Here are OOC stats for the ship. Comparing her to Abdiel might disappoint you. I focused on other things and the Abdiels are difficult to sim anyway.
To me "fast" in this case meant "more than 26-28kn" which was the speed of earlier steps in the process that lead to the design below.
CM36fast, South African Fast Mine Cruiser laid down 1936
Displacement:
3.914 t light; 4.041 t standard; 4.609 t normal; 5.064 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
456,03 ft / 442,91 ft x 49,21 ft x 15,42 ft (normal load)
139,00 m / 135,00 m x 15,00 m x 4,70 m
Armament:
6 - 4,53" / 115 mm guns (3x2 guns), 46,40lbs / 21,05kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 296 lbs / 134 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,38" / 35 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 1,18" / 30 mm
2nd: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
- Armour deck: 0,39" / 10 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 56.301 shp / 42.000 Kw = 32,86 kts
Range 4.000nm at 20,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.024 tons
Complement:
279 - 363
Cost:
£2,052 million / $8,209 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 37 tons, 0,8%
Armour: 133 tons, 2,9%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 25 tons, 0,5%
- Armour Deck: 108 tons, 2,3%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 1.580 tons, 34,3%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.865 tons, 40,4%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 695 tons, 15,1%
Miscellaneous weights: 300 tons, 6,5%
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4.057 lbs / 1.840 Kg = 87,4 x 4,5 " / 115 mm shells or 0,8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,08
Metacentric height 2,0 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 14,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,21
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,480
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24,28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1,64 ft / 0,50 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24,61 ft / 7,50 m
- Forecastle (30%): 18,70 ft / 5,70 m
- Mid (50%): 17,72 ft / 5,40 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 17,72 ft / 5,40 m
- Stern: 17,72 ft / 5,40 m
- Average freeboard: 18,82 ft / 5,74 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 124,7%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 181,1%
Waterplane Area: 14.827 Square feet or 1.377 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 119%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 75 lbs/sq ft or 364 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,91
- Longitudinal: 2,30
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform