did some figuring and....
reduced armor in some places
18" main armament now
12" belt
now classed as a battlecruiser
reduced speed a few knots
reduced draft and length increased beam
much better i think overall
Enter ship name, Enter country Battlecruiser laid down 1937
Displacement:
51,165 t light; 54,467 t standard; 56,949 t normal; 58,934 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(872.04 ft / 860.00 ft) x 111.00 ft x (30.00 / 30.91 ft)
(265.80 m / 262.13 m) x 33.83 m x (9.14 / 9.42 m)
Armament:
8 - 18.00" / 457 mm 50.0 cal guns - 3,086.99lbs / 1,400.24kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1937 Model
1 x Quad mount on centreline, aft deck aft
1 x Quad mount on centreline, forward deck forward
16 - 4.70" / 119 mm 50.0 cal guns - 54.96lbs / 24.93kg shells, 200 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1937 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck forward
4 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
32 - 1.20" / 30.5 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.86lbs / 0.39kg shells, 400 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1937 Model
4 x Quad mounts on sides, aft deck aft
4 x Quad mounts on sides, forward deck forward
22 - 0.60" / 15.2 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.11lbs / 0.05kg shells, 1,000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1937 Model
11 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 25,605 lbs / 11,614 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 860.00 ft / 262.13 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 860.00 ft / 262.13 m 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Main Belt covers 154 % of normal length
Main Belt inclined 7.00 degrees (positive = in)
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
2.50" / 64 mm 860.00 ft / 262.13 m 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 111.00 ft / 33.83 m
- Hull void:
0.00" / 0 mm 0.00 ft / 0.00 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 12.0" / 305 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
2nd: 5.50" / 140 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 7.00" / 178 mm
Forecastle: 7.00" / 178 mm Quarter deck: 7.00" / 178 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 10.50" / 267 mm, Aft 10.50" / 267 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 145,233 shp / 108,344 Kw = 28.11 kts
Range 9,000nm at 13.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,467 tons
Complement:
1,843 - 2,396
Cost:
£27.310 million / $109.241 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4,478 tons, 7.9 %
- Guns: 4,478 tons, 7.9 %
Armour: 20,287 tons, 35.6 %
- Belts: 5,346 tons, 9.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 557 tons, 1.0 %
- Armament: 3,759 tons, 6.6 %
- Armour Deck: 9,956 tons, 17.5 %
- Conning Towers: 670 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 4,025 tons, 7.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 21,675 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,784 tons, 10.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 1.2 %
- Hull below water: 100 tons
- Hull void weights: 100 tons
- Hull above water: 100 tons
- On freeboard deck: 300 tons
- Above deck: 100 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
97,830 lbs / 44,375 Kg = 33.5 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 12.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 7.6 ft / 2.3 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.98
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.59
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a straight bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.696 / 0.699
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.33 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 49
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 19.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Forward deck: 36.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Aft deck: 33.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Quarter deck: 12.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Average freeboard: 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 66.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 236.4 %
Waterplane Area: 76,240 Square feet or 7,083 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 222 lbs/sq ft or 1,082 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.51
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather