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MSC, Persia Light Battleship laid down 1938

Displacement:
25 387 t light; 26 826 t standard; 28 785 t normal; 30 352 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
721,78 ft / 721,78 ft x 85,30 ft x 31,17 ft (normal load)
220,00 m / 220,00 m x 26,00 m x 9,50 m

Armament:
6 - 12,01" / 305 mm guns (2x3 guns), 865,70lbs / 392,68kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 12,01" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 865,70lbs / 392,68kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,41kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
40 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (10x4 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 9 808 lbs / 4 449 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11,0" / 280 mm 492,13 ft / 150,00 m 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 105 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
2nd: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
3rd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
4th: 0,79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 133 560 shp / 99 636 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 9 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 527 tons

Complement:
1 104 - 1 436

Cost:
£13,698 million / $54,794 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 226 tons, 4,3 %
Armour: 8 724 tons, 30,3 %
- Belts: 3 360 tons, 11,7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 %
- Armament: 2 103 tons, 7,3 %
- Armour Deck: 3 181 tons, 11,1 %
- Conning Tower: 80 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 3 657 tons, 12,7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11 580 tons, 40,2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 398 tons, 11,8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0,7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
38 620 lbs / 17 518 Kg = 44,6 x 12,0 " / 305 mm shells or 3,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,04
Metacentric height 4,3 ft / 1,3 m
Roll period: 17,3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,81
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,07

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,525
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30,98 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
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: 29,56 ft / 9,01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 23,49 ft / 7,16 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75,6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 173,1 %
Waterplane Area: 43 678 Square feet or 4 058 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 175 lbs/sq ft or 855 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,61
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent


Just practicing

Non-trivial firepower, adequate protection, and enough speed to stay mostly out of trouble. She can do a lot of useful capital ship jobs, like raider, carrier escort, fire support of amphib ops, or killer of kruiser killers.

Her stability and torpedo vulnerability are the main weaknesses I see, but they're serious. Even one aerial torpedo hit will force her DC officer into much counterflooding, with crippling effect.

Two on the same side and she's done for.

Agree: other than the poor stability and the non-existent torpedo defenses, pretty good. You might look at the Filipino Mindanao class for an alternative take on something in the same size range (faster, but using 28cm vs 30.5cm guns).

I don't usually let the stability on my ships drop below 1.10. If I can't get it that high, I discard the design. I only break my rule with support ships - I'll permit 1.05 there but I'll try to bring it up anyway.

With a little tweaking, she might make a good successor to El Cid..........

Mind if I play with the design?

Feel free to use or modify it

Revised design where the Torpedo bulkhead has a height greater than zero

MSC B, Persia Light Battleship laid down 1938

Displacement:
27 204 t light; 28 682 t standard; 30 748 t normal; 32 400 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
771,00 ft / 771,00 ft x 85,30 ft x 31,17 ft (normal load)
235,00 m / 235,00 m x 26,00 m x 9,50 m

Armament:
6 - 12,01" / 305 mm guns (2x3 guns), 865,70lbs / 392,67kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 12,01" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 865,70lbs / 392,67kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
40 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (10x4 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 9 807 lbs / 4 449 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11,0" / 280 mm 492,13 ft / 150,00 m 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1,57" / 40 mm 492,13 ft / 150,00 m 6,56 ft / 2,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
2nd: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
3rd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
4th: 0,79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 153 271 shp / 114 340 Kw = 33,00 kts
Range 9 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 718 tons

Complement:
1 160 - 1 509

Cost:
£14,483 million / $57,931 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 226 tons, 4,0 %
Armour: 9 150 tons, 29,8 %
- Belts: 3 378 tons, 11,0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 188 tons, 0,6 %
- Armament: 2 103 tons, 6,8 %
- Armour Deck: 3 398 tons, 11,1 %
- Conning Tower: 83 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 4 197 tons, 13,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12 431 tons, 40,4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 543 tons, 11,5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0,7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
41 295 lbs / 18 731 Kg = 47,7 x 12,0 " / 305 mm shells or 4,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,06
Metacentric height 4,4 ft / 1,3 m
Roll period: 17,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,77
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,525
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,04 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31,85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
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: 29,56 ft / 9,01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 23,49 ft / 7,16 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 99,9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 175,9 %
Waterplane Area: 46 656 Square feet or 4 334 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 176 lbs/sq ft or 859 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,97
- Longitudinal: 1,36
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Hmmmm.... It´s neither fish nor flesh.

Why build such a ship which is too large and expensive as a super-CA but way too weak to fight even older capital ships (don´t even dream of taking on a modern full-scale BB!)?

Doesn´t make much sense to me....

Final variation

MSC C, Persia Light Battleship laid down 1938

Displacement:
29 241 t light; 31 061 t standard; 33 231 t normal; 34 967 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
787,40 ft / 787,40 ft x 88,58 ft x 31,17 ft (normal load)
240,00 m / 240,00 m x 27,00 m x 9,50 m

Armament:
6 - 16,00" / 406 mm guns (3x2 guns), 2 048,00lbs / 928,96kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
2 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,41kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
16 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
40 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (10x4 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 13 573 lbs / 6 156 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11,4" / 290 mm 544,62 ft / 166,00 m 14,76 ft / 4,50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1,57" / 40 mm 544,62 ft / 166,00 m 6,56 ft / 2,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,87" / 200 mm 7,87" / 200 mm
2nd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
3rd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
4th: 0,79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 142 695 shp / 106 451 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 9 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3 906 tons

Complement:
1 229 - 1 599

Cost:
£16,884 million / $67,537 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 697 tons, 5,1 %
Armour: 9 739 tons, 29,3 %
- Belts: 3 828 tons, 11,5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 208 tons, 0,6 %
- Armament: 1 976 tons, 5,9 %
- Armour Deck: 3 638 tons, 10,9 %
- Conning Tower: 88 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 3 907 tons, 11,8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13 699 tons, 41,2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 989 tons, 12,0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0,6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
44 029 lbs / 19 971 Kg = 21,5 x 16,0 " / 406 mm shells or 4,9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,10
Metacentric height 5,0 ft / 1,5 m
Roll period: 16,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,87
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,11

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,535
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,89 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32,19 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
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: 29,56 ft / 9,01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 23,49 ft / 7,16 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 177,8 %
Waterplane Area: 49 955 Square feet or 4 641 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 185 lbs/sq ft or 903 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,97
- Longitudinal: 1,33
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Check out this thread: http://wesworld.jk-clan.de/thread.php?threadid=3210&sid=

I think that is kind of what you are looking for.

I still have an ancient picture as well.

I remember that picture....guess that makes me ancient too!

Is that the historical 770?

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Originally posted by Langsdorf
Is that the historical 770?

No, details and a picture of that one can be seen here. It was the inspiration for this design though, with a little bit of Zara thrown in.

Wonder about her performance with 3 screws?

Speeds good, gives a margin over the treaty BBs. More of BC than a BB though.

However there seems to be a disconnect between the belt armor & turret face and the barbette armor. Shells which can be turned by the belt or turret face will still penetrate the barbette.

However, the critical question is who the planned OPFOR is ? The armor seems geared to defeat around 305mm rounds. The main guns to engage battleship-level armored foes. That actually suggests the elderly Dutch Zeven Provincien class, but there are only two of those.

Kkrošé Bozorg, Persia Dreadnought laid down 1938

Displacement:
30 705 t light; 32 326 t standard; 33 846 t normal; 35 062 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
787,40 ft / 787,40 ft x 78,74 ft (Bulges 87,76 ft) x 31,17 ft (normal load)
240,00 m / 240,00 m x 24,00 m (Bulges 26,75 m) x 9,50 m

Armament:
6 - 15,00" / 381 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1 687,50lbs / 765,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (6x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,41kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
24 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
2 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,41kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
Weight of broadside 11 110 lbs / 5 040 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15,7" / 400 mm 541,34 ft / 165,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1,18" / 30 mm 541,34 ft / 165,00 m 16,40 ft / 5,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15,7" / 400 mm 11,8" / 300 mm 11,8" / 300 mm
2nd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm - -
4th: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm

