There she goes, basically the vessel as simmed before, but with 5 more tons in the misc weights and 50 more shells per gun:
8000t Canadian Light Cruiser laid down 1931
Displacement:
7.592 t light; 8.000 t standard; 9.032 t normal; 9.857 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
567,50 ft / 560,00 ft x 56,00 ft x 18,00 ft (normal load)
172,97 m / 170,69 m x 17,07 m x 5,49 m
Armament:
15 - 5,51" / 140 mm guns (5x3 guns), 83,72lbs / 37,97kg shells, 1931 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4,02" / 102 mm guns (4x2 guns), 32,38lbs / 14,69kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
10 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1931 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1.548 lbs / 702 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
12 - 21,0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,00" / 102 mm 380,00 ft / 115,82 m 10,00 ft / 3,05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4,00" / 102 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 2,00" / 51 mm
2nd: 2,00" / 51 mm - -
3rd: 1,00" / 25 mm - -
4th: 0,50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2,00" / 51 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 72.676 shp / 54.216 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 9.000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.857 tons
Complement:
463 - 602
Cost:
£3,197 million / $12,787 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 194 tons, 2,1 %
Armour: 1.712 tons, 19,0 %
- Belts: 630 tons, 7,0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 231 tons, 2,6 %
- Armour Deck: 851 tons, 9,4 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 2.173 tons, 24,1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3.438 tons, 38,1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.439 tons, 15,9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0,8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11.457 lbs / 5.197 Kg = 136,8 x 5,5 " / 140 mm shells or 1,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,15
Metacentric height 2,7 ft / 0,8 m
Roll period: 14,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,50
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,560
Length to Beam Ratio: 10,00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,83 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28,00 ft / 8,53 m
- Forecastle (33 %): 27,00 ft / 8,23 m (18,00 ft / 5,49 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 18,00 ft / 5,49 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18,00 ft / 5,49 m
- Stern: 18,00 ft / 5,49 m
- Average freeboard: 21,10 ft / 6,43 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97,1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 125,5 %
Waterplane Area: 23.005 Square feet or 2.137 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 91 lbs/sq ft or 445 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,64
- 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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily