WesWorld

Hi,
Are there any buyers for her?
What do you think?
btw. Thank you Hooman for SS report!


Wladyslaw IV Waza, seawolfian Heavy Cruiser laid down 1933

Displacement:
11.733 t light; 12.288 t standard; 13.657 t normal; 14.752 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
681,57 ft / 666,01 ft x 68,90 ft x 20,83 ft (normal load)
207,74 m / 203,00 m x 21,00 m x 6,35 m

Armament:
10 - 7,99" / 203 mm guns (5x2 guns), 255,24lbs / 115,78kg shells, 1933 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 4,72" / 120 mm guns (6x2 guns), 52,72lbs / 23,92kg shells, 1933 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
12 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 3.219 lbs / 1.460 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5,91" / 150 mm 403,54 ft / 123,00 m 9,84 ft / 3,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 93% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7,09" / 180 mm 3,15" / 80 mm 4,72" / 120 mm
2nd: 1,38" / 35 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 1,18" / 30 mm
3rd: 0,59" / 15 mm - -
4th: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 2,17" / 55 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 100.053 shp / 74.639 Kw = 32,15 kts
Range 9.000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2.464 tons

Complement:
631 - 821

Cost:
£5,469 million / $21,875 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 402 tons, 2,9%
Armour: 2.884 tons, 21,1%
- Belts: 990 tons, 7,2%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 669 tons, 4,9%
- Armour Deck: 1.225 tons, 9,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 2.915 tons, 21,3%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5.457 tons, 40,0%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.923 tons, 14,1%
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0,5%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16.073 lbs / 7.291 Kg = 63,0 x 8,0 " / 203 mm shells or 2,0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,08
Metacentric height 3,3 ft / 1,0 m
Roll period: 15,9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,55
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,03

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,67 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25,81 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 68
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,94 ft / 1,20 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24,93 ft / 7,60 m
- Forecastle (25%): 22,64 ft / 6,90 m
- Mid (45%): 22,64 ft / 6,90 m (14,76 ft / 4,50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15%): 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
- Stern: 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
- Average freeboard: 18,54 ft / 5,65 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93,1%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 160,5%
Waterplane Area: 30.573 Square feet or 2.840 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 114%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 120 lbs/sq ft or 586 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,00
- Longitudinal: 1,00
- 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

Pretty ship

I rather like the gleam on the funnel caps. Sounds Polish(?) and the flag looks to be as well.

She looks excellent.

I'd probably go with a 3x3 arrangement instead. Marginally less firepower, but less weight from the turrets, and you can shorten the citadel as well because there are fewer turrets. This means either a smaller size or thicker armour.

Yes. She is a design from one of polish discussion board. Before the WW2 there were some voices that a heavy, circa 15000t cruiser should be built for Polish Navy. There were no Washington Treaty rules in Poland . We decided that Italy is a most probably to do it.

Btw. There is another, smaller cruiser. If you want I can put her here. It is a british style heavy cruiser, but only 6x203mm.

Your designs are most welcome Seawolf. Fire away!

@RA 5 twins give a higher ROF though so the difference in firepower is probably not that marginal.