The Erzschiff 2163 is a straight decked ore carrier with its bridge placed on the bow in order to improve visibility. While it may look like a Great lakes freighter, the Erzschiff 2163 has several differences.
1: While it may be quite thin for a merchant ship, its actually so that it can fit pass through the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
2: Most lake freighters don't have bulbous bows.
3: Or 200,000hp engines, for that matter.

Controls:

Trim slider: Control rudder. Up=turn to starboard. Down=turn to port
VTOL slider: Controls propeller pitch. Up=forward Down=reverse. Works best when the VTOL slider is around 1/3 up/down

Ore carrier 2163, Ore carrier laid down 1958

Displacement:
49,077 t light; 50,079 t standard; 50,079 t normal; 50,079 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
709.65 ft / 709.65 ft x 78.08 ft x 36.91 ft (normal load)
216.30 m / 216.30 m x 23.80 m x 11.25 m

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 0.63" / 16 mm 496.75 ft / 151.41 m 10.60 ft / 3.23 m
Ends: 0.55" / 14 mm 212.86 ft / 64.88 m 10.60 ft / 3.23 m
Upper: 0.16" / 4 mm 496.75 ft / 151.41 m 8.01 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length

• Torpedo Bulkhead:
  0.71" / 18 mm 496.75 ft / 151.41 m 36.65 ft / 11.17 m

• Armour deck: 0.24" / 6 mm

Machinery:
Nuclear reactors, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 500,000 shp / 373,000 Kw = 37.73 kts
Range unlimited at 32.00 kts

Complement:
16-21

Cost:
£26.522 million / $106.088 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 911 tons, 1.8 %
- Belts: 212 tons, 0.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 477 tons, 1.0 %
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 222 tons, 0.4 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 11,962 tons, 23.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 36,205 tons, 72.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,002 tons, 2.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
56,868 lbs / 25,795 Kg = 526.6 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 15.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.46
Metacentric height 6.6 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 12.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 16 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.10

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
Block coefficient: 0.857
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.09 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 71 %
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: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 26.25 ft / 8.00 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.65 ft / 5.08 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94.8 %
Waterplane Area: 50,743 Square feet or 4,714 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 202 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 487 lbs/sq ft or 2,380 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 4.12
- Longitudinal: 3.49
- Overall: 3.64
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate