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The 1944er Naval Planning has four points:

• Scrapping of the overaged HICMS Kasuga (refit is senseless cause of the age of the vessel)
  
• New CA sub-class (advanced Zunyi-Class). These is will be the replacement of the HICMS Kasuga
  
• New Class of light cruiser - replacement of Wenshan Class, if they will be sold instead of refitted
  
• New Class of Minesweepers Motherships
  

This design is completely based on the original Zunyi-Class. Using the same main-gun armament but amount of secondary and tertiary armament is increased. Range is reduced for increasing the armour.

Displacement:
12.575 t light; 13.301 t standard; 14.067 t normal; 14.680 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
649,93 ft / 632,22 ft x 64,96 ft x 20,67 ft (normal load)
198,10 m / 192,70 m x 19,80 m x 6,30 m

Armament:
8 - 7,99" / 203 mm guns (4x2 guns), 255,24lbs / 115,78kg shells, 1943 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4,69" / 119 mm guns (8x2 guns), 51,42lbs / 23,32kg shells, 1943 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
24 - 1,97" / 50,0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 3,81lbs / 1,73kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
40 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (20x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1943 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 10 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2.966 lbs / 1.345 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5,51" / 140 mm 423,59 ft / 129,11 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
Ends: 2,95" / 75 mm 208,60 ft / 63,58 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
Main Belt covers 103% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7,99" / 203 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 5,91" / 150 mm
2nd: 3,74" / 95 mm 2,56" / 65 mm -
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm 0,39" / 10 mm -

- Armour deck: 1,97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 109.921 shp / 82.001 Kw = 32,30 kts
Range 5.000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.379 tons

Complement:
645 - 839

Cost:
£6,795 million / $27,181 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 371 tons, 2,6%
Armour: 3.103 tons, 22,1%
- Belts: 1.115 tons, 7,9%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 865 tons, 6,1%
- Armour Deck: 1.074 tons, 7,6%
- Conning Tower: 49 tons, 0,4%
Machinery: 2.974 tons, 21,1%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5.927 tons, 42,1%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.492 tons, 10,6%
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 1,4%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
18.390 lbs / 8.341 Kg = 72,0 x 8,0 " / 203 mm shells or 1,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,08
Metacentric height 3,1 ft / 0,9 m
Roll period: 15,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,65
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0,580
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25,14 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 17,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 9,19 ft / 2,80 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27,89 ft / 8,50 m
- Forecastle (20%): 24,93 ft / 7,60 m (23,62 ft / 7,20 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 23,62 ft / 7,20 m (20,67 ft / 6,30 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (20%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m (20,34 ft / 6,20 m before break)
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 22,40 ft / 6,83 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92,4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 192,1%
Waterplane Area: 29.480 Square feet or 2.739 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 127 lbs/sq ft or 619 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,03
- Longitudinal: 1,38
- Overall: 1,06
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

The Sichuan-Class is smaller than the M-Class but little bit bigger than the Hong-Ming's.

Displacement:
7.947 t light; 8.238 t standard; 9.203 t normal; 9.976 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
567,50 ft / 556,10 ft x 59,71 ft x 18,37 ft (normal load)
172,98 m / 169,50 m x 18,20 m x 5,60 m

Armament:
9 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns (3x3 guns), 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
6 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (3x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 1,55lbs / 0,70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 5 raised mounts
10 - 0,51" / 13,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all forward
Weight of broadside 1.208 lbs / 548 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21,8" / 553 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,04" / 103 mm 406,50 ft / 123,90 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 112% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3,94" / 100 mm 2,17" / 55 mm 3,94" / 100 mm

- Armour deck: 1,57" / 40 mm, Conning tower: 3,74" / 95 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 82.235 shp / 61.347 Kw = 33,00 kts
Range 6.000nm at 18,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.737 tons

Complement:
469 - 610

Cost:
£4,277 million / $17,108 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 151 tons, 1,6%
Armour: 1.639 tons, 17,8%
- Belts: 627 tons, 6,8%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 289 tons, 3,1%
- Armour Deck: 688 tons, 7,5%
- Conning Tower: 35 tons, 0,4%
Machinery: 2.199 tons, 23,9%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3.808 tons, 41,4%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.256 tons, 13,6%
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1,6%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14.058 lbs / 6.376 Kg = 131,2 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 1,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,17
Metacentric height 3,1 ft / 0,9 m
Roll period: 14,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,37
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,12

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,528
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,31 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,97 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1,97 ft / 0,60 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25,92 ft / 7,90 m
- Forecastle (19%): 25,92 ft / 7,90 m
- Mid (50%): 25,92 ft / 7,90 m (18,04 ft / 5,50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (19%): 18,04 ft / 5,50 m
- Stern: 18,04 ft / 5,50 m
- Average freeboard: 21,98 ft / 6,70 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92,5%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 182,7%
Waterplane Area: 23.624 Square feet or 2.195 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 124%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 100 lbs/sq ft or 487 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,93
- Longitudinal: 1,87
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

The chinese navy called for two large mine warfare support ships, called Mine sweeping ships or Mine sweeper mothership. They would transport a small force of smaller minesweeping ships to minefields and support them in their work.
The new ships were 136m long, had a displacement of 6,000t, and four diesel engines four a top speed of 20,5kn with a very slim superstrcuture. The armament consisted of six 105mm Flaks in enclosed twin turrets, four 37mm twins and three 20mm twins. The boats were carried below deck and could be released with the help of a back ramp and crane. They would be lifted back onto the upper deck after their work was done and moved back below deck with a ramp. An aircraft catapult and hangar was included as well, it would probably be used as a rescue craft should a vessel be lost in inaccessable waters.
There were two variants of boat complements: The first one had 12 boats with remote minesweeping gear, 4 tug boats, 3 buoy boats and 1 leader boat, the second one consisted of 10 small minesweepers (KR-boats), 6 buoy boats and 1 leader boat.

Displacement:
4.558 t light; 4.988 t standard; 5.911 t normal; 6.650 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
457,30 ft / 446,19 ft x 58,40 ft x 14,44 ft (normal load)
139,38 m / 136,00 m x 17,80 m x 4,40 m

Armament:
6 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (3x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1943 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,55lbs / 0,70kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
6 - 0,31" / 8,0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 0,02lbs / 0,01kg shells, 1943 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 224 lbs / 102 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 2.400

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 11.431 shp / 8.528 Kw = 20,00 kts
Range 8.000nm at 17,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.662 tons

Complement:
336 - 438

Cost:
£1,469 million / $5,876 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 28 tons, 0,5%
Machinery: 295 tons, 5,0%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2.485 tons, 42,0%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.353 tons, 22,9%
Miscellaneous weights: 1.750 tons, 29,6%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16.134 lbs / 7.318 Kg = 456,8 x 4,1 " / 105 mm shells or 2,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,00
Metacentric height 2,2 ft / 0,7 m
Roll period: 16,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,17
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,64 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21,12 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 42 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30,51 ft / 9,30 m
- Forecastle (20%): 28,54 ft / 8,70 m
- Mid (50%): 28,54 ft / 8,70 m (22,31 ft / 6,80 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15%): 22,31 ft / 6,80 m
- Stern: 22,31 ft / 6,80 m
- Average freeboard: 25,58 ft / 7,80 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 58,4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 259,7%
Waterplane Area: 18.185 Square feet or 1.689 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 230%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 76 lbs/sq ft or 370 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,88
- Longitudinal: 4,12
- Overall: 1,03
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Bunker at max displacement = 1.662 tons
Operational Range: 3000nm (662 tons)
1000tons Diesel fuel for other use

Breakdown of Misc. Weight: 1.750 tons:
aircraft (GY-196)
catapult

and

500mines (@3 tons each)

or

12 boats with minesweeping gear
4 tug boats
4 buoy boats
1 leader boat

or

10 small minesweepers
6 Buoyboats
1 leader boat

Im curious as to the rational behind the big Minesweeper tender. I dont quite follow why such an expensive ship is necessary.

China didn't build sometimes rational .... the Chinese Leadership love strange looking vessels.


[size=1]Found the drawing on Shipbucket with very small modifications from me. All credits to DG_Alpha for the fantastic drawing[/size]

Could I see the sims for the small fry?

Hi Rocky,

it's very hard to find OTL sim for the small fry. I found only the following stats:

small MSB (Minesweeping Boat):
Tonnage: 13,3 tons
Length: 13,5m o.a. / 13m wl
Width: 3,48m
Draught: 0,9m
Freeboard: 2,35m
Engine: 2x 6cyl diesel 150 hp / 12 kn / 2 shafts
Range: 175 sm / 12 kn

[size=1]Source: Gröner: Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815 - 1945 ; Band 2[/size]

Surely the catapult on the drawing is too small to launch a seaplane?