- Armour deck: 3,94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 163 417 shp / 121 909 Kw = 33,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 737 tons

Complement:
1 246 - 1 621

Cost:
£16,164 million / $64,654 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 389 tons, 4,1 %
Armour: 11 248 tons, 33,2 %
- Belts: 4 627 tons, 13,7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 388 tons, 1,1 %
- Armament: 2 864 tons, 8,5 %
- Armour Deck: 3 281 tons, 9,7 %
- Conning Tower: 89 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 4 475 tons, 13,2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13 393 tons, 39,6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 141 tons, 9,3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0,6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
45 519 lbs / 20 647 Kg = 27,0 x 15,0 " / 381 mm shells or 5,5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,06
Metacentric height 3,9 ft / 1,2 m
Roll period: 18,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,86
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,15

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,97 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32,11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
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: 36,09 ft / 11,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m (22,97 ft / 7,00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 26,77 ft / 8,16 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101,7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 179,0 %
Waterplane Area: 45 047 Square feet or 4 185 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 179 lbs/sq ft or 873 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,96
- Longitudinal: 1,42
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

if he buildeth a ship with a thick belt and a skinny deck in a world of long-range plunging fire?

Given her vulnerability to torpedos, she'll want to use her speed to stay at long range. This being the case, I'd reduce the belt and turret, and bulk up that deck.

If I was Persia I'd put those turrets on three seperate monitors. Those would give much better support to forces ashore and give any enemy naval forces something to think about, ie forcing them to deploy a battleship to counter a small ship rather than a BB having one easy fight and you losing a flagship.

Re designed to WW tastes....

Kkrošé Bozorg, Persia Dreadnought laid down 1938

Displacement:
30 705 t light; 32 326 t standard; 33 846 t normal; 35 062 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
787,40 ft / 787,40 ft x 78,74 ft (Bulges 87,76 ft) x 31,17 ft (normal load)
240,00 m / 240,00 m x 24,00 m (Bulges 26,75 m) x 9,50 m

Armament:
6 - 15,00" / 381 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1 687,50lbs / 765,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (6x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
24 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (12x2 guns), 1,95lbs / 0,88kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
2 - 5,12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 67,03lbs / 30,40kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
Weight of broadside 11 110 lbs / 5 040 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15,7" / 400 mm 557,74 ft / 170,00 m 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 109 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
3,15" / 80 mm 557,74 ft / 170,00 m 16,40 ft / 5,00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15,7" / 400 mm 11,8" / 300 mm 11,8" / 300 mm
2nd: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm
3rd: 0,79" / 20 mm - -
4th: 3,15" / 80 mm 2,36" / 60 mm 2,36" / 60 mm

- Armour deck: 6,50" / 165 mm, Conning tower: 3,94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 67 275 shp / 50 187 Kw = 26,00 kts
Range 6 000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 737 tons

Complement:
1 246 - 1 621

Cost:
£14,086 million / $56,345 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 389 tons, 4,1 %
Armour: 14 179 tons, 41,9 %
- Belts: 4 746 tons, 14,0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1 066 tons, 3,2 %
- Armament: 2 864 tons, 8,5 %
- Armour Deck: 5 414 tons, 16,0 %
- Conning Tower: 89 tons, 0,3 %
Machinery: 1 842 tons, 5,4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13 096 tons, 38,7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 141 tons, 9,3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 0,6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
70 047 lbs / 31 773 Kg = 41,5 x 15,0 " / 381 mm shells or 11,8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,13
Metacentric height 4,4 ft / 1,3 m
Roll period: 17,5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,81
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,73

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,97 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32,11 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 41 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 29
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: 36,09 ft / 11,00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m
- Mid (50 %): 29,53 ft / 9,00 m (22,97 ft / 7,00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Stern: 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Average freeboard: 26,77 ft / 8,16 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68,4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 179,0 %
Waterplane Area: 45 047 Square feet or 4 185 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 175 lbs/sq ft or 854 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,95
- Longitudinal: 1,51
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather