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Monday, July 15th 2013, 9:01am

[Nordmark] Light Cruiser Refit

OdinRefit, Nordmark Light Cruiser laid down 1930 (Engine 1943)

Displacement:
6,575 t light; 6,878 t standard; 8,077 t normal; 9,035 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
564.92 ft / 550.00 ft x 54.99 ft x 16.99 ft (normal load)
172.19 m / 167.64 m x 16.76 m x 5.18 m

Armament:
8 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns (4x2 guns), 102.69lbs / 46.58kg shells, 1930 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns (4x2 guns), 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1943 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 1,178 lbs / 534 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
8 - 24.0" / 610 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.27" / 83 mm 379.99 ft / 115.82 m 10.01 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.50" / 89 mm 2.01" / 51 mm 2.52" / 64 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Armour deck: 1.26" / 32 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 78,369 shp / 58,463 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,157 tons

Complement:
425 - 553

Cost:
£2.665 million / $10.662 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 147 tons, 1.8 %
Armour: 1,220 tons, 15.1 %
- Belts: 513 tons, 6.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 215 tons, 2.7 %
- Armour Deck: 492 tons, 6.1 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,024 tons, 25.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,074 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,501 tons, 18.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 110 tons, 1.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10,237 lbs / 4,644 Kg = 99.4 x 5.9 " / 150 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 2.6 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 14.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.42
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.05

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.45 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 66
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.99 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.01 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.50 ft / 5.03 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 16.50 ft / 5.03 m
- Stern: 16.50 ft / 5.03 m
- Average freeboard: 19.23 ft / 5.86 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 128.8 %
Waterplane Area: 21,106 Square feet or 1,961 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 123 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 91 lbs/sq ft or 443 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.35
- Overall: 1.00
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

RNNS Odin
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Carries 1 aircraft

Changes from the original construction:

Replaced and expanded secondary armament and AA fit.
Re-engined
Added radar and modern fire control
Revised aircraft and torpedo arrangements for increased utility and decreased cramping

50% refit is 3,288 tons per ship, and three quarters.
Carnival da yo~!

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Valles" (Jul 15th 2013, 9:03am)