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The European Naval Design House, based in Geneva, Switzerland is a private company with designers from all over the world. Its first design is for a post-cleito heavy cruiser for the Royal Canadian Navy. Please note that this is the company's first design. Also the company is not affliated with any nation or alliance and is free to design for all.


HMCS Alberta, Canada Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
12,521 t light; 13,263 t standard; 14,500 t normal; 15,489 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
702.51 ft / 680.00 ft x 65.00 ft x 24.00 ft (normal load)
214.12 m / 207.26 m x 19.81 m x 7.32 m

Armament:
12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x3 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (4x3 guns), 45.56lbs / 20.67kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5,268 lbs / 2,389 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 408.00 ft / 124.36 m 9.67 ft / 2.95 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 92 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 408.00 ft / 124.36 m 20.58 ft / 6.27 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

- Armour deck: 2.20" / 56 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 99,047 shp / 73,889 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,226 tons

Complement:
659 - 858

Cost:
£7.279 million / $29.115 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 658 tons, 4.5 %
Armour: 2,655 tons, 18.3 %
- Belts: 661 tons, 4.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 311 tons, 2.1 %
- Armament: 469 tons, 3.2 %
- Armour Deck: 1,176 tons, 8.1 %
- Conning Tower: 38 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,779 tons, 19.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,279 tons, 43.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,979 tons, 13.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,832 lbs / 6,728 Kg = 38.1 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.95
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.05

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.478
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.08 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.68 ft / 8.74 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Stern: 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Average freeboard: 19.08 ft / 5.82 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 148.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 152.4 %
Waterplane Area: 28,885 Square feet or 2,683 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 136 lbs/sq ft or 662 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.14
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Another heavy cruiser, this one for Australia (or whoever)

HMAS Kangeroo, Australia Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
13,541 t light; 14,203 t standard; 15,500 t normal; 16,538 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
730.11 ft / 705.00 ft x 70.00 ft x 21.00 ft (normal load)
222.54 m / 214.88 m x 21.34 m x 6.40 m

Armament:
12 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (6x2 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (8x2 guns), 55.00lbs / 24.95kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all amidships
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 4,001 lbs / 1,815 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 417.00 ft / 127.10 m 10.04 ft / 3.06 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 417.00 ft / 127.10 m 19.01 ft / 5.79 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.75" / 146 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

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

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 104,598 shp / 78,030 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,335 tons

Complement:
693 - 902

Cost:
£6.797 million / $27.187 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 481 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 3,422 tons, 22.1 %
- Belts: 707 tons, 4.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 293 tons, 1.9 %
- Armament: 517 tons, 3.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,865 tons, 12.0 %
- Conning Tower: 40 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,935 tons, 18.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,552 tons, 42.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,959 tons, 12.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,302 lbs / 9,209 Kg = 79.3 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 4.2 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 14.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.52
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.523
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.07 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.55 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.45 ft / 5.62 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.45 ft / 5.62 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 18.45 ft / 5.62 m
- Stern: 18.45 ft / 5.62 m
- Average freeboard: 19.29 ft / 5.88 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 126.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 170.4 %
Waterplane Area: 33,598 Square feet or 3,121 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 131 lbs/sq ft or 641 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.07
- Longitudinal: 0.97
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

While the second one looks more balanced than the first one I question the value of a belt not covering all vitals (both designs). I also think you will be better off with a lower l:b ratio, especially for Design 1. Mounting these guns on such a slim hull asks for problems. Speaking of armament: Why are there 6 turrets on Design2? A torpedo bulkhead also is of questionable value on such hulls. The TB alone cannot stop a blast to damage your vitals. There is room needed to allow the gases to expand. This is not the case when using a slim hull - it might not even with a beamier one as you need at least 3-4 meters on each side and thoise you´ll never have on a cruiser, even if relatively large. What´s the idea behind a 3" coning tower?

As I recall, Springsharp does attempt to account for void spaces when you put in a torpedo bulkhead. It's most noticable in high speed designs with a high hull space % already.

Adding a TDS to those designs causes the %space used to shoot up, and the length of the critical areas increases.

I believe I then was able to use bulges to maintain a constant overall beam, but then decrease the interior beam to get the the same %space and critical areas on a non-tds hull, mimicing the voids. While they do decrease on smaller beams, there is still some allowance.

With mines, aerial torpedoes, near miss bombs and shells, there are several threats below large torpedoes that may be minimized.

Thank you for the comments on my cruiser designs, the objective to try and get 12 8in on a 14000 ton hull. I changed the second design to try and fit your suggestions.

HMAS Kangeroo, Australia Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
12,808 t light; 13,455 t standard; 14,700 t normal; 15,696 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
705.06 ft / 680.00 ft x 75.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x 21.00 ft (normal load)
214.90 m / 207.26 m x 22.86 m (Bulges 24.38 m) x 6.40 m

Armament:
12 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4x3 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (8x2 guns), 55.00lbs / 24.95kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all amidships
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 4,001 lbs / 1,815 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 446.78 ft / 136.18 m 10.39 ft / 3.17 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.75" / 146 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 101,439 shp / 75,673 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,241 tons

Complement:
666 - 867

Cost:
£6.596 million / $26.385 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 481 tons, 3.3 %
Armour: 3,023 tons, 20.6 %
- Belts: 776 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 428 tons, 2.9 %
- Armour Deck: 1,806 tons, 12.3 %
- Conning Tower: 13 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 2,846 tons, 19.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,308 tons, 42.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,892 tons, 12.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
19,467 lbs / 8,830 Kg = 76.0 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.31
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 14.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.32
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.07

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.450
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.08 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.68 ft / 8.74 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Stern: 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
- Average freeboard: 19.08 ft / 5.82 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 169.8 %
Waterplane Area: 32,541 Square feet or 3,023 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 643 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.11
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

And here is the 9.2in cruiser

HMCS Alberta, Canada Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
14,851 t light; 15,643 t standard; 17,000 t normal; 18,086 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
720.54 ft / 698.00 ft x 75.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x 24.00 ft (normal load)
219.62 m / 212.75 m x 22.86 m (Bulges 24.38 m) x 7.32 m

Armament:
12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x3 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (4x3 guns), 45.56lbs / 20.67kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5,268 lbs / 2,389 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.50" / 140 mm 472.87 ft / 144.13 m 10.39 ft / 3.17 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

- Armour deck: 2.20" / 56 mm, Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 133,810 shp / 99,822 Kw = 33.70 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,443 tons

Complement:
743 - 967

Cost:
£8.429 million / $33.714 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 658 tons, 3.9 %
Armour: 3,002 tons, 17.7 %
- Belts: 1,120 tons, 6.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 515 tons, 3.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,352 tons, 8.0 %
- Conning Tower: 14 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 3,754 tons, 22.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,286 tons, 42.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,149 tons, 12.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
17,208 lbs / 7,805 Kg = 44.2 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
Metacentric height 4.9 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 15.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.42
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.444
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.42 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.06 ft / 8.86 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.49 ft / 5.64 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.49 ft / 5.64 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 18.49 ft / 5.64 m
- Stern: 18.49 ft / 5.64 m
- Average freeboard: 19.34 ft / 5.89 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 157.5 %
Waterplane Area: 33,230 Square feet or 3,087 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 144 lbs/sq ft or 702 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.18
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Heres a post-cleito light cruiser design

Light Cruiser Design no.1, Light Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
10,416 t light; 10,818 t standard; 11,900 t normal; 12,766 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
642.40 ft / 620.00 ft x 75.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x 24.00 ft (normal load)
195.80 m / 188.98 m x 22.86 m (Bulges 24.38 m) x 7.32 m

Armament:
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4x3 guns), 112.00lbs / 50.80kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (4x2 guns), 55.00lbs / 24.95kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 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, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,833 lbs / 831 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 424.60 ft / 129.42 m 10.39 ft / 3.17 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 105 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 112,467 shp / 83,901 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,948 tons

Complement:
569 - 740

Cost:
£5.198 million / $20.792 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 214 tons, 1.8 %
Armour: 1,846 tons, 15.5 %
- Belts: 548 tons, 4.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 243 tons, 2.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,044 tons, 8.8 %
- Conning Tower: 11 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 3,156 tons, 26.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,050 tons, 42.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,484 tons, 12.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,808 lbs / 6,263 Kg = 127.8 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.39
Metacentric height 5.8 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 13.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.14
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.07

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.350
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.90 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.39 ft / 8.35 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Stern: 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Average freeboard: 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 164.7 %
Waterplane Area: 28,229 Square feet or 2,623 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 119 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 121 lbs/sq ft or 591 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.52
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Couple things on the post-Cleito light cruiser design:

First, submerged torpedo tubes are probably not the way to go. They went out of fashion on surface ships during the WWI period for good reasons, and they're unlikely to come back.

Second, on a cruiser, I'm dubious about the very light conning tower armor. While there are problems with very heavy conning tower armor on capital ships, light armor like this ship has on it's conning tower seems to make the command crew very vulnerable to light and medium shells.

Thanks for the comments, the reason I went to light CT armor was because of a comment made earlier about 3in CT armor on my heavy cruisers. I guess I misunderstood. Anyhow heres my revised light cruiser design.

Light Cruiser Design no.1a, Light Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
10,509 t light; 10,913 t standard; 12,000 t normal; 12,870 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
642.40 ft / 620.00 ft x 75.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x 24.00 ft (normal load)
195.80 m / 188.98 m x 22.86 m (Bulges 24.38 m) x 7.32 m

Armament:
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4x3 guns), 112.00lbs / 50.80kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (4x2 guns), 55.00lbs / 24.95kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 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, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1,833 lbs / 831 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 410.21 ft / 125.03 m 10.39 ft / 3.17 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm

- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 113,251 shp / 84,485 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,957 tons

Complement:
573 - 745

Cost:
£5.231 million / $20.926 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 214 tons, 1.8 %
Armour: 1,906 tons, 15.9 %
- Belts: 533 tons, 4.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 273 tons, 2.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,044 tons, 8.7 %
- Conning Tower: 56 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,178 tons, 26.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,061 tons, 42.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,491 tons, 12.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14,814 lbs / 6,720 Kg = 137.2 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.37
Metacentric height 5.7 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 14.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.15
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.353
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.90 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.39 ft / 8.35 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Stern: 17.43 ft / 5.31 m
- Average freeboard: 18.25 ft / 5.56 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153.8 %
Waterplane Area: 28,220 Square feet or 2,622 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 119 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 121 lbs/sq ft or 591 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.51
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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Block coefficient: 0.353

WAY, WAY too low. For a cruiser, a BC of 0.45 is considered low, most are closer to 0.48 or 0.50. You can probably afford to narrow the hull a bit to make up for increasing the BC.

Purely Speculative Battleship armed with 12 16in, and 30 knot speed

Battleship Design no.1, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1936

Displacement:
49,722 t light; 52,968 t standard; 55,865 t normal; 58,183 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
907.86 ft / 885.00 ft x 103.00 ft x 33.00 ft (normal load)
276.72 m / 269.75 m x 31.39 m x 10.06 m

Armament:
12 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 4.50" / 114 mm guns (8x2 guns), 45.56lbs / 20.67kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 25,354 lbs / 11,500 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 575.25 ft / 175.34 m 12.18 ft / 3.71 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 309.73 ft / 94.41 m 12.18 ft / 3.71 m
Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 575.25 ft / 175.34 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
3.00" / 76 mm 575.25 ft / 175.34 m 31.68 ft / 9.66 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 16.0" / 406 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.75" / 146 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 187,732 shp / 140,048 Kw = 30.50 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,214 tons

Complement:
1,816 - 2,361

Cost:
£27.101 million / $108.404 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,169 tons, 5.7 %
Armour: 19,441 tons, 34.8 %
- Belts: 6,141 tons, 11.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,023 tons, 3.6 %
- Armament: 3,534 tons, 6.3 %
- Armour Deck: 7,428 tons, 13.3 %
- Conning Tower: 315 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 5,267 tons, 9.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 21,694 tons, 38.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,143 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
68,682 lbs / 31,153 Kg = 33.5 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 10.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 6.5 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.76
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.650
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.59 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.75 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.72 ft / 9.97 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.82 ft / 6.35 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.82 ft / 6.35 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.82 ft / 6.35 m
- Stern: 20.82 ft / 6.35 m
- Average freeboard: 21.77 ft / 6.64 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 143.3 %
Waterplane Area: 69,830 Square feet or 6,487 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 224 lbs/sq ft or 1,092 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.09
- Longitudinal: 0.98
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

A 3" plate is just enough to trigger heavy AP shells. So you are probably better off without....

Depends. Are you trying to armor the ship against heavy AP shells? Or are you trying to armor it against lighter weight HE rounds? In the case of a cruiser, I'd submit that the latter are much more reasonable a threat to try to protect against than the former.

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
Depends. Are you trying to armor the ship against heavy AP shells? Or are you trying to armor it against lighter weight HE rounds? In the case of a cruiser, I'd submit that the latter are much more reasonable a threat to try to protect against than the former.

Well, "heavy" in this case means heavy for a cruiser which is either 15cm or even more so 21cm.

Some (long) time ago I had a nice discussion with Lord Arpad regarding plate thickness and protection against shells. We run all available programms and simulations and consulted well-known experts on the warships1-boards. To sum it up: You need a 80 to 85 mm plate to make sure a 15cm shell does not pierce at reasonable battle ranges (about 10000 meters for cruisers). Of course deflection etc. plays a role but 80mm@10000m turned out to be good enough for a rule of thumbs even if it´s not entirely perfect. The more, the better of course (for example a 15cm L60 with a 50kg shell can pierce up to 140mm at such ranges under ideal conditions but such conditions are rare).

So I´d say a 3" is not safe against cruiser fire but thick enough to slow shells and set fuzes, assuring a lot of damage is done.

There is a reason why only few cruisers had CTs historically.....

This design is one that places 12 9.2in guns on 13500 tons displacement. It therefore sacrifices speed and endurance for some degree of firepower and protection. Ideal for Med nations or those that do not have large distances to patrol, and are outnumbered by 8in treaty cruisers.

Heavy Cruiser Design no.3, Enter country Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
12,839 t light; 13,582 t standard; 14,523 t normal; 15,275 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
672.45 ft / 650.00 ft x 65.00 ft (Bulges 68.00 ft) x 23.00 ft (normal load)
204.96 m / 198.12 m x 19.81 m (Bulges 20.73 m) x 7.01 m

Armament:
12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x3 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (4x4 guns), 36.00lbs / 16.33kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5,275 lbs / 2,393 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 422.50 ft / 128.78 m 9.67 ft / 2.95 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm

- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 90,681 shp / 67,648 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,693 tons

Complement:
660 - 859

Cost:
£7.132 million / $28.530 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 651 tons, 4.5 %
Armour: 3,413 tons, 23.5 %
- Belts: 1,020 tons, 7.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 754 tons, 5.2 %
- Armour Deck: 1,562 tons, 10.8 %
- Conning Tower: 77 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 2,544 tons, 17.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,080 tons, 41.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,684 tons, 11.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16,192 lbs / 7,344 Kg = 41.6 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 16.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.81
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.500
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.56 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.04 ft / 8.55 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Stern: 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Average freeboard: 18.67 ft / 5.69 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.6 %
Waterplane Area: 28,150 Square feet or 2,615 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 136 lbs/sq ft or 665 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.19
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Comments are welcome. The European Naval Design, hopes those who view their designs do see some improvement with each one.

Impressive firepower but a wee bit unbalanced.

Do you know this phrase about a hammer and some egg shells? ;o)

Agreed, I'd rather see a 10" belt and less armour on the secondarys.

These are just a bit heavier.

Capitan Oyama
General O'Higgins

Chilean Heavy Armoured Cruiser laid down 1930

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

A bit? try 10000 tons heavier

Heres the revised design. However, I had too shorten the armor belt a bit to get the 10in main belt. Dont you think its a bit much though? I mean its only designed to fight cruisers with 8in guns. Also had to take a turrent off in order to keep displacement from reaching cruiser-killer levels.

Heavy Cruiser Design no.3, Enter country Heavy Cruiser laid down 1936

Displacement:
12,936 t light; 13,582 t standard; 14,523 t normal; 15,275 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
672.45 ft / 650.00 ft x 65.00 ft (Bulges 68.00 ft) x 23.00 ft (normal load)
204.96 m / 198.12 m x 19.81 m (Bulges 20.73 m) x 7.01 m

Armament:
9 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (3x3 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (4x4 guns), 36.00lbs / 16.33kg shells, 1936 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 4,107 lbs / 1,863 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 406.00 ft / 123.75 m 9.67 ft / 2.95 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm

- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 90,681 shp / 67,648 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,693 tons

Complement:
660 - 859

Cost:
£6.504 million / $26.015 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 505 tons, 3.5 %
Armour: 3,928 tons, 27.0 %
- Belts: 1,644 tons, 11.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 645 tons, 4.4 %
- Armour Deck: 1,562 tons, 10.8 %
- Conning Tower: 77 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 2,544 tons, 17.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,808 tons, 40.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,587 tons, 10.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
17,769 lbs / 8,060 Kg = 45.6 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.64
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.500
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.56 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.04 ft / 8.55 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Stern: 17.85 ft / 5.44 m
- Average freeboard: 18.67 ft / 5.69 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.6 %
Waterplane Area: 28,150 Square feet or 2,615 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 636 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.18
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent