For starters, the Victorious class. Not, in fact, Treaty-busting, or if you want to be pedantic about that 26 tons, not very Treaty-busting.
HMS Victorious, Royal Navy Battlecruiser laid down 1934
Displacement:
38,099 t light; 40,026 t standard; 42,694 t normal; 44,828 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
811.47 ft / 806.00 ft x 106.00 ft x 31.80 ft (normal load)
247.33 m / 245.67 m x 32.31 m x 9.69 m
Armament:
9 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (3x3 guns), 1,938.00lbs / 879.06kg shells, 1934 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
20 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62.00lbs / 28.12kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1934 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
48 - 1.59" / 40.5 mm guns (6x8 guns), 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1934 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 18,923 lbs / 8,583 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 480.00 ft / 146.30 m 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 92 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 480.00 ft / 146.30 m 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 5.24" / 133 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 134,994 shp / 100,706 Kw = 30.24 kts
Range 8,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,802 tons
Complement:
1,484 - 1,930
Cost:
£17.700 million / $70.798 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,057 tons, 4.8 %
Armour: 14,680 tons, 34.4 %
- Belts: 5,857 tons, 13.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 497 tons, 1.2 %
- Armament: 2,150 tons, 5.0 %
- Armour Deck: 6,018 tons, 14.1 %
- Conning Tower: 158 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 3,884 tons, 9.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 17,328 tons, 40.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,595 tons, 10.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 0.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
65,631 lbs / 29,770 Kg = 38.9 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 9.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 6.7 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 17.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.23
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.60 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32.94 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 57
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Mid (70 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 23.65 ft / 7.21 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 183.9 %
Waterplane Area: 62,075 Square feet or 5,767 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 203 lbs/sq ft or 993 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.37
- Overall: 1.00
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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily