31. It had a metacentric height of. 32. Speed loss at hard rudder was reduced to 30 percent, and the metacentric height was. 33. They had a metacentric height of. 34. The ships were designed with a very low centre of gravity and had a metacentric height of. 35. The " Tosa " class would have had a metacentric height of at normal load. 36. They had a metacentric height of at deep load as built as well as a complete double bottom. 37. The ships had a metacentric height of, and were equipped with bilge keels to increase their stability. 38. The ships'expected metacentric height was, comparable to the British " Lion " class. 39. This increased her metacentric height to about at deep load, despite the increase in her deep displacement to. 40. The metacentric height was for the 305 mm gunned ships, but dropped to in the 380 mm gunned ships.