Originally Posted by
ORAC
On her way to dry dock for hull inspection before sea trials later in the year.<br /><br />How much difference t9 displacement will a full fuel, weapons, supplies, aircraft, manpower etc make?<br /><br />(IIRC the T41s had to maintain a minimum of a 50% fuel load later in life, once they received a heavier radar antenna which made them top heavy?)
Depends on the endurance figures (for both ship and air wing) primarily. But I'd expect to see something north of 10-12000 tonnes of additional weight at least. Based on length of 300m by beam of 39m that's likely to have her sitting around 1.5 m deeper in the water. Now - the immediate photos above are a little misleading compared to the distance shot in Oracs post #106 from June. However, those sponsons in way of the lifts and the one 20% aft of the bow do look as if they'll be a slamming risk in higher sea states.