I don't like more armor, but another knot is pretty doable, and fixing the secondaries:
HMAS Wombat, Australia Battlecruiser laid down 1944
Displacement:
28,406 t light; 29,840 t standard; 32,493 t normal; 34,615 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
720.00 ft / 720.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 32.50 ft (normal load)
219.46 m / 219.46 m x 27.43 m x 9.91 m
Armament:
6 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x3 guns), 1,690.00lbs / 766.57kg shells, 1928 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
24 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns (12x2 guns), 52.00lbs / 23.59kg shells, 1944 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
28 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (7x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
20 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 11,448 lbs / 5,193 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 440.00 ft / 134.11 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 440.00 ft / 134.11 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 1.20" / 30 mm - -
- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 145,154 shp / 108,285 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,775 tons
Complement:
1,209 - 1,573
Cost:
£18.254 million / $73.014 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,429 tons, 4.4 %
Armour: 9,696 tons, 29.8 %
- Belts: 2,730 tons, 8.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 342 tons, 1.1 %
- Armament: 2,113 tons, 6.5 %
- Armour Deck: 4,313 tons, 13.3 %
- Conning Tower: 197 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 3,707 tons, 11.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,235 tons, 40.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,086 tons, 12.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 340 tons, 1.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
48,022 lbs / 21,783 Kg = 28.5 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 5.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
Metacentric height 4.8 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 17.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.15
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.540
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.03 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Forecastle (22 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Mid (40 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Quarterdeck (22 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 26.88 ft / 8.19 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 193.4 %
Waterplane Area: 46,632 Square feet or 4,332 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 185 lbs/sq ft or 904 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 1.99
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent