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RHN L-1 (ex-C-17) Leon Class, Greek Flotilla Leader laid down 1925[/size]
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L-1 (ex-C-17) Leon Laid Down 1-Jan-25 Entered service 24/Jun/26
L-2 (ex-C-18) Panthir Laid Down 1-Oct-25 Entered service 24/Mar/27
L-3 (ex-C-21) Ierax Laid Down 1-Jan-26 Entered service 24/Jun/27
L-4 (ex-C-22) Aetos Laid Down 1-Jul-26 Entered service 22/Dec/27
Built as leaders for Destroyer Squadrons.
Displacement:
2,962 t light; 3,061 t standard; 3,143 t normal; 3,197 t full load
Loading submergence 322 tons/feet
Dimensions:
420.00 ft x 42.10 ft x 12.20 ft (normal load)
128.02 m x 12.83 m x 3.72 m
Armament:
6 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (3 Main turrets x 2 guns, 1 superfiring turret)
3 - 3.00" / 76 mm guns
8 - 1.57" / 40 mm AA guns
Weight of broadside 431 lbs / 196 kg
9 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
Belt 1.00" / 25 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 191 % of normal area
Main turrets 1.00" / 25 mm
Conning tower 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 60,660 shp / 45,253 Kw = 33.70 kts
Range 2,000nm at 12.00 kts
Complement:
209 - 272
Cost:
£1.272 million / $5.086 million
Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 54 tons, 1.7 % Armour: 219 tons, 7.0 %
Belts: 166 tons, 5.3 %, Armament: 47 tons, 1.5 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0.1 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 % Machinery: 1,711 tons, 54.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 978 tons, 31.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 182 tons, 5.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Metacentric height 1.9
Remarks:
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.19
Shellfire needed to sink: 883 lbs / 400 Kg = 14.1 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.4
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 72 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.45
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.510
Sharpness coefficient: 0.33
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 8.76
'Natural speed' for length: 20.49 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim: 70
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 188.8 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 121.3 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 69 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.60
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 49 lbs / square foot or 242 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.21
(for 18.20 ft / 5.55 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 6.19 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 0.64
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