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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 4:32pm

Odin Class, Nordmark Light Cruisers

New Light cruisers to be laid down 1930. Any Comments

Odin Class, Nordmark Light Cruisers laid down 1930

Displacement:
6,518 t light; 6,796 t standard; 8,081 t normal; 9,109 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
564.92 ft / 550.00 ft x 55.00 ft x 17.00 ft (normal load)
172.19 m / 167.64 m x 16.76 m x 5.18 m

Armament:
8 - 5.90" / 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
4 - 4.30" / 109 mm guns in single mounts, 39.75lbs / 18.03kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all aft
Weight of broadside 995 lbs / 451 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
12 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.00" / 25 mm 150.00 ft / 45.72 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Main Belt covers 112 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 68,043 shp / 50,760 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,314 tons

Complement:
426 - 554

Cost:
£2.598 million / $10.392 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 124 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 1,233 tons, 15.3 %
- Belts: 712 tons, 8.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 114 tons, 1.4 %
- Armour Deck: 407 tons, 5.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,062 tons, 25.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,029 tons, 37.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,563 tons, 19.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11,470 lbs / 5,203 Kg = 111.7 x 5.9 " / 150 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.31
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 12.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.28
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 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): 96.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.6 %
Waterplane Area: 21,979 Square feet or 2,042 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 126 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 88 lbs/sq ft or 432 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.34
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Odin, Thor, Kongsvinger, Lund, Malmo & Kristiansand

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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 4:51pm

What is the 1" end belt meant to achieve?

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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 4:55pm

To be honest, I'm not sure how effective it would be either

4

Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 5:22pm

Bullet proof to protect the crew against boarders?

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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 5:32pm

Revised


Odin Class, Nordmark Light Cruisers laid down 1930

Displacement:
6,518 t light; 6,796 t standard; 8,081 t normal; 9,109 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
564.92 ft / 550.00 ft x 55.00 ft x 17.00 ft (normal load)
172.19 m / 167.64 m x 16.76 m x 5.18 m

Armament:
8 - 5.90" / 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
4 - 4.30" / 109 mm guns in single mounts, 39.75lbs / 18.03kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all aft
Weight of broadside 995 lbs / 451 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
12 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 450.00 ft / 137.16 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 126 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 68,043 shp / 50,760 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,314 tons

Complement:
426 - 554

Cost:
£2.598 million / $10.392 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 124 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 1,246 tons, 15.4 %
- Belts: 726 tons, 9.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 114 tons, 1.4 %
- Armour Deck: 407 tons, 5.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,062 tons, 25.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,015 tons, 37.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,563 tons, 19.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11,474 lbs / 5,204 Kg = 111.7 x 5.9 " / 150 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 12.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.28
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 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): 96.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.6 %
Waterplane Area: 21,979 Square feet or 2,042 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 126 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 88 lbs/sq ft or 430 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.36
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Odin, Thor, Kongsvinger, Lund, Malmo & Kristiansand