Possible 8" cruiser.
D-140A, Greek 8in Cruiser laid down 1940
Displacement:
15,300 t light; 16,262 t standard; 17,855 t normal; 19,130 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(630.40 ft / 620.00 ft) x 84.25 ft x (23.90 / 25.13 ft)
(192.15 m / 188.98 m) x 25.68 m x (7.28 / 7.66 m)
Armament:
12 - 8.00" / 203 mm 50.0 cal guns - 260.00lbs / 117.93kg shells, 220 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1940 Model
4 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 250 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1940 Model
8 x Twin mounts on side ends, evenly spread
4 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 2,500 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
12 x Twin mounts on side ends, evenly spread
8 raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm 70.0 cal guns - 0.25lbs / 0.11kg shells, 5,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
10 x Twin mounts on centreline, aft evenly spread
12 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm 80.0 cal guns - 0.07lbs / 0.03kg shells, 8,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4,174 lbs / 1,893 kg
Main Torpedoes
8 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 30.44 ft / 9.28 m torpedoes - 2.000 t each, 16.000 t total
In 2 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 368.00 ft / 112.17 m 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
5th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 3.50" / 89 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 3.00" / 76 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 110,000 shp / 82,060 Kw = 32.43 kts
Range 8,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,868 tons
Complement:
771 - 1,003
Cost:
£7.949 million / $31.795 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 940 tons, 5.3 %
- Guns: 908 tons, 5.1 %
- Weapons: 32 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 4,322 tons, 24.2 %
- Belts: 1,119 tons, 6.3 %
- Armament: 1,234 tons, 6.9 %
- Armour Deck: 1,924 tons, 10.8 %
- Conning Tower: 44 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 2,941 tons, 16.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,947 tons, 38.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,555 tons, 14.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.8 %
- Hull below water: 150 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
29,144 lbs / 13,220 Kg = 113.8 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 16.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 65 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.47
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and large transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.501 / 0.510
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.36 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 62
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 18.00 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 %, 32.00 ft / 9.75 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Average freeboard: 24.64 ft / 7.51 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 209.3 %
Waterplane Area: 36,213 Square feet or 3,364 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 128 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 140 lbs/sq ft or 686 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.82
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Sachmle" (Nov 27th 2010, 10:41pm)