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Yes, I realize I am somewhat behind but here is what the Royal Romanian Navy plans to do for 1942.

Battleships

Payment continues on the Italian Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship, which will greatly strengthen the Cruiser Force. Another ship of this type is being considered, either a French design, a joint Romano-Turkish design, or the sistership to the ship being paid for.

Cruisers

The Polish Cousins to the Pocket Battleships built during the PRJ period have been acquired and paid in full. They too will undergo a modernization similar to their Romanian cousins. A German design for a light cruiser has been purchased, three ships of the type are being considered all to be built in Romania. Tenatively named the Pagan class, they are to be named after various Dacian gods, an idea which has met some opposition in Romania.

Destroyers

4 additional ships of the River Class are to be laid down, all to be named after rivers in Romania. The design has been modestly updated since it has been 4 years since the original four were laid down. Preliminary designs are also being worked on for refits to the next class of destroyers now that the modernizations of the Galatz class have been completed.

And here are the Springsharps:

Thanks to Bruce for the Cruiser Design:

Romanian Export CL Design 1, German - Export Account Light Cruiser laid down 1942

Displacement:
7,530 t light; 7,842 t standard; 8,677 t normal; 9,345 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
577.50 ft / 557.74 ft x 57.41 ft x 17.39 ft (normal load)
176.02 m / 170.00 m x 17.50 m x 5.30 m

Armament:
9 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns (3x3 guns), 102.98lbs / 46.71kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns (4x2 guns), 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1931 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
16 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,287 lbs / 584 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 180
8 - 23.6" / 600 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.54" / 90 mm 344.49 ft / 105.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.94" / 100 mm 1.97" / 50 mm 3.54" / 90 mm
2nd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 3.54" / 90 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 79,906 shp / 59,610 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 8,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,503 tons

Complement:
449 - 584

Cost:
£4.397 million / $17.587 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 161 tons, 1.9 %
Armour: 1,645 tons, 19.0 %
- Belts: 506 tons, 5.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 263 tons, 3.0 %
- Armour Deck: 844 tons, 9.7 %
- Conning Tower: 32 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 2,087 tons, 24.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,536 tons, 40.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,147 tons, 13.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,322 lbs / 5,589 Kg = 119.7 x 5.9 " / 150 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 14.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 57 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.40
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.545
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.71 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.88 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.54 ft / 8.70 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 25.26 ft / 7.70 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.98 ft / 6.70 m (15.42 ft / 4.70 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.06 ft / 5.20 m
- Stern: 17.06 ft / 5.20 m
- Average freeboard: 20.64 ft / 6.29 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 94.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 151.0 %
Waterplane Area: 23,164 Square feet or 2,152 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 97 lbs/sq ft or 472 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.58
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

100 tons miscellaneous weight allocated thus:

40 tons for radar installations
30 tons for torpedo reloads and handling gear
30 tons for design growth and miscellaneous


vr 42 (River Class), Romania Destroyer laid down 1942

Displacement:
1,142 t light; 1,193 t standard; 1,292 t normal; 1,372 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
385.38 ft / 374.02 ft x 31.17 ft x 9.35 ft (normal load)
117.46 m / 114.00 m x 9.50 m x 2.85 m

Armament:
4 - 4.33" / 110 mm guns (2x2 guns), 40.61lbs / 18.42kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 2.56" / 65.0 mm guns in single mounts, 8.38lbs / 3.80kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 206 lbs / 93 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
4 - 23.6" / 600 mm above water torpedoes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 29,793 shp / 22,225 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 3,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 179 tons

Complement:
107 - 140

Cost:
£0.929 million / $3.717 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 26 tons, 2.0 %
Machinery: 603 tons, 46.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 453 tons, 35.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 151 tons, 11.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 60 tons, 4.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
497 lbs / 225 Kg = 12.2 x 4.3 " / 110 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
Metacentric height 1.4 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 11.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 62 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.25
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.24

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.415
Length to Beam Ratio: 12.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Stern: 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Average freeboard: 14.53 ft / 4.43 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 171.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 137.3 %
Waterplane Area: 7,518 Square feet or 698 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 71 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 30 lbs/sq ft or 148 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.87
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

30 tons for radar.
10 tons for depth charges/ depth charge thrower
20 tons 12 21in reload torpedos