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The Royal Siamese Navy has reached an agreement to acquire the "orphaned" Danish Jutland-class light cruiser Sjaelland. As part of the deal, she will recieve a comprehensive rebuild, including:

- Reshaped, clipper bow, with additional scheer.

- Installation of three twin 57mm AA, one each side of the bridge and the third on the fantail.

- Removal of underwater torpedo tubes; replacement of abovewater tubes with 21".

- Additional deck armour.

- New engines and increased bunkerage.

- Flag officers' facilities.

- Climate control.


Chakri Nareubet, Siamese (ex-Danish) Light Cruiser laid down 1910 (Engine 1932)

Displacement:
6,081 t light; 6,335 t standard; 7,956 t normal; 9,253 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
460.11 ft / 450.00 ft x 70.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
140.24 m / 137.16 m x 21.34 m x 6.10 m

Armament:
2 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1910 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
6 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1931 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts

Weight of broadside 982 lbs / 445 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.50" / 64 mm 292.50 ft / 89.15 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.25" / 32 mm 157.50 ft / 48.01 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Upper: 0.75" / 19 mm 292.50 ft / 89.15 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.50" / 38 mm 1.50" / 38 mm -
2nd: 1.50" / 38 mm 1.50" / 38 mm -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
5th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.75" / 44 mm, Conning tower: 2.50" / 64 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 60,000 shp / 44,760 Kw = 29.31 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts (Bunkerage = 2,918 tons)

Complement:
420 - 547

Cost:
£0.567 million / $2.268 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 122 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 1,198 tons, 15.1 %
- Belts: 464 tons, 5.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 66 tons, 0.8 %
- Armour Deck: 646 tons, 8.1 %
- Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,794 tons, 22.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,917 tons, 36.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,875 tons, 23.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,660 lbs / 5,742 Kg = 117.2 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.31
Metacentric height 4.8 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 13.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.15
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.442
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.43 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 64
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30.25 ft / 9.22 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.50 ft / 8.08 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.75 ft / 6.93 m (15.25 ft / 4.65 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.25 ft / 4.65 m
- Stern: 15.25 ft / 4.65 m
- Average freeboard: 20.61 ft / 6.28 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 169.5 %
Waterplane Area: 19,964 Square feet or 1,855 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 137 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 96 lbs/sq ft or 471 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.39
- 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

I'm surprised you're not adding more fish - though there's probably a lot of clutter from all those single deck mounts.

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Reshaped, clipper bow, with additional scheer

Hipper wasn't available?

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Hipper wasn't available?

LOL!! That's a great one, Rocky. More Freudian ships....

Looking at the "original" pic in the Danish encyclopedia, 2x2 18" might fit, but I wanted the bigger fish.

Hmmmm. Pirate killer?

Or Pirate.

We can always make sure that it is the latter. :-)

Added a bit of light AA, also fixed the engine date (had simmed it as '31) which allowed a few additional tweaks.

Chakri Nareubet, Siamese (ex-Danish) Light Cruiser laid down 1910 (Engine 1932)



Displacement:
6,081 t light; 6,340 t standard; 7,956 t normal; 9,249 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
458.11 ft / 450.00 ft x 70.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
139.63 m / 137.16 m x 21.34 m x 6.10 m

Armament:
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1910 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
6 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 0.51" / 13.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts

Weight of broadside 983 lbs / 446 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 175

2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.50" / 64 mm 292.50 ft / 89.15 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: 1.25" / 32 mm 157.50 ft / 48.01 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Upper: 0.75" / 19 mm 292.50 ft / 89.15 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.50" / 38 mm 1.50" / 38 mm 0.50" / 13 mm
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -
5th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.75" / 44 mm, Conning tower: 2.50" / 64 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 60,000 shp / 44,760 Kw = 29.31 kts
Range 15,100nm at 15.00 kts (Bunkerage = 2,909 tons)

Complement:
420 - 547

Cost:
£0.564 million / $2.255 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 123 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 1,199 tons, 15.1 %
- Belts: 464 tons, 5.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 67 tons, 0.8 %
- Armour Deck: 646 tons, 8.1 %
- Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,771 tons, 22.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,888 tons, 36.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,875 tons, 23.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 1.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,637 lbs / 5,732 Kg = 117.0 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.30
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.15
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.442
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.43 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 64
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -5.00 ft / -1.52 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30.25 ft / 9.22 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.50 ft / 8.08 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.75 ft / 6.93 m (15.25 ft / 4.65 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.25 ft / 4.65 m
- Stern: 15.25 ft / 4.65 m
- Average freeboard: 20.61 ft / 6.28 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 169.5 %
Waterplane Area: 19,964 Square feet or 1,855 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 137 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 96 lbs/sq ft or 466 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.36
- 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