Nassau, laid down 1907 

     Length, 146.0 m x Beam, 27.0 m x Depth, 8.1 m 
          18639 tonnes normal displacement (16338 tonnes standard) 

     Main battery:      12 x 28.3-cm (6 x 2) 
     Secondary battery: 12 x 14.9-cm 
     QF battery:        16 x  8.8-cm 

          Weight of broadside: 4474 kg 

     6 TT, 45.0 cm (submerged)

     Main belt, 29.0 cm; bow and stern, 10.0 cm 
     Upper belt, 17.0 cm 
     Torpedo bulkhead, 3.0 cm 
     Armor deck, average 6.3 cm 
     Conning tower, 40.0 cm 

     Battery armor: 
          Main, 28.0 cm / secondary, 16.0 cm 
           

     Maximum speed for 14217 indicated kw = 19.00 knots 
          Approximate cruising radius, 8300 nm / 12 knots 

     Typical complement: 798-1037 


                    Estimated cost, $7.440 million (£1.860 million) 

          Remarks: 

DESIGN FAILURE: Hull cannot carry loads! 

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

     Magazines and engineering spaces are cramped, with poor 
     watertight subdivision. 

     Cramped ship; poor crew accommodation,
     limited working space. 

     Main deck secondary guns subject to being
     washed down in a seaway. 

     Main deck QF guns subject to being washed down in a seaway. 


          Distribution of weights: 
                                                       Percent 
                                                       normal 
                                                    displacement: 

          Armament .........................   1230 tonnes =   7 pct 
          Armor, total .....................   7487 tonnes =  40 pct 

               Belt                            3341 tonnes =  18 pct 
               Torpedo bulkhead                 361 tonnes =   2 pct 
               Deck                            1349 tonnes =   7 pct 
               C.T.                             239 tonnes =   1 pct 
               Armament                        2197 tonnes =  12 pct 

          Machinery ........................   2117 tonnes =  11 pct 
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....   4260 tonnes =  23 pct 
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   3495 tonnes =  19 pct 
          Miscellaneous weights ............     50 tonnes =   0 pct 
                                              ----- 
                                              18639 tonnes = 100 pct 

          Estimated metacentric height, 1.7 m 

     Displacement summary: 

          Light ship:             15145 tonnes 
          Standard displacement:  16338 tonnes 
          Normal service:         18639 tonnes 
          Full load:              20406 tonnes 

          Loading submergence 2756 tonnes/metre 

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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability: 

          Relative margin of stability: 1.17 

          Shellfire needed to sink: 3428 kg = 10.9 x 28.3-cm shells 
               (Approximates weight of penetrating 
               shell hits needed to sink ship, 
               not counting critical hits) 

          Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.8 
               (Approximates number of 'typical' 
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship) 

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

          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.32 

          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.00 

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     Hull form characteristics: 

          Block coefficient: 0.58 
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.44 
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.52 
          'Natural speed' for length = 21.9 knots 
          Power going to wave formation 
               at top speed: 45 percent 


     Estimated hull characteristics and strength: 

          Relative underwater volume absorbed by 
               magazines and engineering spaces: 119 percent 

          Relative accommodation and working space: 78 percent 


          Displacement factor: 85 percent 
               (Displacement relative to loading factors) 


          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.70 
               (Structure weight per square 
               metre of hull surface: 542 kg) 

          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 0.82 
               (for 3.40 m average freeboard; 
               freeboard adjustment -1.83 m) 

          Relative composite hull strength: 0.71 

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

478.88 x 88.56 x 26.57; 11.15 -- Dimensions 
0.58 -- Block coefficient 
1907 -- Year laid down 
19.00 / 8300 / 12.00; Reciprocating -- Speed / radius / cruise 
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights 
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12 x 11.14; 6; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring 
   : 
12 x 5.87; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets 
  Main deck battery 
   : 
16 x 3.46 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery 
  Main deck battery 
   : 
0 -- No fourth (light) battery 
6 / 6 / 17.72 -- TT / submerged / size 
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11.42 / 3.94 / 6.69 / 1.18; 120 -- Belt armor; relative extent 
2.48 / 15.75 -- Deck / CT 
11.02 / 6.30 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor 


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


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