If the title is not self-explanatory enough, this is a Roman battleship. The premise is that Rome never fell, and exists today, as a republic. Facing several major, and many minor powers throughout the world, Rome must build four new battleships, with an option for a fifth. The new class is to be named after Romulus, one of the founders of Rome. Joining her are the sister ships Remus, Jupiter and Roma. The ships are armed with 4x3 15 inch guns, 10x3 5 inch DP guns, 14 twin 30 mm autocannons and 8 triple 45mm autocannons. The ships are built for a max speed of 30 kts.
The ships are 269,75 meters long, and 35 meters wide. The draft at normal displacement is 10,67 meters. The ships are built not only for the Mare Nostrum, but also for the Atlantic and from posessions in Asia. Romulus herself is commisoned in 1939, with her four sisterships joining her within 1,5 years. Together, they would form the core of the new battleline with new cruisers and destroyers with only one mission; to dominate all of the worlds oceans.
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Romulus, Roman Republic Battleship laid down 1937
Displacement:
56 107 t light; 58 914 t standard; 60 452 t normal; 61 683 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
885,00 ft / 856,50 ft x 121,39 ft (Bulges 121,39 ft) x 37,00 ft (normal load)
269,75 m / 261,06 m x 37,00 m (Bulges 37,00 m) x 11,28 m
Armament:
12 - 16,00" / 406 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2 048,00lbs / 928,96kg shells, 1937 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 5,00" / 127 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62,50lbs / 28,35kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
28 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 25 864 lbs / 11 732 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12,0" / 305 mm 546,00 ft / 166,42 m 18,00 ft / 5,49 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
5,00" / 127 mm 546,00 ft / 166,42 m 10,00 ft / 3,05 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 18,0" / 457 mm 8,00" / 203 mm 16,0" / 406 mm
2nd: 2,00" / 51 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm
- Armour deck: 7,00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 18,00" / 457 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 183 806 shp / 137 120 Kw = 30,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 769 tons
Complement:
1 926 - 2 505
Cost:
£29,415 million / $117,659 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3 233 tons, 5,3 %
Armour: 22 357 tons, 37,0 %
- Belts: 5 111 tons, 8,5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1 010 tons, 1,7 %
- Armament: 6 242 tons, 10,3 %
- Armour Deck: 9 397 tons, 15,5 %
- Conning Tower: 597 tons, 1,0 %
Machinery: 5 094 tons, 8,4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 25 323 tons, 41,9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4 345 tons, 7,2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0,2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
89 622 lbs / 40 652 Kg = 43,8 x 16,0 " / 406 mm shells or 13,0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,01
Metacentric height 6,8 ft / 2,1 m
Roll period: 19,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 68 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,90
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,37
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,06 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29,27 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 37,98 degrees
Stern overhang: -6,50 ft / -1,98 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 36,50 ft / 11,13 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26,00 ft / 7,92 m (25,50 ft / 7,77 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 34,50 ft / 10,52 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25,50 ft / 7,77 m
- Stern: 27,00 ft / 8,23 m
- Average freeboard: 29,48 ft / 8,98 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81,9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 215,3 %
Waterplane Area: 72 561 Square feet or 6 741 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 242 lbs/sq ft or 1 183 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,61
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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