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Downer class, AUSTALIA Cruiser laid down 1935

Displacement:
9,488 t light; 9,782 t standard; 10,843 t normal; 11,649 t full load
Loading submergence 492 tons/feet

Dimensions:
667.00 ft x 45.00 ft x 29.00 ft (normal load)
203.30 m x 13.72 m x 8.84 m

Armament:
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 2 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
30 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
40 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 931 lbs / 422 kg

Armour:
Belt 5.00" / 127 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 122 % of normal area
Main turrets 6.00" / 152 mm
Armour deck 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 83,743 shp / 62,472 Kw = 32.20 kts
Range 12,000nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
531 - 690

Cost:
£3.884 million / $15.536 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 116 tons, 1.1 %
Armour: 2,670 tons, 24.6 %
Belts: 845 tons, 7.8 %, Armament: 499 tons, 4.6 %, Armour Deck: 1,274 tons, 11.7 %
Conning Tower: 53 tons, 0.5 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,379 tons, 21.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,322 tons, 39.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,355 tons, 12.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Metacentric height 1.5

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation & workspaces is adequate
Excellent seaboat, comfortable and able to fight her guns in the heaviest weather

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 12,302 lbs / 5,580 Kg = 113.9 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.7
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 60 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.56
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.54

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.436
Sharpness coefficient: 0.27
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 9.22
'Natural speed' for length: 25.83 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
Trim: 39
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 80.2 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 111.1 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 130 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.16
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 111 lbs / square foot or 542 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.50
(for 18.00 ft / 5.49 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 2.61 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.19


Darwin, Australia AA CL laid down 1937

Displacement:
7,808 t light; 8,034 t standard; 8,655 t normal; 9,118 t full load
Loading submergence 422 tons/feet

Dimensions:
612.00 ft x 36.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
186.54 m x 10.97 m x 7.62 m

Armament:
8 - 5.25" / 133 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 2 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
25 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
40 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 637 lbs / 289 kg

Armour:
Belt 2.00" / 51 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 122 % of normal area
Main turrets 4.00" / 102 mm
Conning tower 2.00" / 51 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 74,259 shp / 55,398 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,500nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
448 - 583

Cost:
£3.427 million / $13.707 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 80 tons, 0.9 %
Armour: 562 tons, 6.5 %
Belts: 275 tons, 3.2 %, Armament: 269 tons, 3.1 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 18 tons, 0.2 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,058 tons, 23.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,108 tons, 59.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 848 tons, 9.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Metacentric height 1.1

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is adequate
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 9,071 lbs / 4,115 Kg = 125.4 x 5.3 " / 133 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.3
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 51 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.68
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.29

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.550
Sharpness coefficient: 0.29
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 9.12
'Natural speed' for length: 24.74 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim: 40
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 84.9 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 100.4 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 163 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 2.02
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 158 lbs / square foot or 771 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.07
(for 16.00 ft / 4.88 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 1.29 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 2.03

THe Downer class is a CA in the ALt line the Darwin is a CLAA. The 6" dowers are two make up the CA numbers so guy donot get the two mix up.




Downer class, AUSTALIA Cruiser laid down 1935

Displacement:
9,365 t light; 9,654 t standard; 10,595 t normal; 11,305 t full load
Loading submergence 557 tons/feet

Dimensions:
567.00 ft x 60.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
172.82 m x 18.29 m x 7.62 m

Armament:
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 2 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
30 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
40 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 931 lbs / 422 kg

Armour:
Belt 5.00" / 127 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 122 % of normal area
Main turrets 6.00" / 152 mm
Armour deck 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 89,578 shp / 66,826 Kw = 32.20 kts
Range 12,000nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
522 - 678

Cost:
£3.980 million / $15.921 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 116 tons, 1.1 %
Armour: 2,855 tons, 26.9 %
Belts: 861 tons, 8.1 %, Armament: 498 tons, 4.7 %, Armour Deck: 1,444 tons, 13.6 %
Conning Tower: 52 tons, 0.5 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,545 tons, 24.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,849 tons, 36.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,230 tons, 11.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Metacentric height 2.3

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 11,706 lbs / 5,310 Kg = 108.4 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.9
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 68 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.25
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.436
Sharpness coefficient: 0.32
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 7.90
'Natural speed' for length: 23.81 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim: 68
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 87.0 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 127.4 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 119 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.03
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 109 lbs / square foot or 535 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.56
(for 17.90 ft / 5.46 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 2.58 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.07

Darwin, Australia CLAAA laid down 1937

Displacement:
8,710 t light; 8,955 t standard; 9,563 t normal; 10,010 t full load
Loading submergence 507 tons/feet

Dimensions:
525.00 ft x 60.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
160.02 m x 18.29 m x 7.62 m

Armament:
8 - 5.25" / 133 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 2 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
25 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
40 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 637 lbs / 289 kg

Armour:
Belt 2.00" / 51 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 122 % of normal area
Main turrets 4.00" / 102 mm
Conning tower 2.00" / 51 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 85,175 shp / 63,540 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,500nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
483 - 628

Cost:
£3.830 million / $15.321 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 80 tons, 0.8 %
Armour: 638 tons, 6.7 %
Belts: 322 tons, 3.4 %, Armament: 297 tons, 3.1 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 19 tons, 0.2 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,361 tons, 24.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,632 tons, 58.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 852 tons, 8.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Metacentric height 2.5

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.05
Shellfire needed to sink: 11,561 lbs / 5,244 Kg = 159.8 x 5.3 " / 133 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.7
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 61 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.18
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.425
Sharpness coefficient: 0.32
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 7.56
'Natural speed' for length: 22.91 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim: 60
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 87.2 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 140.0 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 159 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.61
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 169 lbs / square foot or 827 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 3.38
(for 20.00 ft / 6.10 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 4.99 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.74


i all so Add a sothhamton class CA as well





Southhampton, UK AUST LIgth Cruiser laid down 1938

Displacement:
8,750 t light; 9,094 t standard; 9,983 t normal; 10,654 t full load
Loading submergence 709 tons/feet

Dimensions:
584.00 ft x 62.40 ft x 17.00 ft (normal load)
178.00 m x 19.02 m x 5.18 m

Armament:
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 3 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
8 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns
30 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
45 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 1,729 lbs / 784 kg
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Belt 5.00" / 127 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 55 % of normal area
Main belt does not fully protect magazines and engineering spaces
Main turrets 6.00" / 152 mm
Armour deck 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 91,336 shp / 68,137 Kw = 32.20 kts
Range 11,900nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
499 - 649

Cost:
£4.723 million / $18.892 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 216 tons, 2.2 %
Armour: 1,614 tons, 16.2 %
Belts: 408 tons, 4.1 %, Armament: 686 tons, 6.9 %, Armour Deck: 459 tons, 4.6 %
Conning Tower: 60 tons, 0.6 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,501 tons, 25.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,419 tons, 44.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,233 tons, 12.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Metacentric height 2.5

Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 12,946 lbs / 5,872 Kg = 119.9 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.6
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 69 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.53
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.564
Sharpness coefficient: 0.36
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 8.29
'Natural speed' for length: 24.17 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim: 67
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 98.4 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 177.0 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 120 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.98
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 113 lbs / square foot or 549 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.36
(for 22.00 ft / 6.71 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 6.86 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.01