.S Courageous and H.M.S Glorious shortly after WW1 admirals will be left scratching their heads to find a proper use for her.
So why not use that displacement and make a Super Heavy Cruiser instead armed with 16 X 8 inch guns in 4 quad turrets.
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i love looking at these old warships. When they were launched they were the cutting edge of technology. the pride and joy of the men who designed and built them. Now we have ships that can cruise for years and carry enough firepower to sink a fleet of these old girls from over the horizon. Makes you respect the men who were willing to sail into battle on one of these warships.
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I agree... I don't know what our naval engeneers thought when they laid down the plans!
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