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Light cruiser for colonial and fleet work

Colony, Sweden light cruiser laid down 1932

Displacement:
6 651 t light; 6 905 t standard; 7 350 t normal; 7 706 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
528,22 ft / 524,93 ft x 52,49 ft (Bulges 59,06 ft) x 21,33 ft (normal load)
161,00 m / 160,00 m x 16,00 m (Bulges 18,00 m) x 6,50 m

Armament:
8 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns (3 mounts), 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (6 mounts), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1924 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5,65lbs / 2,56kg shells, 1918 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
12 - 0,98" / 25,0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0,48lbs / 0,22kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1 191 lbs / 540 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2,95" / 75 mm 328,08 ft / 100,00 m 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
Ends: 0,98" / 25 mm 49,21 ft / 15,00 m 16,40 ft / 5,00 m
147,64 ft / 45,00 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 0,98" / 25 mm 393,70 ft / 120,00 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
0,39" / 10 mm 426,51 ft / 130,00 m 15,19 ft / 4,63 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2,95" / 75 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 2,95" / 75 mm
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - 0,98" / 25 mm
3rd: 0,20" / 5 mm - -

- Armour deck: 0,98" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 1,97" / 50 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 59 749 shp / 44 573 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 5 000nm at 14,00 kts (Bunkerage = 800 tons)

Complement:
396 - 515

Cost:
£2,749 million / $10,995 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 149 tons, 2,0 %
Armour: 1 447 tons, 19,7 %
- Belts: 816 tons, 11,1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 94 tons, 1,3 %
- Armament: 202 tons, 2,8 %
- Armour Deck: 319 tons, 4,3 %
- Conning Tower: 16 tons, 0,2 %
Machinery: 1 764 tons, 24,0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3 192 tons, 43,4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 699 tons, 9,5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 1,4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3 874 lbs / 1 757 Kg = 36,2 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 0,8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,12
Metacentric height 2,4 ft / 0,7 m
Roll period: 16,1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 67 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,41
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,25

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,389
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,89 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,82 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 54
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,28 ft / 1,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21,33 ft / 6,50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11,48 ft / 3,50 m (19,69 ft / 6,00 m before break)
- Stern: 11,48 ft / 3,50 m
- Average freeboard: 19,42 ft / 5,92 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 154,3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 143,6 %
Waterplane Area: 17 501 Square feet or 1 626 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 100 lbs/sq ft or 490 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,93
- Longitudinal: 2,08
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

3x2, 1x2 mainturrets
1x seaplane fitted