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Our as they are otherwise known "Dido-kyrie"!



Valkyrie II (Dido-kyrie)(build), Denmark CL(aa) laid down 1931

Displacement:
5,709 t light; 5,918 t standard; 6,696 t normal; 7,318 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
570.01 ft / 550.00 ft x 52.00 ft x 17.00 ft (normal load)
173.74 m / 167.64 m x 15.85 m x 5.18 m

Armament:
15 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (5x3 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1931 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority aft, 3 raised mounts - superfiring
[Twins mounted (5X2 guns) simmed as triples to account for extra weight]
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1931 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
24 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 821 lbs / 373 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 160
8 - 23.6" / 600 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 370.73 ft / 113.00 m 7.87 ft / 2.40 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm - -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.57" / 40 mm, Conning tower: 1.97" / 50 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 61,879 shp / 46,162 Kw = 32.50 kts
Range 13,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,400 tons

Complement:
369 - 481

Cost:
£2.379 million / $9.515 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 103 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 1,102 tons, 16.5 %
- Belts: 355 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 164 tons, 2.5 %
- Armour Deck: 568 tons, 8.5 %
- Conning Tower: 15 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,850 tons, 27.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,574 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 987 tons, 14.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
7,960 lbs / 3,611 Kg = 151.0 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 1.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 14.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.482
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.58 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.70 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 5.00 ft / 1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (60 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m (14.00 ft / 4.27 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 19.08 ft / 5.82 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 103.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 146.3 %
Waterplane Area: 19,490 Square feet or 1,811 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 80 lbs/sq ft or 389 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.87
- Longitudinal: 1.41
- Overall: 0.91
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Valkyrie II class fleet escort cruisers are specifically designed to use the 120mm turrets designed to be retrofitted to the "Hel" class CAs. They are to supplement the anti-aircraft capabilities of the fleet. Turrets simmed as triples to simulate increased weight of HA/LA mounts, twins actually mounted.

At last the lady reveals herself - and hey, she's a looker.

What accounts for the extra weight of the 120s? Automatic loading at high angles?

Nice one. Your drawing skills are improving! ;o)

(Have I seen this 37mm guns elswhere before? ;o))

What's the platform on the stern for?

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
What's the platform on the stern for?

That would be the "HUGINN" system,
Rocky was on the receiving end of it once!

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Originally posted by HoOmAn
(Have I seen this 37mm guns elswhere before? ;o))

might have been inspired by something else ;-)

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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor

At last the lady reveals herself - and hey, she's a looker

Thank you Sir!!

*glares* You still my caliber. Shame on you, sir!

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Originally posted by Fyrwulf
*glares* You still my caliber. Shame on you, sir!

Check out most of my DD's and smaller for the last few years, they are all using 120MM's, based on Danish experience (independantly arrived at, I might add!) in the Andaman Sea Crisis!!

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Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
What accounts for the extra weight of the 120s? Automatic loading at high angles?

Using the allowences arrived at when Alt Naval first proposed HA turreted guns for Greece...we did a deal for the tech, and there you have it! But basically, Yes.

Not "Atlan-kyrie"? (Though "San Juan-kyrie" might be easier on the tongue...)

Well done, CG! I agree with Rocky; she's a beauty! And the aft layout is great.

Regards,

Big Rich

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Originally posted by 1Big Rich
Well done, CG! I agree with Rocky; she's a beauty! And the aft layout is great.

Thank you Sir!

I just wish my skills with Paint were a bit better, after all this praise!

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Originally posted by Commodore Green
I just wish my skills with Paint were a bit better, after all this praise!

Only thing your picture could really stand improvement on, is some detailing on the bridge (pilothouse windows), Flagstaff and jackstaff, and I'd round the corners of the top of the funnel a bit. You might also consider colouring it, but that's personal preference.

I might try doing it in 2 pixels to the foot, which I've used on a DD in the past!