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Loven, Denmark Destroyer laid down 1923

Displacement:
1,920 t light; 1,993 t standard; 2,291 t normal; 2,520 t full load
Loading submergence 214 tons/feet

Dimensions:
340.00 ft x 38.00 ft x 14.00 ft (normal load)
103.63 m x 11.58 m x 4.27 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns
10 - 2.24" / 57 mm AA guns
16 - 0.79" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 329 lbs / 149 kg
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Main gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm, AA gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm, Light gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 51,724 shp / 38,586 Kw = 33.25 kts
Range 8,250nm at 12.25 kts

Complement:
165 - 215

Cost:
£0.828 million / $3.311 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 41 tons, 1.8 %
Armour: 8 tons, 0.4 %
Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armament: 8 tons, 0.4 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,306 tons, 57.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 514 tons, 22.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 371 tons, 16.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 2.2 %

Metacentric height 1.9

Remarks:
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation & workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.33
Shellfire needed to sink: 430 lbs / 195 Kg = 6.4 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.3
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 70 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.22
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.443
Sharpness coefficient: 0.32
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 7.88
'Natural speed' for length: 18.44 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 71 %
Trim: 70
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 199.9 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 84.9 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 60 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.44
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 35 lbs / square foot or 171 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.47
(for 17.13 ft / 5.22 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 5.85 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 0.50

Anti Submarine weaponry = 40 depth charges.

I think the only thing I would say is "Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.44" should be above 0.50.
Not sure if anything else should be added. Not a real expert on how it should look either, but I think it is a good looking ship.
The bow does remind me a bit of a more modern BB I once drew.

Walter

She is very nice looking but for a 1923 design she may have a bit too much superstructure, and she packs more AA than a CA of 1923.

I had to put a 37' plug into the hull to get the strenght up, and as a result the bridge area is a little bigger, I've reduced the AA as suggested (you were right, on second glance it was a little heavy!)



Loven (a), Denmark Destroyer laid down 1923

Displacement:
1,920 t light; 1,991 t standard; 2,270 t normal; 2,484 t full load
Loading submergence 236 tons/feet

Dimensions:
377.00 ft x 37.50 ft x 12.50 ft (normal load)
114.91 m x 11.43 m x 3.81 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns
6 - 2.24" / 57 mm AA guns
16 - 0.79" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 306 lbs / 139 kg
8 - 24.0" / 609.6 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Main gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm, AA gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm, Light gun shields 0.50" / 13 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 46,920 shp / 35,002 Kw = 33.15 kts
Range 8,000nm at 12.00 kts

Complement:
164 - 213

Cost:
£0.791 million / $3.163 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 38 tons, 1.7 %
Armour: 7 tons, 0.3 %
Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Armament: 7 tons, 0.3 %, Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,232 tons, 54.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 562 tons, 24.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 350 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 3.5 %

Metacentric height 1.8

Remarks:
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation & workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.28
Shellfire needed to sink: 498 lbs / 226 Kg = 7.4 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 0.3
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 70 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.20
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.450
Sharpness coefficient: 0.31
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 8.77
'Natural speed' for length: 19.42 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim: 70
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)

Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 191.8 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 73.6 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 64 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.50
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs / square foot or 179 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.09
(for 15.60 ft / 4.75 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 4.34 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 0.54

Anti Submarine weaponry = 60 depth charges

Your thoughts please, but I kind of like the look of the longer hull!