Also, the Siachuan Class has;

Quoted

6 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (3x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1940 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline,

I assume these are actually an X mount and two side mounts. Probably best simmed as side mounts.

On the Advanced Zunyi you're using 119mm, while on the other ships, you're using 105mm. Probably should make them all 105mm.

Thanks for the tips .... here the modified versions:

Sichuan - Class

Quoted

7.474 t light; 7.831 t standard; 8.270 t normal; 8.621 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
555,37 ft / 543,96 ft x 57,41 ft x 17,55 ft (normal load)
169,28 m / 165,80 m x 17,50 m x 5,35 m

Armament:
9 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns (3x3 guns), 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1944 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (4x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
24 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 1,55lbs / 0,70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
20 - 0,30" / 7,6 mm guns in single mounts, 0,01lbs / 0,01kg shells, 1944 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 16 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1.284 lbs / 583 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
6 - 21,8" / 553 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,13" / 105 mm 331,04 ft / 100,90 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
Ends: 1,18" / 30 mm 211,29 ft / 64,40 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
1,64 ft / 0,50 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 94% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3,94" / 100 mm 2,17" / 55 mm 3,94" / 100 mm
2nd: 2,95" / 75 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1,57" / 40 mm, Conning tower: 3,74" / 95 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 60.523 shp / 45.150 Kw = 31,00 kts
Range 7.000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 789 tons

Complement:
433 - 563

Cost:
£4,123 million / $16,491 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 161 tons, 1,9%
Armour: 1.638 tons, 19,8%
- Belts: 623 tons, 7,5%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 334 tons, 4,0%
- Armour Deck: 647 tons, 7,8%
- Conning Tower: 33 tons, 0,4%
Machinery: 1.546 tons, 18,7%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3.880 tons, 46,9%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 795 tons, 9,6%
Miscellaneous weights: 250 tons, 3,0%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
14.263 lbs / 6.469 Kg = 133,1 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 1,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,07
Metacentric height 2,5 ft / 0,8 m
Roll period: 15,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 65 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,52
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,30

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,528
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,47 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1,97 ft / 0,60 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25,92 ft / 7,90 m
- Forecastle (19%): 25,92 ft / 7,90 m
- Mid (50%): 25,92 ft / 7,90 m (18,04 ft / 5,50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (19%): 18,04 ft / 5,50 m
- Stern: 18,04 ft / 5,50 m
- Average freeboard: 21,98 ft / 6,70 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80,7%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 184,3%
Waterplane Area: 22.219 Square feet or 2.064 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 132%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 105 lbs/sq ft or 515 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,00
- Longitudinal: 2,16
- Overall: 1,08
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Advanced Zunyi

Quoted

Displacement:
12.712 t light; 13.471 t standard; 13.946 t normal; 14.326 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
649,93 ft / 632,22 ft x 64,96 ft x 20,67 ft (normal load)
198,10 m / 192,70 m x 19,80 m x 6,30 m

Armament:
12 - 7,99" / 203 mm guns (4x3 guns), 255,24lbs / 115,78kg shells, 1944 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
24 - 1,97" / 50,0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 3,81lbs / 1,73kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
40 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (20x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1944 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 10 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 3.729 lbs / 1.692 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 220

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5,51" / 140 mm 401,57 ft / 122,40 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
Ends: 2,95" / 75 mm 208,60 ft / 63,58 m 9,28 ft / 2,83 m
22,05 ft / 6,72 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 98% of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7,99" / 203 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 5,91" / 150 mm
2nd: 3,74" / 95 mm 2,56" / 65 mm -
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm 0,39" / 10 mm -

- Armour deck: 1,97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 102.371 shp / 76.369 Kw = 31,80 kts
Range 5.000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 855 tons

Complement:
641 - 834

Cost:
£8,089 million / $32,358 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 466 tons, 3,3%
Armour: 3.212 tons, 23,0%
- Belts: 1.075 tons, 7,7%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 1.020 tons, 7,3%
- Armour Deck: 1.069 tons, 7,7%
- Conning Tower: 49 tons, 0,4%
Machinery: 2.614 tons, 18,7%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6.269 tons, 45,0%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.234 tons, 8,8%
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 1,1%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
18.416 lbs / 8.353 Kg = 72,2 x 8,0 " / 203 mm shells or 2,0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,03
Metacentric height 2,8 ft / 0,9 m
Roll period: 16,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,87
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,03

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise forward of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0,575
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25,14 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 17,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 9,19 ft / 2,80 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27,89 ft / 8,50 m
- Forecastle (20%): 24,93 ft / 7,60 m (23,62 ft / 7,20 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 23,62 ft / 7,20 m (20,67 ft / 6,30 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (20%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m (20,34 ft / 6,20 m before break)
- Stern: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Average freeboard: 22,40 ft / 6,83 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 89,5%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 192,4%
Waterplane Area: 29.342 Square feet or 2.726 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 134 lbs/sq ft or 656 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,03
- Longitudinal: 1,43
- Overall: 1,06
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Planned is to build a class of 4-6 vessels which will be used as flotilla leader for the smaller Huangshi-Vessels.

Quoted

Displacement:
2.091 t light; 2.249 t standard; 2.465 t normal; 2.638 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
340,88 ft / 334,32 ft x 42,85 ft x 11,81 ft (normal load)
103,90 m / 101,90 m x 13,06 m x 3,60 m

Armament:
8 - 4,72" / 120 mm guns (4x2 guns), 52,72lbs / 23,92kg shells, 1944 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0,52" / 13,2 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 1944 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 430 lbs / 195 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 450

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,38" / 35 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,20" / 5 mm - -

- Armour deck: 0,79" / 20 mm, Conning tower: 1,38" / 35 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 7.102 shp / 5.298 Kw = 20,00 kts
Range 5.000nm at 14,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 389 tons

Complement:
174 - 227

Cost:
£0,967 million / $3,867 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 54 tons, 2,2%
Armour: 172 tons, 7,0%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 26 tons, 1,0%
- Armour Deck: 140 tons, 5,7%
- Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0,2%
Machinery: 181 tons, 7,4%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 984 tons, 39,9%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 374 tons, 15,2%
Miscellaneous weights: 700 tons, 28,4%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
4.011 lbs / 1.819 Kg = 76,1 x 4,7 " / 120 mm shells or 1,3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,01
Metacentric height 1,4 ft / 0,4 m
Roll period: 15,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,45
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,56

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,510
Length to Beam Ratio: 7,80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18,28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 18,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20,21 ft / 6,16 m
- Forecastle (20%): 12,86 ft / 3,92 m
- Mid (50%): 12,86 ft / 3,92 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 12,86 ft / 3,92 m
- Stern: 12,86 ft / 3,92 m
- Average freeboard: 13,45 ft / 4,10 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75,3%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 135,6%
Waterplane Area: 9.632 Square feet or 895 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 148%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 68 lbs/sq ft or 330 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,98
- Longitudinal: 1,82
- Overall: 1,05
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather


Misc. Weight (700tons):
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600 mines @ 600kg = 360 tons
minerails = 70 tons
radar = 25 tons
hydrophone = 25 tons
32-64 depth charges
4 throwers / 6 individual racks
220 tons other storage

Speaking objectively...

Would it not make sense for this vessel to share similar armament with China's destroyers? IIRC, they are armed with 127mm DP guns, as opposed to the 120mm LA guns you have simmed here.

Secondly, is this a minelayer or some sort of ASW vessel? If the former, carrying hydrophones and ASW hear would interfere with minelaying (the racks for the DCs would compete with the mine rails aft). If the latter, she is rather slow.

Thanks for the points ....

Of course a common calibre makes sense and will be considered.

The minelayer is planed as flotilla leader for the Huangshi-Vessels.So the ASW equipment isn't essential equipment, but why do you think the DCs would compete with the mine rails aft ? The DC mortars could be placed in the midshiparea on the side.

Why do you think more speed is needed ? These vessels won't accompany convoys or warships, so the high speed after hunting a sub to come back to the convoy isn't needed.

Out of curiousity - are Chinese plans changing due to the war? Any new priorities being identified?

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Out of curiousity - are Chinese plans changing due to the war? Any new priorities being identified?

The plan was made before the war started, but till now there is no need for changing identified, because no naval battle happened till now. Btw i have noticed that i urgently have to publish my sim-reports for 44 !!!! Ash on my head !!!

No major battles, no, but you've had some fun with submarine warfare and an amphibious landing...

Yes, that's why the amphibious forces are still growing in the present building plan (not the published above) also the subforce gets new vessels