WesWorld

Heavy cruiser type "Kornilov"
"Kornilov" (up to 08.25.1926 "Oleg") ERB. 23/04/1925 14/07/1927 2.1929 Excl. in 1950
"Rurik" Poot. 3.1929 06/16/1925 10/22/1927 Died in 1942
"Stormbreaker" BR. 3.1929 09/03/1925 02/22/1928 Died in 1945
"Askold" Poot. 02/19/1926 05/15/1928 9.1929 Excl. in 1955

Displacement:

14 385 t light; 14 924 t standard; 15 495 t normal; 15 951 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)

(599,18 ft / 597,11 ft) x 73,49 ft x (23,95 / 24,48 ft)

(182,63 m / 182,00 m) x 22,40 m x (7,30 / 7,46 m)



Armament:

9 - 8,00" / 203 mm 55,0 cal guns - 276,33lbs / 125,34kg shells, 120 per gun

Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1925 Model

2 x 3-gun mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread

1 x 3-gun mount on centreline, aft deck aft

8 - 4,02" / 102 mm 60,0 cal guns - 35,47lbs / 16,09kg shells, 200 per gun

Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1925 Model

4 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft

8 - 4,02" / 102 mm 60,0 cal guns - 35,47lbs / 16,09kg shells, 200 per gun

Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1925 Model

4 x 2-gun mounts on sides, aft deck aft

Weight of broadside 3 054 lbs / 1 385 kg

Armour:

- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)

Main: 7,99" / 203 mm 360,89 ft / 110,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m

Ends: 4,02" / 102 mm 213,25 ft / 65,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m

22,97 ft / 7,00 m Unarmoured ends

Main Belt covers 93% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)

Main: 5,98" / 152 mm 2,99" / 76 mm 5,98" / 152 mm

- Armoured deck - multiple decks:

For and Aft decks: 4,72" / 120 mm

Forecastle: 1,50" / 38 mm Quarter deck: 0,06" / 1 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 4,72" / 120 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm

Machinery:

Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,

Geared drive, 4 shafts, 104 683 shp / 78 094 Kw = 32,00 kts

Range 6 998nm at 10,00 kts

Bunker at max displacement = 1 028 tons

Complement:

693 - 902

Cost:

£4,258 million / $17,031 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:

Armament: 998 tons, 6,4%

- Guns: 998 tons, 6,4%

Armour: 4 874 tons, 31,5%

- Belts: 2 031 tons, 13,1%

- Armament: 545 tons, 3,5%

- Armour Deck: 2 235 tons, 14,4%

- Conning Tower: 63 tons, 0,4%

Machinery: 3 399 tons, 21,9%

Hull, fittings & equipment: 5 115 tons, 33,0%

Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 110 tons, 7,2%

Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):

19 249 lbs / 8 731 Kg = 75,2 x 8,0 " / 203 mm shells or 2,2 torpedoes

Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,03

Metacentric height 3,4 ft / 1,0 m

Roll period: 16,9 seconds

Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %

- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,46

Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,00

Hull form characteristics:

Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak,

a normal bow and small transom stern

Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,516 / 0,520

Length to Beam Ratio: 8,13 : 1

'Natural speed' for length: 26,44 kts

Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %

Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 72

Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4,00 degrees

Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m

Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):

Fore end, Aft end

- Forecastle: 21,80%, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 28,22 ft / 8,60 m

- Forward deck: 30,00%, 27,56 ft / 8,40 m, 26,90 ft / 8,20 m

- Aft deck: 33,20%, 16,63 ft / 5,07 m, 16,63 ft / 5,07 m

- Quarter deck: 15,00%, 16,63 ft / 5,07 m, 16,96 ft / 5,17 m

- Average freeboard: 22,48 ft / 6,85 m

Ship space, strength and comments:

Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90,5%

- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 180,9%

Waterplane Area: 30 387 Square feet or 2 823 Square metres

Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105%

Structure weight / hull surface area: 123 lbs/sq ft or 601 Kg/sq metre

Hull strength (Relative):

- Cross-sectional: 0,96

- Longitudinal: 1,63

- Overall: 1,01

Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space

Excellent accommodation and workspace room

Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

That is one beautiful and powerful cruiser!

1. Nice drawing
2. Nice design
3. You didn't set any of the 8" guns to raised, which B obviously is
4. You didn't set any of the 4" guns to raised, which on appearance they all are.
5. There are a mess of smaller guns (probably .50cal or 20mm) all over the drawing that aren't in the Springsharp.
6. 1mm quarterdeck armor is useless and it makes having a plunging shell hit your steering gear really easy.
7. I'd ditch the end belts completely and lengthen the main belt to 100% of the normal length, or at least thin the end belts to say 2" for splinter/DD/CL HE round protection. 4" won't stop an 8" AP round, and most ships with 6" or smaller don't fire AP.