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Chester Class
- Chester- Sold to Russia, 1940

A older light cruiser that was purchased from Canada in 1938, and rebuilt. Seen in its orginal form here.

Chester, Latvian(ex-Canadian(ex-British)) Light Cruiser laid down 1914 (Engine 1939)

Displacement:
5,334 t light; 5,608 t standard; 5,990 t normal; 6,295 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
430.00 ft / 430.00 ft x 49.75 ft x 17.50 ft (normal load)
131.06 m / 131.06 m x 15.16 m x 5.33 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x3 guns), 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, evenly spread
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 67.03lbs / 30.41kg shells, 1939 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1939 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1939 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 830 lbs / 376 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.46" / 88 mm 318.24 ft / 97.00 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: 2.52" / 64 mm 108.27 ft / 33.00 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
3.49 ft / 1.06 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 114 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.98" / 25 mm
2nd: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.98" / 25 mm
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.98" / 25 mm

- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 66,176 shp / 49,368 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 4,965nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 687 tons

Complement:
339 - 442

Cost:
£0.668 million / $2.670 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 104 tons, 1.7 %
Armour: 1,264 tons, 21.1 %
- Belts: 669 tons, 11.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 38 tons, 0.6 %
- Armour Deck: 558 tons, 9.3 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,790 tons, 29.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,106 tons, 35.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 656 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
6,024 lbs / 2,733 Kg = 89.9 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.25
Metacentric height 2.6 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 12.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.42
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.12

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.560
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.64 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.74 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m (22.00 ft / 6.71 m before break)
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 21.14 ft / 6.44 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 113.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 115.0 %
Waterplane Area: 15,070 Square feet or 1,400 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 75 lbs/sq ft or 364 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.79
- Longitudinal: 2.91
- Overall: 0.90
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate


Main battery twin's simmed as triples to account for semi-automatic weight