GB/CL/1927, Great Britain 2nd Class Cruiser laid down 1927
Displacement:
11,695 t light; 12,181 t standard; 14,021 t normal; 15,493 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
615.98 ft / 615.00 ft x 65.00 ft x 22.00 ft (normal load)
187.75 m / 187.45 m x 19.81 m x 6.71 m
Armament:
9 - 7.50" / 191 mm guns (3x3 guns), 210.94lbs / 95.68kg shells, 1927 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (6x2 guns), 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1927 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
28 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (7x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, majority forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 2,337 lbs / 1,060 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 435.00 ft / 132.59 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 109 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 435.00 ft / 132.59 m 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 92,007 shp / 68,637 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,312 tons
Complement:
643 - 837
Cost:
£3.859 million / $15.437 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 292 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 3,137 tons, 22.4 %
- Belts: 720 tons, 5.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 290 tons, 2.1 %
- Armament: 440 tons, 3.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,624 tons, 11.6 %
- Conning Tower: 63 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 2,904 tons, 20.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,362 tons, 38.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,326 tons, 16.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,676 lbs / 9,379 Kg = 98.0 x 7.5 " / 191 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 3.4 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.558
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.24 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 22.48 ft / 6.85 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 121.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 164.4 %
Waterplane Area: 29,268 Square feet or 2,719 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 124 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 116 lbs/sq ft or 568 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.47
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
A 2nd Class Cruiser for 1927
This was my first attempt at sort of a 2nd Class Cruiser to go with my 1st Class Cruiser with 9.2in guns. The 2nd Class Cruiser has 9-7.5in and 12-4in DP guns with 8-21in TT. The idea is to be practically a protected cruiser, and the design has a 3in deck. I have a narrow belt, as well, to augment the deck. The speed is modest with a range intended for the Pacific theater: 12,000 nm. Hopefully, I haven't made any data entry errors, and the design is good as specified. I had to do minor tweaking as I had omitted turret and barbette armor, which Springsharp rightfully complained about. The ship is flush-decked, as I prefer.
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