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Sunday, June 10th 2007, 7:33am

Type 5, Neutral Battlecruiser laid down 1936

Type 5, Neutral Battlecruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
39,982 t light; 42,090 t standard; 47,184 t normal; 51,259 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(898.35 ft / 849.00 ft) x 97.00 ft (Bulges 99.10 ft) x (33.61 / 36.01 ft)
(273.82 m / 258.78 m) x 29.57 m (Bulges 30.21 m) x (10.24 / 10.98 m)

Armament:
8 - 16.00" / 406 mm 50.0 cal guns - 2,168.09lbs / 983.43kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1936 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
20 - 6.00" / 152 mm 40.0 cal guns - 103.51lbs / 46.95kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1936 Model
10 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
18 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.29lbs / 6.48kg shells, 200 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts , 1936 Model
9 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 19,672 lbs / 19,672 kg
10 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11.8" / 300 mm 551.85 ft / 168.20 m 11.82 ft / 3.60 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.58" / 15 mm 551.85 ft / 168.20 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.10" / 28 mm 551.85 ft / 168.20 m 31.49 ft / 9.60 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15.5" / 394 mm 8.50" / 216 mm 13.5" / 343 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm - 4.00" / 102 mm
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm - -

- Armour deck: 6.50" / 165 mm, Conning tower: 17.50" / 445 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus batteries,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 6 shafts, 156,689 shp / 116,890 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 16,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,169 tons

Complement:
1,599 - 2,080

Cost:
£21.087 million / $84.349 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,602 tons, 7.6 %
Armour: 15,701 tons, 33.3 %
- Belts: 3,364 tons, 7.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 707 tons, 1.5 %
- Armament: 4,002 tons, 8.5 %
- Armour Deck: 7,135 tons, 15.1 %
- Conning Tower: 492 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 4,396 tons, 9.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 17,422 tons, 36.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,202 tons, 15.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.2 %
- Hull below water: 100 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
66,392 lbs / 30,115 Kg = 32.4 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 8.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 18.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.94
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.28

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, rise aft of midbreak, low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.584 / 0.592
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.57 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.14 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 57.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 32.05 ft / 9.77 m, 22.40 ft / 6.83 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 24.50 ft / 7.47 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 86.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 158.9 %
Waterplane Area: 59,336 Square feet or 5,513 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 197 lbs/sq ft or 959 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.20
- 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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Salaam86" (Jun 10th 2007, 7:36am)


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Sunday, June 10th 2007, 10:40am

You might have a few problems with space because there are no superfiring turrets, though it should fit onto that hull.

I still have concerns over the electric propulsion.

HoOmAn

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Sunday, June 10th 2007, 10:46am

6 shafts? Why?