Kurt GÖdel, laid down 1938

     Length, 232.0 m x Beam, 33.8 m x Depth, 10.0 m
          37158 tonnes normal displacement (35704 tonnes standard)

     Main battery:       8 x 35.0-cm (2 x 4; 1 superfiring)
     Secondary battery: 16 x 13.0-cm (4 x 4)

          Weight of broadside: 5245 kg

     Main belt, 35.0 cm; ends unarmored
     Torpedo bulkhead, 6.0 cm
     Armor deck, average 16.0 cm
     Conning tower, 40.0 cm 

     Battery armor: 
          Main, 40.0 cm / secondary, 13.0 cm 
           

     Maximum speed for 117045 shaft kw = 31.00 knots 
          Approximate cruising radius, 9000 nm / 12 knots 

     Typical complement: 1338-1740 


          Remarks: 

     Main turrets are grouped together. 

     Relative extent of belt armor,
     83 percent of 'typical' coverage. 

     Ship is roomy, with
     superior accommodation and working space. 


          Distribution of weights: 
                                                       Percent 
                                                       normal 
                                                    displacement: 

          Armament .........................   1442 tonnes =   4 pct 
          Armor, total .....................  13709 tonnes =  37 pct 

               Belt                            3078 tonnes =   8 pct 
               Torpedo bulkhead                1418 tonnes =   4 pct 
               Deck                            5928 tonnes =  16 pct 
               C.T.                             379 tonnes =   1 pct 
               Armament                        2905 tonnes =   8 pct 

          Machinery ........................   4295 tonnes =  12 pct 
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....  14504 tonnes =  39 pct 
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   3159 tonnes =   9 pct 
          Miscellaneous weights ............     50 tonnes =   0 pct 
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                                              37158 tonnes = 100 pct 

          Estimated metacentric height, 2.4 m 

     Displacement summary: 

          Light ship:             34000 tonnes 
          Standard displacement:  35704 tonnes 
          Normal service:         37158 tonnes 
          Full load:              38173 tonnes 

          Loading submergence 4767 tonnes/metre 

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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability: 

          Relative margin of stability: 1.17 

          Shellfire needed to sink: 19382 kg = 32.6 x 35.0-cm shells 
               (Approximates weight of penetrating 
               shell hits needed to sink ship, 
               not counting critical hits) 

          Torpedoes needed to sink: 7.0 
               (Approximates number of 'typical' 
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship) 

          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 51 percent 
               (50 percent is 'average') 

          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.27 

          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.01 

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     Hull form characteristics: 

          Block coefficient: 0.47 
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.36 
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.98 
          'Natural speed' for length = 27.6 knots 
          Power going to wave formation 
               at top speed: 53 percent 


     Estimated hull characteristics and strength: 

          Relative underwater volume absorbed by 
               magazines and engineering spaces: 83 percent 

          Relative accommodation and working space: 142 percent 


          Displacement factor: 111 percent 
               (Displacement relative to loading factors) 


          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.97 
               (Structure weight per square 
               metre of hull surface: 977 kg) 

          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.34 
               (for 6.00 m average freeboard) 

          Relative composite hull strength: 1.00 

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1] 

760.96 x 110.86 x 32.80; 19.68 -- Dimensions 
0.47 -- Block coefficient 
1938 -- Year laid down 
31.00 / 9000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise 
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights 
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8 x 13.78; 2; 1 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring 
  Central positioning of guns 
   : 
16 x 5.12; 4 -- Secondary battery; turrets 
   : 
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery 
0 -- No fourth (light) battery 
0 -- No torpedo armament 
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13.78 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 2.36; 83 -- Belt armor; relative extent 
6.30 / 15.75 -- Deck / CT 
15.75 / 5.12 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor 


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


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