Determine actual Ship Speed Capabilities

[VT-51_Thud]

Good morning and Happy New Years!

I'm working on some navigation training material for campaigns flown on Pacific Theater maps where there is little/no land references. I'm trying to determine the actual speed capabilities of ships and the limitations based on ships that have lower speeds when grouped as a task force.

Was wondering if you can explain how to properly read the speed settings that are described in the object tables?

Object_Type Object_Class Speed
Carrier0 SAC 56000
HMSFormidableCV SAC 56000
HMSIllustriousCV SAC 56000
HMSIndomitableCV SAC 56000
IJNAkagiCV SAC 57000
Tanker2 STR 18000

[IV/JG7_4Shades]

Hi Thud,

The best thing to do is look at the Number_Name field for each ship type. This is the ship maximum speed in metres per second. To convert it to km/h multiply the Number_Name by 3.6. The Speed value you list in your post is expressed in metres per hour, so Speed = Number_Name*3.6*1000 .

In SEOW internal code, I think Number_Name is used for waypoint calculations. All ships have Object_Class starting with "S".

Cheers,
4Shades

[VT-51_Thud]

As always, thank you for your help.

Sample: http://members.cox.net/thud/Ship-Speed.pdf

[PA-Dore]

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[VT-51_Thud]

Thank you Pa-Dore. We are really enjoying the new SEOW Maps, especially the Pacific ones.