Export (Latvia), Greek Light Cruiser laid down 1941
Displacement:
7,463 t light; 7,795 t standard; 8,601 t normal; 9,245 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
548.75 ft / 538.00 ft x 53.80 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
167.26 m / 163.98 m x 16.40 m x 6.10 m
Armament:
6 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (3x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1941 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (6x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 1,039 lbs / 471 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 375.00 ft / 114.30 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 107 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 0.50" / 13 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 92,000 shp / 68,632 Kw = 33.01 kts
Range 6,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,450 tons
Complement:
446 - 580
Cost:
£4.477 million / $17.910 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 146 tons, 1.7 %
Armour: 1,613 tons, 18.8 %
- Belts: 618 tons, 7.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 59 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 908 tons, 10.6 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,431 tons, 28.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,173 tons, 36.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,137 tons, 13.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 1.2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
9,100 lbs / 4,128 Kg = 84.3 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 14.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.45
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.14
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.520
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.19 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 61
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 14.04 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.25 ft / 1.30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (61 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Stern: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 20.59 ft / 6.28 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 107.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135.1 %
Waterplane Area: 19,643 Square feet or 1,825 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 91 lbs/sq ft or 442 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 1.95
- 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