Take a look at this one. She can be built on your existing type 3 slips. shes 1/2knt slower, 1700t smaller and mounts another 15" turret. I've taken away the triple 6" that was in X position. And i've taken off that 8" upper belt for that 0.58knts of speed up from 26knts.
Beowulf IV, Danish Battleship laid down 1925
Displacement:
37,327 t light; 40,043 t standard; 42,452 t normal; 44,210 t full load
Loading submergence 1,548 tons/feet
Dimensions:
721.00 ft x 106.00 ft x 32.50 ft (normal load)
219.76 m x 32.31 m x 9.91 m
Armament:
12 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (4 Main turrets x 3 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
18 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (6 2nd turrets x 3 guns)
16 - 3.00" / 76 mm AA guns
24 - 0.50" / 13 mm guns
Weight of broadside 22,412 lbs / 10,166 kg
Armour:
Belt 14.96" / 380 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 94 % of normal area
Main turrets 13.78" / 350 mm, 2nd turrets 1.57" / 40 mm
Armour deck 5.12" / 130 mm, Conning tower 14.96" / 380 mm
Torpedo bulkhead 1.38" / 35 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 100,029 shp / 74,621 Kw = 26.58 kts
Range 12,000nm at 12.00 kts
Complement:
1,478 - 1,922
Cost:
£13.465 million / $53.860 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,801 tons, 6.6 %
Armour: 14,548 tons, 34.3 %
Belts: 3,493 tons, 8.2 %, Armament: 4,755 tons, 11.2 %, Armour Deck: 5,129 tons, 12.1 %
Conning Tower: 394 tons, 0.9 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 777 tons, 1.8 %
Machinery: 3,248 tons, 7.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,680 tons, 39.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,126 tons, 12.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.1 %
Metacentric height 5.8
Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.03
Shellfire needed to sink: 39,510 lbs / 17,921 Kg = 23.4 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 5.3
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 52 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.67
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.598
Sharpness coefficient: 0.41
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6.32
'Natural speed' for length: 26.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim: 50
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 94.0 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 139.6 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 98 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.97
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 222 lbs / square foot or 1,082 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.24
(for 20.00 ft / 6.10 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment -0.22 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00
Or staying with 9x15", i have something faster on the same hull;
Beowulf IV, Danish Battleship laid down 1925
Displacement:
37,743 t light; 40,065 t standard; 42,452 t normal; 44,193 t full load
Loading submergence 1,548 tons/feet
Dimensions:
721.00 ft x 106.00 ft x 32.50 ft (normal load)
219.76 m x 32.31 m x 9.91 m
Armament:
9 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (3 Main turrets x 3 guns, 1 superfiring turret)
21 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (7 2nd turrets x 3 guns)
16 - 3.00" / 76 mm AA guns
24 - 0.50" / 13 mm guns
Weight of broadside 17,673 lbs / 8,016 kg
Armour:
Belt 14.96" / 380 mm, upper belt 7.87" / 200 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 94 % of normal area
Main turrets 13.78" / 350 mm, 2nd turrets 1.57" / 40 mm
Armour deck 5.12" / 130 mm, Conning tower 14.96" / 380 mm
Torpedo bulkhead 1.38" / 35 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 140,015 shp / 104,451 Kw = 28.93 kts
Range 12,000nm at 12.00 kts
Complement:
1,478 - 1,922
Cost:
£12.479 million / $49.917 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,209 tons, 5.2 %
Armour: 14,862 tons, 35.0 %
Belts: 4,679 tons, 11.0 %, Armament: 3,883 tons, 9.1 %, Armour Deck: 5,129 tons, 12.1 %
Conning Tower: 394 tons, 0.9 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 777 tons, 1.8 %
Machinery: 4,546 tons, 10.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,076 tons, 37.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,710 tons, 11.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.1 %
Metacentric height 6.3
Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.08
Shellfire needed to sink: 43,970 lbs / 19,944 Kg = 26.1 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 5.6
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 53 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.60
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.06
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.598
Sharpness coefficient: 0.41
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6.32
'Natural speed' for length: 26.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim: 50
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 93.1 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 164.0 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 102 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.96
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 207 lbs / square foot or 1,013 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.47
(for 23.50 ft / 7.16 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 3.28 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00