She is redesigned, longer and wider with less speed but with more armour and higher crusingspeed.
Ajax, Sweden Cruiser laid down 1940
Ajax, Sweden Cruiser laid down 1940
Displacement:
7 436 t light; 7 682 t standard; 9 000 t normal; 10 019 t full load
Loading submergence 580 tons/feet
Dimensions:
557,74 ft x 59,06 ft x 19,69 ft (normal load)
170,00 m x 18,00 m x 6,00 m
Armament:
16 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (8 Main turrets x 2 guns, 2 superfiring turrets)
14 - 2,95" / 75 mm guns
20 - 1,57" / 40 mm AA guns
20 - 0,98" / 25 mm guns
Weight of broadside 794 lbs / 360 kg
Armour:
Belt 2,76" / 70 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 125 % of normal area
Main turrets 1,97" / 50 mm, 2nd turrets 10,00" / 254 mm
AA gun shields 0,20" / 5 mm, Light gun shields 0,20" / 5 mm
Armour deck 1,97" / 50 mm, Conning tower 1,57" / 40 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 92 224 shp / 68 799 Kw = 33,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 20,00 kts
Complement:
462 - 600
Cost:
£4,133 million / $16,532 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 99 tons, 1,1 %
Armour: 1 469 tons, 16,3 %
Belts: 475 tons, 5,3 %, Armament: 240 tons, 2,7 %, Armour Deck: 740 tons, 8,2 %
Conning Tower: 15 tons, 0,2 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 2 466 tons, 27,4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3 352 tons, 37,2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 564 tons, 17,4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0,6 %
Metacentric height 3,7
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: 1,33
Shellfire needed to sink: 12 495 lbs / 5 668 Kg = 353,8 x 4,1 " / 105 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1,6
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 51 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0,19
Relative quality as seaboat: 1,18
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0,486
Sharpness coefficient: 0,33
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 8,20
'Natural speed' for length: 23,62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim: 43
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 98,5 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 178,5 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 124 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0,95
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 95 lbs / square foot or 465 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1,58
(for 21,33 ft / 6,50 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 6,50 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1,00
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