RA - does that puppy count against Treaty tonnage limits? :-P
Better question...
Would it even work?
Jeez, and I thought that HoOmAn's Hertog class Battlecruisers were lightly armed with 8x280mm guns on more or less the same displacement.
It is not a Battlecruiser exactly. More of a Heavy Cruiser with way too much armor for a cruiser (hense the large size and displacement). Designed to either hunt raiders, or be a raider, depending on the situation. It might require a different designation.
I'd go with the 10" armed version.
I was thinking of going with the 10 inch version as well. My only problem with it is its lack of turrets. While they are armored heavily, there are only two of them. If one fails, I loose half my firepower. I'd rather have three turrets, twins likely, but they would have to be all at freeboard level to keep what seakeeping she has now. As you shall see....
Project: Farscape
Chilean Heavy Cruiser laid down 1933
Displacement:
22,346 t light; 23,162 t standard; 25,610 t normal; 27,466 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
723.50 ft / 680.00 ft x 90.75 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
220.52 m / 207.26 m x 27.66 m x 7.62 m
Armament:
6 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (3x2 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1933 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
12 - 4.30" / 109 mm guns in single mounts, 39.75lbs / 18.03kg shells, 1933 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
22 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (11x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 5 raised mounts
10 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1933 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 3,512 lbs / 1,593 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
30 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15.3" / 387 mm 360.00 ft / 109.73 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 15.3" / 387 mm 95.00 ft / 28.96 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Main Belt covers 81 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 360.00 ft / 109.73 m 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15.3" / 387 mm 15.3" / 387 mm 15.3" / 387 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm - -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
4th: 0.25" / 6 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 16.00" / 406 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 132,218 shp / 98,635 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 20.00 kts (Bunkerage = 4,406 tons)
Complement:
1,011 - 1,315
Cost:
£7.990 million / $31.960 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 439 tons, 1.7 %
Armour: 8,458 tons, 33.0 %
- Belts: 3,143 tons, 12.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 460 tons, 1.8 %
- Armament: 1,991 tons, 7.8 %
- Armour Deck: 2,564 tons, 10.0 %
- Conning Tower: 300 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 3,853 tons, 15.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 9,496 tons, 37.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,264 tons, 12.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
37,094 lbs / 16,825 Kg = 74.2 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 5.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.07
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.581
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.49 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 66
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 37.50 ft / 11.43 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 27.50 ft / 8.38 m
- Mid (50 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 25.70 ft / 7.83 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 143.3 %
Waterplane Area: 46,191 Square feet or 4,291 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 130 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 146 lbs/sq ft or 712 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.52
- Overall: 1.04
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform