OPV Design Exercise Data Book

32-Cell Vertical Launch System for CAMM Surface-To-Air Missiles

This system provides the ability to engage air targets (aircraft, helicopters, missiles) at ranges
between 10-20km and limited ability to engage crossing targets (i.e. those flying towards ships other
than the firer.)

The system is controlled from the operations room. It requires a 3D radar to provide targeting data
for the missiles.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Missile launcher room 30 m3 8 te Minimum 4m long and 3m wide. Launchers are

3.5m long - a low deckhouse may be placed above
the compartment to accommodate the extra
length.

Nothing should be located in a cone above the

launcher with sides sloping 15 degrees outwards
from the vertical.

Launcher power room 10 m3 0.5 te Should be located adjacent to the launcher room.

TOTALS 40 m3 8.5 te

3D Surveillance Radar
This radar detects and monitors air and sea targets and returns their position and altitude. It
provides for detection of targets, monitoring of the surface/air picture and targeting of the CAMM
surface-to-air missile system.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Antenna n/a 1 te Should be mounted on a mast, with unobstructed

(external) all-round vision, down to an angle 5 degrees below
the horizontal.

Radar office 15 m3 2 te Should be located near the base of the mast and
accessible from inside the ship.

TOTALS 15 m3 3 te

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2D Surveillance Radar
This radar detects and monitors air and sea targets and returns their position (but not altitude). It
provides for detection of targets and monitoring of the surface/air picture, but cannot control
weapons.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Antenna n/a 0.5 te Should be mounted on a mast, with unobstructed

(external) all-round vision, down to an angle 5 degrees below
the horizontal.

Radar office 15 m3 1.5 te Should be located near the base of the mast and
accessible from inside the ship.

TOTALS 15 m3 2 te

Radar Mast
An enclosed mast to support a 2D or 3D radar antenna above the top of the superstructure. Weight
is dependent on mast height and radar type. Masts are truncated square pyramids with a 1m wide
top and 7 degree slope from the vertical.

Mast Height Mast Mass (2D Radar) Mast Mass (3D Radar) Mast Base Side

4m 2 te 3 te 2m

6m 4 te 6.5 te 2.5 m

8m 6.5 te 10.5 te 3m

10m 9.5 te 15 te 3.5 m

12m 12.5 te 20 te 4m

(Mast Mass is scaled from the empirical formula = (H/15)5/3×( Mr/4.5)2/3 × 80)

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Navigation Radar
This radar provides accurate data on nearby ships, land masses and other hazards.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Antenna n/a (External) 0.1 te Should be mounted to have clear arc of view over
at least the forward 180 degree arc.

Safe clearance radius 2m.

TOTALS 0 m2 0.1 te

30mm Gun Mount

This is a lightweight gun mount, of limited effectiveness against warships, aircraft and missiles, but
suitable for firing warning shots / forcing traffic to comply with instructions.

May be aimed by a local operator, or from a console in the operations room, but requires crew
attention to reload and clear jams.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Gun Mount n/a (external) 1.5 te Clear radius 2.5m. Should be placed to maximise
arcs of fire. Should not be placed in the forward
15% of length (to minimise green sea damage).

Crew Shelter 5 m3 0.5 te Should be located with an external door, near the
gun mount.

TOTALS 5 m3 2 te

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76mm Gun Mount
This is a medium-calibre gun mount, effective against warships, and with a secondary capability
against aircraft and missiles.

May be aimed from a console in the operations room or bridge, and requires crew attention to
reload from the magazine and clear jams.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Gun Mount n/a (external) 7.5 te Clear radius 5.5m. Should be placed to maximise
arcs of fire. Should not be placed in the forward
15% of length (to minimise green sea damage).

Gunbay 16m3 0.5 te Should be located directly below gun mount.

Magazine 75 m3 9.3 te Should be located below gun mount.

TOTALS 91m3 17.3te

Containerised Module Bay

This is an enclosed area housing modules based on 20-foot containers, which are used for extra
stores, disaster relief, uninhabited vehicles (UxVs) etc.

At least one side of the module bay must be at a deck edge, to allow loading and deployment of
modules via a crane.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Module bay (per 88m3 9te Minimum length 8.5m

module)

Module bay crane 0 m3 (in bay) 2te In module bay

TOTALS (minimum) 88m3 11te

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Towing and Pollution Cleanup
This is a working deck with a winch for towing distressed vessels, equipment for containing oil spills
and limited storage for oil recovered from the water surface.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Working deck n/a (external) 17te Minimum length 19m, minimum width 12m.
Includes winch so must be at the stern.

Equipment storage 75 m3 4te Near working deck

Oil storage tank 100m3 100te In hull

TOTALS (minimum) 175m3 121te

High-Energy Laser Weapon

This is a planned weapon system which uses a 100kW laser to destroy rockets, missiles and mortar
bombs in flight. It requires a 3D radar to cue it onto targets, at which point a built-in optical/IR
tracker can aim the laser. It is controlled from a console in the operations room.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Laser mount External 2 te Mount is 3m x 3m and 1 deck tall. Safe clearance

radius 2m. Should be mounted somewhere with
best possible arcs of fire. Should not be mounted
on the foredeck if possible; the laser is relatively
fragile and vulnerable to green-sea damage.

Laser power room 15 m3 4 te Should be mounted directly adjacent to (or under)

the laser mounting.

TOTALS 15 m3 6 te

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Decoy Launcher
This is a small fixed rocket launcher for firing 76mm chaff and decoy rockets. It can be fired from the
operations room, but requires crew attention to reload the rockets from a magazine cabinets.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Launcher External 0.5 te Safe clearance radius of 2m, plus a 90 degree clear
arc of fire to one side of the ship.

Crew Shelter 5 m3 0.5 te Should be located near the launcher. One crew
shelter can serve two launchers.

Magazine Locker 1 m3 1 te May be external to structure (if so, assume 1.5m

high, 1.3m x 0.5m.) Should be near launcher. If
internal should not be adjacent to exhausts or
spaces with high fire risk. One locker per launcher.

TOTALS 6m3 (but see 2 te

notes) (but see

notes)

Electronic Support Measures system

This is a passive electronic monitoring system designed to detect enemy radar emissions and provide
the command information on the radar’s direction and type. It is a fixed set of antennas that do not
need to rotate.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Antenna External 1 te Should be mounted with all-round arcs of view.

Typically mounted on the mast just beneath the
main surveillance radar. Should not be mounted in
the path of any radar system; this will blind the
very sensitive detectors.

ESM Cabinet Room 15 m3 2 te Should be located close to the bottom of the mast.

TOTALS 15 m3 3 te

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Flight deck (no hangar) for 5-ton helicopter
This equipment represents the capability to land-on and refuel a small naval helicopter, suitable for
personnel transfer, search and light attack roles. Size assumes clear space behind and to both sides
of the flight deck.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Flight Deck nil 2 te Mass represents the decklock system to secure the
helicopter.

Deck should be 8m wide and 17m long. There

should be nothing to either side or behind above
the level of the flight deck.

AVCAT tanks and fuel 15 m3 17 te AVCAT is the fuel used by naval helicopters. Tanks
pumps may be mounted low in the ship but should be
longitudinally close to the flight deck. Mass
includes pumps and pipework.

TOTALS 15 m3 19 te

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Flight deck and hangar for 5-ton helicopter
This equipment represents the capability to permanently embark a small naval helicopter, suitable
for personnel transfer, search and light attack roles. Size assumes clear space behind and to both
sides of the flight deck. The hangar must be two decks tall. Embarking a helicopter requires carrying a
Ship’s Flight; the personnel to fly and maintain it. These are included in the Payload Complement
numbers provided in the Requirement.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Flight Deck nil 2 te Mass represents the decklock system to secure the
helicopter.

Deck should be 8m wide and 17m long. There

should be nothing to either side or behind above
the level of the flight deck.

Hangar 325 m3 4 te 13m long, 5m wide, 5m high. Rear face of the

hangar must open onto the flight deck.

Air Stores 35 m3 1 te Should be adjacent to (or below, served by lift) the

hangar.

Air Workshop 25 m3 1 te Should be close to the hangar

AVCAT tanks and fuel 30 m3 32 te AVCAT is the fuel used by naval helicopters. Tanks
pumps may be mounted low in the ship but should be
longitudinally close to the flight deck. Mass
includes pumps and pipework.

TOTALS 415 m3 40 te

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Flight deck (no hangar) for 15-ton helicopter
This equipment represents the capability to land-on and refuel a large naval helicopter, suitable for
transport, personnel transfer, search and rescue and antisubmarine warfare roles. Size assumes
clear space behind and to both sides of the flight deck.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Flight Deck nil 4 te Mass represents the decklock system to secure the
helicopter.

Deck should be 13m wide and 21m long. There

should be nothing to either side or behind above
the level of the flight deck.

AVCAT tanks and fuel 30 m3 32 te AVCAT is the fuel used by naval helicopters. Tanks
pumps may be mounted low in the ship but should be
longitudinally close to the flight deck. Mass
includes pumps and pipework.

TOTALS 30 m3 37 te

Operations Room
This represents the ship’s combat system, the electronics that allow the various sensor and weapon
systems to exchange data and be controlled by the operations staff. These values are (enormously)
simplified for the purposes of the OPV Design Exercise. The Ops Room is the space from which the
operations staff control the ship’s tactical functions.

The Ops Room and associated Computer Room are sized based on the number of consoles (seats)
required. Note that all these consoles are in the Ops Room, but the Computer Room is presumed to
scale up with it.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Operations Room 10 m3 per 0.5 te Ops Room. May be located in the hull or adjacent
seat per seat to the bridge. If located in the hull should not be a
thoroughfare.

Computer Room 5 m3 per seat 0.1 te Should be located adjacent to (or above or below)
per seat the Ops Room.

TOTALS 15 m3 per 0.6 te

seat per seat

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Patrol Ship Communications fit
The patrol ship is assumed to have a limited communications fit, suitable for communicating with
commercial ships, other warships and aircraft. The communications fit also incorporates an internal
telephone system.

Antennas are typically not very massive, but the requirement to space them apart from each other
(and other external equipment) can make upper-deck arrangement complicated.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Main Communications 40 m3 8 te Contains computers and cabinets to run comms

Office systems, as well as workspace for communications
personnel. Should be easily accessible from a main
thoroughfare. In order to limit motions, should not
be in the forward 30% of the ship.

2 x HF Antennas External Nil Antennas 8m long. Safe clear radius 4m.

2 x VHF Antennas External Nil Antennas 1.5m long. Safe clear radius 2m.

2 x UHF Antennas External Nil Antennas 10cm long; assume can be mounted on
main mast.

1 x INMARSAT Satcom External 0.5 te Should be placed with as clear a field of view of
the sky as possible, and high enough that no
personnel can walk in front of beam while
transmitting. Safe clear radius 3m.

Antenna unit is approximately an upright cylinder

of length 1m and diameter 0.5m.

TOTALS 40 m3 8.5 te

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11m Rigid-Inflatable Boats
Large inflatable boats suitable for carrying boarding teams over significant distances. Can be fitted
with weapons (e.g. machineguns, grenade launchers) if required.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Boat Bay 260 m3 20 te Footprint 13m long, 4.5m wide. Should be located
adjacent to ship’s side on No. 1-deck. May be
(or
internal (behind shutter door) or external. If
external) internal, requires 2 decks of headroom. Includes
davit.

Should be aft of amidships to reduce relative

motions.

TOTALS 260 m3 20 te

(or 0 m3)

7m Rigid-Inflatable Boats
Smaller inflatable boats suitable for personnel transfer, rescue and utility operations.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Boat Bay 67.5 m3 5 te Footprint 9m long, 3m wide. Should be located

adjacent to ship’s side on 1-deck. May be internal
(or (behind shutter door) or external. If internal,
external) requires 1 deck of headroom. Includes davit.

Should be aft of amidships to reduce relative

motions.

TOTALS 67.5 m3 5 te

(or 0 m3)

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Machinery Fits
Component Data
The table below contains data on individual component sizing allowing the machinery arrangement
to be developed. In some cases, the weight of the components is included under other weight
groups.

Component LxWxH Mass Notes

2000kW Diesel 4.3 x 2.0 x 2.9 m 17.2 te Requires 1m all round for access space.
Engine 0.414 t/hr at full power.

Gearbox type 1 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 m 10.0 te Combines two engine shafts onto one prop
shaft

400kW Diesel 3.1 x 1.6 x 2.4 m 8 te 0.1 t/hr at full power.

Generator

1200kW Diesel 3.5 x 1.6 x 2.2 m 9.3 te 0.251 t/hr at full power.
Engine

Gearbox type 2 1.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 m 4.0 te Reduces single engine shaft onto prop shaft

5000kW Gas 3.5 x 1.8 x 2.5 m 7.5 te 1.216 t/hr at full power
Turbine

Auxiliaries

Stabiliser Box 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 m 9.8 te One pair per ship

Chilled water 4.3 x 2.75 x 2.44 m 6 te Two per ship

plant

Reverse osmosis 2.1 x 2.1x 2 m 4.2 te Two per ship

plant

Sewage 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.8 m 5.75 One per ship

treatment plant

Salt water pump 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 m 2 te Two per ship

4 x 2000 kW diesel engines

The propulsion arrangement assumes two shafts, with each pair of diesels driving one shaft through
a reduction gearbox. The diesels should be divided between two engine rooms to allow for
continued operation in the event of fire or flooding in one engine room. Diesel generators may be

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fitted into the engine spaces or a separate auxiliary machinery room and should be divided up so
that they are not all in the same compartment.

An initial estimate of volume and mass for the whole engine rooms is provided. This includes all the
systems listed below as well as other small auxiliary systems not covered elsewhere in the sizing
procedure.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Main Machinery 600 m3 230 te Contains 2 x 2000kW engines and 1 x Gearbox,

Room #1 plus auxiliaries

Main Machinery 600 m3 230 te Contains 2 x 2000kW engines and 1 x Gearbox,

Room #2 plus auxiliaries

Auxiliary Machinery 450 m3 60 te Contains 3 x 400kW Diesel Generators, plus

Room auxiliaries

Uptakes & Funnel 150 m3 12 te 2m x 2m uptake for each diesel engine;

assuming two decks of superstructure.

1m x 1m uptake for each diesel generator.

Also assume 6m long, 4 wide, 4m high funnel

on top of superstructure (external)

Shafts (1 x L) m3 (1 x L) te Assume two 1m x 1m shaft tunnels, half the

length of the ship.

Propeller (2m dia) - 7 te ea.

Bow Thruster 5m3 4.2te Single transverse thruster

2 x 1200 kW diesel engines

The propulsion arrangement assumes two shafts, with each diesel engine driving one shaft through a
reduction gearbox. The diesels should be divided between two engine rooms to allow for continued
operation in the event of fire or flooding in one engine room.

Diesel generators may be fitted into the engine spaces or a separate auxiliary machinery room and
should be divided up so that they are not all in the same compartment.

An initial estimate of volume and mass for the whole engine rooms is provided. This includes all the
systems listed below as well as other small auxiliary systems not covered elsewhere in the sizing
procedure. Once the ship is sized, it is important to check that the engines can be arranged in the
space provided. Engines should be surrounded by a clear space of 1m to allow for maintenance.

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Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Main Machinery 500 m3 100 te Contains 2 x 1200kW engines and 1 x Gearbox,

Room plus auxiliaries

Auxiliary Machinery 300 m3 45 te Contains 3 x 400kW Diesel Generators, plus

Room auxiliaries

Uptakes & Funnel 60 m3 10 te 1.5m x 1.5m uptake for each diesel engine;
assuming two decks of superstructure.

1m x 1m uptake for each diesel generator.

Also assume 5m long, 3 wide, 4m high funnel

on top of superstructure (external)

Shafts (1 x L) m3 (0.5 x L) te Assume two 1m x 1m shaft tunnels, half the

length of the ship.

Propeller (2m dia) - 4 te ea.

Bow Thruster 5m3 4.2te Single transverse thruster

Gas Turbine Fit

The propulsion arrangement assumes two shafts, each with one diesel engine and one gas turbine,
driving through a gearbox. The machinery should be divided between two engine rooms to allow for
continued operation in the event of fire or flooding in one engine room.

Diesel generators may be fitted into the engine spaces or a separate auxiliary machinery room and
should be divided up so that they are not all in the same compartment.

An initial estimate of volume and mass for the whole engine rooms is provided. This includes all the
systems listed below as well as other small auxiliary systems not covered elsewhere in the sizing
procedure. Once the ship is sized, it is important to check that the engines can be arranged in the
space provided. Engines should be surrounded by a clear space of 1m to allow for maintenance.

Compartment Volume Mass Notes

Gas turbine room 300 m3 75 te Contains 2 x 5000kW gas turbine. plus

auxiliaries

Diesel machinery 500 m3 100 te Contains 2 x 1200kW engines and 2 x Gearbox

room type 1, plus auxiliaries

Auxiliary Machinery 300 m3 45 te Contains 3 x 400kW Diesel Generators, plus

Room auxiliaries

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Uptakes & Funnel 60 m3 10 te 1.5m x 1.5m uptake for each diesel engine and
gas turbine; assuming two decks of
superstructure.

1m x 1m uptake for each diesel generator.

Also assume 5m long, 3 wide, 4m high funnel

on top of superstructure (external)

Shafts (1 x L) m3 (0.5 x L) te Assume two 1m x 1m shaft tunnels, half the

length of the ship.

Propeller (2m dia) - 7 te ea.

Bow Thruster 5m3 4.2te Single transverse thruster

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