the Republic of Tequilapoli

[Navybrat85]

Thank you sir.

[Navybrat85]

Forthcoming Tequilapoli Projects:

Borneo class Cruisers (1915)

Makassar Class Cruisers (1920)

Sulawesi class Cruisers (1936)

[Navybrat85]

Here we go, into the Way Back machine.



Borneo Class
Commissioned:
-TNS Borneo (C-1)
-TNS Sulawesi (C-2)
-TNS Makassar (C-3)
-TNS Boni (C-4)
-TNS Tomini (C-5)

Lost:
Boni, Tomini (both Jutland), Sulawesi (Makassar Strait, 1942)

Preserved: Borneo (Quervo City Naval History Museum), Makassar (Makassar Strait Naval War Memorial.)

Length: 500 Feet

Beam: 49 feet, 8 inches

Draught: 22 feet

Armament:
As Built:

8 x 6" Mk. VII Main Battery

10 x 3" QF guns

4 Torpedo Tubes

Propulsion:Geared Steam Turbines, Oil fired boilers (Parsons machinery)

Speed: 23 knots

Crew: 670

Ships are named for islands or major bodies of water in and around Tequilapoli.

3 ships survived World War I, and were laid up in the 1930's. In 1940, the three surviving vessels were recommissioned, modestly modernized, and put into home-waters service with the Tequilapoli Naval Militia.

[Trojan]

Looks good but seems pretty long and empty in the middle. Funnels could maybe be thinner and taller but maybe thats just personal preference

[Karle94]

The funnels are too thick and too low. The funnels should be taller than the bridge.

[Navybrat85]

thank you for the feedback!
I think I'm going to go with three narrower, taller funnels.

This class represents Tequilapoli's first major independant shipbuilding endeavor. Prior to laying these ships down shortly before WWI, Tequilapoli's major warships were built in England or the U.S. Their service history is long, extending as far as the 1940's with the Militia, but after the Great War they were considered to be too fragile for future use as a first-line warship.

[Blackbuck]

Click me

The above may be useful to you. You'd be surprised how many drawings there are in the archive.

[Navybrat85]

Thank you, Blackbuck.

[Navybrat85]

Springsharp report from the rework (to be posted tomorrow AM)

Borneo, Tequilapoli Enter ship type laid down 1913

Displacement:
6,385 t light; 6,642 t standard; 7,008 t normal; 7,300 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
496.09 ft / 495.50 ft x 50.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
151.21 m / 151.03 m x 15.24 m x 5.49 m

Armament:
4 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
4 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1913 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,242 lbs / 563 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.5" / 546.1 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 322.08 ft / 98.17 m 8.49 ft / 2.59 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 322.08 ft / 98.17 m 16.52 ft / 5.04 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm - -
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm - -
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 37,609 shp / 28,056 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 3,800nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 658 tons

Complement:
382 - 497

Cost:
£0.611 million / $2.445 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 155 tons, 2.2 %
Armour: 850 tons, 12.1 %
- Belts: 342 tons, 4.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 394 tons, 5.6 %
- Armament: 114 tons, 1.6 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,474 tons, 21.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,906 tons, 55.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 623 tons, 8.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9,356 lbs / 4,244 Kg = 86.6 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 12.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.32
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.91 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.26 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.50 ft / 4.42 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.50 ft / 4.42 m
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 14.87 ft / 4.53 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 143.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 111.3 %
Waterplane Area: 17,290 Square feet or 1,606 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 139 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 144 lbs/sq ft or 702 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.75
- Longitudinal: 1.94
- Overall: 1.77
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

[Navybrat85]