Built to carry obscene numbers of cars, trucks and tanks, the NS Schwarzwald III also has room on the deck for a few thousand 20/40 foot containers.
And to provide more thrust, two jet engines have been installed.

VTOL slider to control propeller pitch
Trim slider to control rudder
Roll to control ship list

Activation group 1 to turn on/off jets

NS Black Forest III, ConRo laid down 1950

Displacement:
412,976 t light; 421,404 t standard; 421,404 t normal; 421,404 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,888.94 ft / 1,888.94 ft x 196.85 ft x 49.21 ft (normal load)
575.75 m / 575.75 m x 60.00 m x 15.00 m

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 1,416.71 ft / 431.81 m 16.84 ft / 5.13 m
Ends: 16.0" / 406 mm 472.22 ft / 143.93 m 16.84 ft / 5.13 m
Upper: 16.0" / 406 mm 1,416.71 ft / 431.81 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 115 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
14.0" / 356 mm 1,416.71 ft / 431.81 m 45.17 ft / 13.77 m

- Armour deck: 12.00" / 305 mm, Conning tower: 20.00" / 508 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 1,000,000 shp / 746,000 Kw = 35.56 kts
Range 0nm at 0.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 0 tons
Caution: Too much power for number of propellor shafts

Complement:
8,268 - 10,750

Cost:
£139.191 million / $556.762 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 137,941 tons, 32.7 %
- Belts: 29,869 tons, 7.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 33,148 tons, 7.9 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 72,502 tons, 17.2 %
- Conning Tower: 2,422 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 23,923 tons, 5.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 251,111 tons, 59.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8,428 tons, 2.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
2,193,689 lbs / 995,041 Kg = 20,311.9 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 2,210.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.49
Metacentric height 27.4 ft / 8.3 m
Roll period: 15.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.806
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.60 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 43.46 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 39 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 41.01 ft / 12.50 m
- Forecastle (10 %): 41.01 ft / 12.50 m (32.81 ft / 10.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Stern: 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Average freeboard: 33.63 ft / 10.25 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 22.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 246.8 %
Waterplane Area: 326,586 Square feet or 30,341 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 227 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 617 lbs/sq ft or 3,013 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 2.83
- Longitudinal: 0.94
- Overall: 1.24
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent