Alright, I designed this beastie somewhat after the M-Project Cruisers, though fitted it with some calibers that some might find odd. Thoughts are welcome. The main guns are based off the earlier German 17cm, but designed for longer range and effect. The rest, should be self explanatory. So, without further adieu, here we go:
Shel'keth, Khodan Shel'keth Class Cruiser laid down 1950
Displacement:
10,074 t light; 10,988 t standard; 34,326 t normal; 52,996 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(607.08 ft / 590.55 ft) x 55.77 ft (Bulges 65.62 ft) x (49.21 / 74.93 ft)
(185.04 m / 180.00 m) x 17.00 m (Bulges 20.00 m) x (15.00 / 22.84 m)
Armament:
8 - 6.69" / 170 mm 60.0 cal guns - 164.19lbs / 74.48kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1942 Model
2 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, aft evenly spread
1 raised mount aft
2 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
1 raised mount
8 - 5.04" / 128 mm 61.0 cal guns - 57.32lbs / 26.00kg shells, 180 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1940 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
10 - 2.17" / 55.0 mm 77.0 cal guns - 5.76lbs / 2.61kg shells, 2,000 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1944 Model
6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
4 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
2 double raised mounts
32 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.25lbs / 0.11kg shells, 2,000 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1938 Model
8 x 2 row quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,838 lbs / 834 kg
Main Torpedoes
8 - 24.0" / 610 mm, 29.53 ft / 9.00 m torpedoes - 2.524 t each, 20.192 t total
In 2 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes
2nd Torpedoes
16 - 24.0" / 610 mm, 29.53 ft / 9.00 m torpedoes - 2.524 t each, 40.384 t total
In 2 sets of deck mounted reloads
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 379.59 ft / 115.70 m 8.96 ft / 2.73 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
0.59" / 15 mm 379.59 ft / 115.70 m 20.93 ft / 6.38 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 39.37 ft / 12.00 m
- Hull Bulges:
0.20" / 5 mm 262.47 ft / 80.00 m 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
2nd: 0.20" / 5 mm - 0.20" / 5 mm
3rd: 0.12" / 3 mm - -
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 0.98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 3 shafts, 91,883 shp / 68,545 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 30,000nm at 25.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 42,007 tons
Complement:
1,260 - 1,639
Cost:
£7.069 million / $28.276 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 783 tons, 2.3 %
- Guns: 693 tons, 2.0 %
- Weapons: 91 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 914 tons, 2.7 %
- Belts: 276 tons, 0.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 174 tons, 0.5 %
- Bulges: 38 tons, 0.1 %
- Armament: 48 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 379 tons, 1.1 %
Machinery: 2,198 tons, 6.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,078 tons, 17.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 24,252 tons, 70.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.3 %
- Above deck: 100 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
110,978 lbs / 50,339 Kg = 740.3 x 6.7 " / 170 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.63
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 12.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.68
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and small transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.630 / 0.639
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 60
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 28.41 ft / 8.66 m, 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 22.97 ft / 7.00 m, 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 22.97 ft / 7.00 m, 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.93 ft / 6.68 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 41.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 78.9 %
Waterplane Area: 25,409 Square feet or 2,361 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 444 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 112 lbs/sq ft or 546 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.57
- Overall: 0.99
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Cramped accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
She was done in SS3, and I couldn't figure out how to get it around the "you want one aft gun a deck below the weather deck, but not in a casemate?" situation - so for intents and purposes, the aft guns should be read as One Deck Lower for the main guns. She's based in everything else off late-war German weapons, and practices.