HIMS Nargun
Posted: March 1st, 2016, 6:33 pm
HIMS Nargun, third of a quartet of battleships designed on the assumption that the naval arms limitation treaties would not long survive the resumption of warship construction. The outbreak of the long-awaited war to the knife with the Empire Japan less than a year after they were laid down proved this correct. Four dual 42cm guns, backed by a dual purpose battery of 12cm guns. Service speed of 32 knots, armor based on that of the N3, somewhat modernized. Radars are those fitted in the United Kingdom upon her arrival in the spring of 1942 after initial working up in home waters. Based at Scapa Flow with her sister ship Eingana until the duo returned home for a major refit in early 1943, having served to help hold the line against the combined German/Spanish/Lavalist forces.
Displacement: 57,500 tons Design (2/3rds fuel, all consumables), 48,000 tons Washington* standard (This second number has only a tangential relation with reality)
Dimensions:: 277.5m x 36m x 9.5m (All waterline, at design displacement)
Machinery: 16 oil-fired boilers @ 575 psi/475 °C coupled in 4 groups of 4 boilers to 4 turbines, each driving one turbo-generator. 216,000 horsepower at the shafts from electric drive motors
Speed: 32.1 knots on trials with 75% fuel and full crew/consumables aboard.
Endurance: ~10,500 nm @ 19 knots.
Armour:
Belt: 380mm @ 18 degrees over citadel, 50mm splinter protection ends, 40mm upper belt.
Deck: 40mm bomb deck over citadel, 200mm main deck, 50mm splinter deck, 230mm over steering gear
Turrets: 450mm face, 350mm sides, 250mm rear, 230mm roof, 380mm barbettes. Secondary turrets 50mm faces/hoists, 40mm other gunhouse.
Conning towers: 450mm forward, 120mm aft
Other: 120mm uptake protection, torpedo defense system rated against 500 kg TNT striking amidships.
Armament: 8 x 42cm/50, 24 x 12cm/50 HA/LA, 16 x quadruple 50mm/75 AA, 8 x quadruple 25mm/75 AA, 4 x 3-pdr saluting.
Aircraft: 4 x 'Tatani' gunnery-spotting/ASW aircraft, 2 replaced by fighters when operating semi-independently
Crew: 2,154 as depicted, as high as 2,438 post-1943 'emergency' AA upgrades.