Sorry this took so long, took some fiddling to get seakeeping above 1.00. Design works quite well, in fact you have standard displacement listed @ 17,000 tons while this SS is 20 tons less than that full load. But I had to increase draft from 18-22' to 24.5' to get that seakeeping. Main belt had to be 550' to fully protect magazines and machinery (a must for me). Also no end belts but I did add a TDS (I feel a ship this size should have one). CT and main battery armor a bit thin but something has to give. Had to guess at laydown date plus range/cruising speed but again your design works quite well...
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Diomedes, Greek Light Battlecruiser laid down 1938
Displacement:
14,634 t light; 15,202 t standard; 16,190 t normal; 16,980 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
671.74 ft / 660.00 ft x 72.00 ft x 24.50 ft (normal load)
204.74 m / 201.17 m x 21.95 m x 7.47 m
Armament:
6 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (3x2 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 4.53" / 115 mm guns (2x2 guns), 46.48lbs / 21.08kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 4.53" / 115 mm guns (2x2 guns), 46.48lbs / 21.08kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
24 - 1.50" / 38.1 mm guns (12x2 guns), 1.69lbs / 0.77kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
12 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 10 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 3,415 lbs / 1,549 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 125
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 128 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
4th: 0.75" / 19 mm - -
5th: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 123,745 shp / 92,314 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,778 tons
Complement:
716 - 932
Cost:
£7.582 million / $30.327 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 427 tons, 2.6 %
Armour: 4,307 tons, 26.6 %
- Belts: 1,594 tons, 9.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 509 tons, 3.1 %
- Armament: 427 tons, 2.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,736 tons, 10.7 %
- Conning Tower: 41 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 3,388 tons, 20.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,162 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,556 tons, 9.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 2.2 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
19,694 lbs / 8,933 Kg = 39.4 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 2.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.47
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.487
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.17 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.69 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 60
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m (16.00 ft / 4.88 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Stern: 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Average freeboard: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 125.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 163.9 %
Waterplane Area: 31,284 Square feet or 2,906 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 127 lbs/sq ft or 622 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.27
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Miscellaneous weight includes 2 beam-mounted catapults amidships plus a centerline crane for 2 floatplanes (no hanger).
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