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AC Capitan Oyama (purchased 1941) renamed Cali
AC General O'Higgins (purchased 1942) renamed Medellin

Almirante Brión, projected for 1943
Almirante Garcia, projected for 1943

Almirante Clemente, projected for 1949
Almirante Vásquez Cobo, projected for 1949

AC Capitan Tylor (on lease from Chile, since purchased)

AC Cali (ex U.S.S. Columbia, sold 1919, refitted 1920) scrapped
AC Medellin (ex U.S.S. Minneapolis, sold 1919, refitted 1921) scrapped

The Cali class was rebuilt in 1946 and reclassed as Battlecruisers (see battlecruiser section)

[SIZE=3]Capitan Oyama-class, Colombia (Ex-Chilean) Armored Cruiser laid down 1930/1933[/SIZE]

Displacement:
22,745 t light; 23,671 t standard; 27,000 t normal; 29,555 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
738.00 ft / 720.00 ft x 92.00 ft x 29.00 ft (normal load)
224.94 m / 219.46 m x 28.04 m x 8.84 m

Armament:
9 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (3x3 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1930 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
20 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns (10x2 guns), 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1930 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1930 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 5,349 lbs / 2,426 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 125

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 470.00 ft / 143.26 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 470.00 ft / 143.26 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 4.13" / 105 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 4.13" / 105 mm 4.13" / 105 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
3rd: 0.25" / 6 mm - -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 8.50" / 216 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 3 shafts, 150,000 shp / 111,900 Kw = 33.41 kts
Range 8,000nm at 20.00 kts (Bunkerage = 5,991 tons)

Complement:
1,053 - 1,369

Cost:
£8.339 million / $33.356 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 669 tons, 2.5 %
Armour: 7,382 tons, 27.3 %
- Belts: 2,038 tons, 7.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 452 tons, 1.7 %
- Armament: 1,356 tons, 5.0 %
- Armour Deck: 3,371 tons, 12.5 %
- Conning Tower: 165 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 4,545 tons, 16.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,074 tons, 37.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,255 tons, 15.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
31,655 lbs / 14,359 Kg = 63.3 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 4.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.39
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.492
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.83 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.27 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 65
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.82 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 23.86 ft / 7.27 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 95.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 193.0 %
Waterplane Area: 45,554 Square feet or 4,232 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 123 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 744 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.46
- 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

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
N/A

Ships in Class:
- Capitan Oyama (AC-4) - 1930
- General O'Higgins (AC-5) - 1933

Almirante Brión



Colombian heavy cruiser laid down 1944

Displacement:
10,509 t light; 11,016 t standard; 12,177 t normal; 13,106 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
641.45 ft / 625.00 ft x 66.00 ft x 20.50 ft (normal load)
195.52 m / 190.50 m x 20.12 m x 6.25 m

Armament:
9 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (3x3 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1944 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 5.10" / 130 mm guns (4x2 guns), 66.33lbs / 30.09kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
2 - 5.10" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 66.33lbs / 30.09kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
16 - 1.58" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
24 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
Weight of broadside 3,004 lbs / 1,363 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
8 - 25.6" / 650.24 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.72" / 120 mm 365.00 ft / 111.25 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 90 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.91" / 150 mm 3.15" / 80 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
2nd: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 1.57" / 40 mm
3rd: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 1.57" / 40 mm
4th: 0.98" / 25 mm - -
5th: 0.98" / 25 mm - -

- Armour deck: 2.36" / 60 mm, Conning tower: 3.15" / 80 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 81,793 shp / 61,017 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 9,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,090 tons

Complement:
579 - 753

Cost:
£6.564 million / $26.255 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 376 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 2,516 tons, 20.7 %
- Belts: 733 tons, 6.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 493 tons, 4.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,254 tons, 10.3 %
- Conning Tower: 36 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,089 tons, 17.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,309 tons, 43.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,668 tons, 13.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 220 tons, 1.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
18,877 lbs / 8,562 Kg = 73.7 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 57 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.63
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.15

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.504
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.47 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.50 ft / 8.69 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 21.60 ft / 6.58 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 158.8 %
Waterplane Area: 28,688 Square feet or 2,665 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 123 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 121 lbs/sq ft or 591 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.47
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

80 tons for electronics
40 tons for 1 aircraft, catipult and crane
20 tons for climate control equipment (air conditioning,ventalation and heating)
25 tons for AA electronic fire control
20 tons for Diesel electric generators
20 tons for additional damage control equipment
15 tons for future growth

Ships in Class:
- Almirante Brión
- Almirante Garcia

Future project

Drawing by Ithekro

[SIZE=1]Image by thesmilingassassin and colored by Brockpaine[/SIZE]

Capitan Tylor purchased from Chile 1939, has since been relegated to training duties when the Almirante Brión class cruisers entered service.

Colombian (Ex-Chilean) Heavy Armoured Cruiser laid down 1926

Displacement:
16,632 t light; 17,486 t standard; 20,013 t normal; 21,955 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
606.00 ft / 595.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
184.71 m / 181.36 m x 25.91 m x 7.62 m

Armament:
8 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4x2 guns), 276.24lbs / 125.30kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4x2 guns), 276.24lbs / 125.30kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
14 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns in single mounts, 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1926 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
20 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1926 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 5,019 lbs / 2,277 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 345.50 ft / 105.31 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 89 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 345.50 ft / 105.31 m 23.50 ft / 7.16 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.50" / 216 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 8.50" / 216 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm - -
4th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 8.50" / 216 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 81,503 shp / 60,801 Kw = 28.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 16.50 kts (Bunkerage = 4,549 tons)

Complement:
840 - 1,093

Cost:
£4.976 million / $19.904 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 587 tons, 2.9 %
Armour: 5,596 tons, 28.0 %
- Belts: 1,560 tons, 7.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 300 tons, 1.5 %
- Armament: 1,691 tons, 8.5 %
- Armour Deck: 1,908 tons, 9.5 %
- Conning Tower: 135 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 2,609 tons, 13.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,690 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,381 tons, 16.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
24,450 lbs / 11,090 Kg = 95.5 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 3.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.46
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.554
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 18.44 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 22.83 ft / 6.96 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.2 %
Waterplane Area: 34,384 Square feet or 3,194 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 128 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 150 lbs/sq ft or 732 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.73
- Overall: 1.06
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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Future project B