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Latvia wants a light cruiser.

Minimum design specifications are below

Tonnage under 7,500 tons.
Equipped with a minimum of 6 guns of at least 6''
Equipped with a minimum of 8 torpedo tubes
Equipped with a secondary of at least 12 100 mm guns in twin mounts (Russian, use automatic feature)
Armour at least 3.5'' thick on the belt and 2.5'' thick on the deck.
Equipped with an anti-aircraft battery of 37 mm guns
A speed of at least 32 knots
A reasonable amount of misc. weight set aside as a construction reserve

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