I´m going to post the sims of all the new ships, and hopefully update the Encyclopedia, shortly. As for the York class I have two main possibilities:
HMS York (4x2 7,5"), British Heavy Cruiser laid down 1927
(The reports have been done with the light displacement of this version, however I could choose the other one with few modifications)
Displacement:
9.048 t light; 9.450 t standard; 10.992 t normal; 12.225 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
584,56 ft / 575,00 ft x 59,00 ft x 21,00 ft (normal load)
178,18 m / 175,26 m x 17,98 m x 6,40 m
Armament:
8 - 7,50" / 191 mm guns (4x2 guns), 210,94lbs / 95,68kg shells, 1927 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4,50" / 114 mm guns (4x2 guns), 45,56lbs / 20,67kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all aft
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (2x8 guns), 1,94lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 2.086 lbs / 946 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,50" / 114 mm 396,00 ft / 120,70 m 8,00 ft / 2,44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4,50" / 114 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 3,00" / 76 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 0,50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0,50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1,50" / 38 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 92.665 shp / 69.128 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 11.115nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2.775 tons
Complement:
536 - 697
Cost:
£3,437 million / $13,749 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 261 tons, 2,4 %
Armour: 1.555 tons, 14,1 %
- Belts: 590 tons, 5,4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 314 tons, 2,9 %
- Armour Deck: 651 tons, 5,9 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 2.925 tons, 26,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4.232 tons, 38,5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.944 tons, 17,7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0,7 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12.167 lbs / 5.519 Kg = 57,7 x 7,5 " / 191 mm shells or 1,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,13
Metacentric height 2,8 ft / 0,9 m
Roll period: 14,7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,71
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,20
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,540
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,98 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,00 ft / 0,91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24,50 ft / 7,47 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Quarterdeck (8 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Stern: 14,00 ft / 4,27 m
- Average freeboard: 21,88 ft / 6,67 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138,7 %
Waterplane Area: 23.455 Square feet or 2.179 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 105 lbs/sq ft or 513 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,93
- Longitudinal: 1,80
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
And the other one is similar to the historical ones:
HMS York (3x2 8"), British Heavy Cruiser laid down 1927
Displacement:
9.060 t light; 9.450 t standard; 10.992 t normal; 12.225 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
584,56 ft / 575,00 ft x 59,00 ft x 21,00 ft (normal load)
178,18 m / 175,26 m x 17,98 m x 6,40 m
Armament:
6 - 8,00" / 203 mm guns (3x2 guns), 256,00lbs / 116,12kg shells, 1927 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 4,50" / 114 mm guns (4x2 guns), 45,56lbs / 20,67kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all aft
16 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (2x8 guns), 1,94lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns (6x2 guns), 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 1.934 lbs / 877 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4,50" / 114 mm 396,00 ft / 120,70 m 8,00 ft / 2,44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4,50" / 114 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 3,00" / 76 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 0,50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0,50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1,85" / 47 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 92.665 shp / 69.128 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 11.115nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2.775 tons
Complement:
536 - 697
Cost:
£3,381 million / $13,524 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 242 tons, 2,2 %
Armour: 1.642 tons, 14,9 %
- Belts: 590 tons, 5,4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 249 tons, 2,3 %
- Armour Deck: 803 tons, 7,3 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0 %
Machinery: 2.925 tons, 26,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4.177 tons, 38,0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.931 tons, 17,6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0,7 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12.689 lbs / 5.756 Kg = 49,6 x 8,0 " / 203 mm shells or 1,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,16
Metacentric height 3,0 ft / 0,9 m
Roll period: 14,4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,61
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,23
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,540
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23,98 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3,00 ft / 0,91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24,50 ft / 7,47 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Quarterdeck (8 %): 22,00 ft / 6,71 m
- Stern: 14,00 ft / 4,27 m
- Average freeboard: 21,88 ft / 6,67 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 104,4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138,7 %
Waterplane Area: 23.455 Square feet or 2.179 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 104 lbs/sq ft or 506 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,83
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
I´m most likely to choose the first one but... any opinion is welcome. BTW both ships are oficially 9000t standard.