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Nelson Style Vittorio Veneto

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Recently I've been able to get hold of some informations on Italian warship designs of early and mid 1930's. One such design came from MARICOMINAV (Comitato Progetti Navi) and depicts as a Nelson style Battleship with Dunkerque style aft turret layout. The ships sizes and armaments are similar to their French cousins but this design have 3x4 secondary 130 or 140mm guns.

The simulation:

RM Vittorio Veneto, Regina Marina Battleship laid down 1934 (Engine 1936)

Displacement:
35 365 t light; 36 948 t standard; 38 181 t normal; 39 168 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(780,07 ft / 761,15 ft) x 107,61 ft x (31,50 / 32,12 ft)
(237,76 m / 232,00 m) x 32,80 m x (9,60 / 9,79 m)

Armament:
9 - 15,00" / 381 mm 50,0 cal guns - 1 951,09lbs / 885,00kg shells, 60 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1934 Model
3 x 3-gun mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
1 raised mount
12 - 5,31" / 135 mm 45,0 cal guns - 72,09lbs / 32,70kg shells, 200 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1938 Model
1 x 4-gun mount on sides, aft deck centre
2 x 4-gun mounts on centreline, aft deck aft
1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 3,54" / 90,0 mm 50,0 cal guns - 22,05lbs / 10,00kg shells, 400 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1938 Model
12 x Single mounts on sides, aft evenly spread
12 raised mounts
20 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 54,0 cal guns - 1,81lbs / 0,82kg shells, 3 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1938 Model
8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
4 x Single mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
28 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm 65,0 cal guns - 0,30lbs / 0,14kg shells, 4 000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1935 Model
14 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
14 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 18 734 lbs / 8 498 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11,0" / 280 mm 463,19 ft / 141,18 m 12,47 ft / 3,80 m
Ends: 3,94" / 100 mm 272,01 ft / 82,91 m 12,43 ft / 3,79 m
25,95 ft / 7,91 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length
Main Belt inclined 11,00 degrees (positive = in)

- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
8,27" / 210 mm 463,19 ft / 141,18 m 28,44 ft / 8,67 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 98,43 ft / 30,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13,8" / 350 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 13,8" / 350 mm
2nd: 11,0" / 280 mm 5,12" / 130 mm 5,91" / 150 mm
3rd: 0,98" / 25 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 0,79" / 20 mm

- Armoured deck - single deck:
For and Aft decks: 6,38" / 162 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 10,24" / 260 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 128 200 shp / 95 638 Kw = 29,20 kts
Range 4 760nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 221 tons

Complement:
1 365 - 1 775

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
55 925 lbs / 25 367 Kg = 33,1 x 15,0 " / 381 mm shells or 10,9 torpedoes
Metacentric height 7,8 ft / 2,4 m
Roll period: 16,1 seconds

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a round stern
'Natural speed' for length: 27,59 kts
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Waterplane Area: 55 483 Square feet or 5 155 Square metres
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Image size
1650x782px 1.07 MB
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