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Gota Lejon class, Nordmark Battlecruiser laid down 1911 (Engine 1930)

Displacement:
25,673 t light; 26,929 t standard; 30,438 t normal; 33,245 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
704.06 ft / 700.00 ft x 88.50 ft (Bulges 100.00 ft) x 26.70 ft (normal load)
214.60 m / 213.36 m x 26.97 m (Bulges 30.48 m) x 8.14 m

Armament:
6 - 13.40" / 340 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1,203.05lbs / 545.69kg shells, 1911 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
2 - 13.40" / 340 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1,203.05lbs / 545.69kg shells, 1911 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline amidships
24 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns (12x2 guns), 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1931 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x8 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 10 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 10,653 lbs / 4,832 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 105

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 484.00 ft / 147.52 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 4.50" / 114 mm 484.00 ft / 147.52 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.50" / 38 mm 484.00 ft / 147.52 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 12.0" / 305 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
5th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 86,908 shp / 64,833 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 14,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,316 tons

Complement:
1,151 - 1,497

Cost:
£2.386 million / $9.543 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,332 tons, 4.4 %
Armour: 10,437 tons, 34.3 %
- Belts: 3,187 tons, 10.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 698 tons, 2.3 %
- Armament: 2,267 tons, 7.4 %
- Armour Deck: 4,075 tons, 13.4 %
- Conning Tower: 210 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 2,634 tons, 8.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,221 tons, 36.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,765 tons, 15.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
48,095 lbs / 21,816 Kg = 40.0 x 13.4 " / 340 mm shells or 8.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.24
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.9 m
Roll period: 17.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.36
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.07

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.570
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.46 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (62 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 18.12 ft / 5.52 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.6 %
Waterplane Area: 44,053 Square feet or 4,093 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 178 lbs/sq ft or 870 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.05
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Gota Lejon, Den Norske Love & Folkunga Lion

*plots superheavy shells and gun wizardry*

Seriously, I feel so inadequate. It's like my life is less because I don't have the baddest BC in South America. Don't worry, though, there's always Cleito II and Brasil won't be signing

Actually could be bothered with the heavier shells, yet!

And that's the sad thing. I can go superheavy and you can go superheavy, and your guns will still win. Don't worry, though, I'm only interested in the independant nations who are helpless against Brazil's might. You can keep what you have. For the time being...

Superheavy shells aren't all they're cracked up to be. They suffer from severe limitations.

[Aw, c'mon, why can't we have a little fun?]

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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Superheavy shells aren't all they're cracked up to be. They suffer from severe limitations.

Well 340mm shell is still preaty heavy.

Note that I've updated the "Jane's" BB page up to the 1930 designs - at least, those I've seen. Please let me know if I missed anything...

By all means use superheavy shells. It just gives me another advantage.

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Originally posted by Fyrwulf
Seriously, I feel so inadequate. It's like my life is less because I don't have the baddest BC in South America. Don't worry, though, there's always Cleito II and Brasil won't be signing

Did I mention that my BCF is based in Guiana? That's Hood, Invincible, Inflexible and Tiger.






Only joking...

Heh. Hood, Invincible, and Inflexible might be based there, but Tiger's part of the Australian Navy, so I doubt it's based in Guiana......

Now, back to the actual ship: this is the first capital hip that Nordmark has built that forgoes the standard secondary battery, choosing instead to go the full dual-purpose route. A battery of 24 tubes, to be exact, which in numbers at least is heavier than anything that put to sea by 1945. I'm not sure that this is a wise manuever, given that a 110mm shell is likely not a single-hit destroyer stopper. It's certainly going to scare most aircraft, though.

Quite long ranged, but I'm surprised that the re-engining did not increase her speed.

she always had a 4.3inch secondary battery, the reason for such a large DP battery is that Nordmark intends to be able to have her capital ships able to defend against air & surface attack, (I mean the baltic ain't exactly safe unless you've got a lot of AA capability. To increase her speed the bow would of required extensive re-modeling, 27knots is still a fair speed though, and her large range allows her to cruise over large distances without the need for refueling.