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- Rear Admiral Class, UK Light Battlecruiser laid down 1935
- Displacement:
- 33 223 t light; 35 000 t standard; 41 768 t normal; 47 182 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (839,03 ft / 820,21 ft) x 90,22 ft x (29,53 / 32,81 ft)
- (255,74 m / 250,00 m) x 27,50 m x (9,00 / 10,00 m)
- Armament:
- 6 - 17,99" / 457 mm 40,0 cal guns - 3 320,16lbs / 1 506,00kg shells, 50 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1915 Model
- 3 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
- 1 raised mount - superfiring
- 20 - 4,49" / 114 mm 45,0 cal guns - 55,01lbs / 24,95kg shells, 360 per gun
- Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1935 Model
- 10 x Twin mounts on side ends, majority forward
- 10 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
- 48 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm 39,0 cal guns - 2,01lbs / 0,91kg shells, 3 000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1923 Model
- 6 x 2 row octuple mounts on centreline, evenly spread
- 6 raised mounts
- 48 - 0,50" / 12,7 mm 60,0 cal guns - 0,07lbs / 0,03kg shells, 4 000 per gun
- Machine guns in deck mounts, 1926 Model
- 16 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 4 x Quad mounts on centreline, aft deck aft
- Weight of broadside 21 121 lbs / 9 580 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 11,0" / 280 mm 515,09 ft / 157,00 m 11,38 ft / 3,47 m
- Ends: 1,97" / 50 mm 305,09 ft / 92,99 m 11,38 ft / 3,47 m
- Main Belt covers 97% of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
- 1,57" / 40 mm 516,73 ft / 157,50 m 27,17 ft / 8,28 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 68,90 ft / 21,00 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 7,09" / 180 mm 9,84" / 250 mm
- 2nd: 1,57" / 40 mm 0,59" / 15 mm 3,94" / 100 mm
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 4,33" / 110 mm
- Forecastle: 0,00" / 0 mm Quarter deck: 0,59" / 15 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 183 245 shp / 136 701 Kw = 31,50 kts
- Range 12 000nm at 20,00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 12 182 tons
- Complement:
- 1 460 - 1 899
- Cost:
- £17,167 million / $68,667 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 2 524 tons, 6,0%
- - Guns: 2 524 tons, 6,0%
- Armour: 9 596 tons, 23,0%
- - Belts: 2 982 tons, 7,1%
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 818 tons, 2,0%
- - Armament: 2 188 tons, 5,2%
- - Armour Deck: 3 608 tons, 8,6%
- Machinery: 5 206 tons, 12,5%
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 15 653 tons, 37,5%
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8 545 tons, 20,5%
- Miscellaneous weights: 245 tons, 0,6%
- - On freeboard deck: 120 tons
- - Above deck: 125 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 55 469 lbs / 25 160 Kg = 19,0 x 18,0 " / 457 mm shells or 7,1 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,14
- Metacentric height 5,5 ft / 1,7 m
- Roll period: 16,1 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1,08
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,01
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
- an extended bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,669 / 0,680
- Length to Beam Ratio: 9,09 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 28,64 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 32,00 degrees
- Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 39,00%, 30,12 ft / 9,18 m, 24,64 ft / 7,51 m
- - Forward deck: 41,00%, 24,64 ft / 7,51 m, 24,64 ft / 7,51 m
- - Aft deck: 20,00%, 12,34 ft / 3,76 m, 12,34 ft / 3,76 m
- - Quarter deck: 0,00%, 12,34 ft / 3,76 m, 12,34 ft / 3,76 m
- - Average freeboard: 23,03 ft / 7,02 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 95,6%
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 155,1%
- Waterplane Area: 57 682 Square feet or 5 359 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 122%
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 198 lbs/sq ft or 964 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 1,00
- - Longitudinal: 1,10
- - Overall: 1,01
- Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
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