Saturday, January 3, 2009

Nelson class battleship specs

specifications
Class and type: battleship
Displacement: 33,950 tons standard, 38,000 tons full load
Length: 660 ft (201 m) p/p, 710 ft (216 m) o/a
Beam: 106 ft (32 m)
Draught: 28.5 ft (9 m), 31.5 ft (9.6 m) full load
Propulsion: 8 × Yarrow-type water-tube boilers (250 psi (1,700 kPa)), Brown-Curtis single-reduction geared steam turbines, 45,000 shp (33600 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
Range: 16,500 nmi (30,560 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
5,500 nmi (10,190 km) at 23 knots (43 km/h)
Complement: 1,361
Armament: 9 × BL 16 inch Mk.I (406 mm, L/45)), triple turrets Mk.I
12 × BL 6 inch Mk.XXII (152 mm, L/50), twin turrets Mk.XVIII
6 × QF 4.7 in Mk.VIII (120 mm, L/43), single mounts HA Mk.XII
24 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm, L/39), octuple mount Mk.VIII
16 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III "Vickers" (12.7 mm), quadruple mount Mk.I
2 × tubes for 24.5-inch (622 mm) torpedoes Mk.I

Armour: Belt
14 in, 9–13 in closing bulkheads
Middle deck
6.25 in over magazines, 3 in over machinery spaces
Lower deck
6.25 in over steering gear
Bulkheads
1.5 in longitudinals
16 inch Turrets
16 in faces, 12 in sides, 9 in rears, 7 in roofs
14–15 in barbettes
6 inch turrets
1.5 in faces, 1 in sides, roofs & barbettes
Conning tower
13.5 in sides, 7.5 in roof, 6 in communication tube
Director control tower
6 in sides, 4 in roof

Aircraft carried: 1 (Nelson) / 2 (Rodney) from 1934
Aviation facilities: catapult on 'B' turret (Rodney only)

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