Building a Eendracht class battlecruiser

From a post made by 1Big Rich in The Naval Fiction Board, concerning the Eendracht class battlecruisers who appear in the A stronger Netherlands navy timeline I have created.

This is the post he made about the Eendracht class battlecruisers.

I've been contemplating an RNN G3 as described by Terminus. A couple of initial thoughts; the RNN would be designing this ship when Dunquerque was laid down. Details of the later may or may not be known to the Dutch, but if they are, the French ship would be a much newer design than the 12 year-old concept of G3. Also, the RN had moved beyond G3 and N3 layouts. First F2 and F3, then with O3, the design that became Nelson and Rodney. F2 or F3 seem much better starting points for the Dutch if they're cooperating with the RN, with an all-forward layout rather than the break for the con. Both featured three main battery turrets, F2 featuring six 15in guns, and F3 with 9 15in guns. (recall the RN post-war design featured a letter for the design, and a number reflecting the number of guns in the main battery turrets, i.e, K3 was design K with 3-gun turrets, K2 was design K with twin turrets. The Roman Numeral battleships are another post.) F2 was the faster, to be 30 knots light and 29 knots deep, while F3 was to be 29 knots light and 28.5 deep.

All that said, I tried to sketch what I thought a Netherlands-ized light G3 might look like. I have two concepts, the first reflecting Terminus' idea, with 6in secondaries. Armor follows the G3 philosophy with better protection for the magazines. Sims follow, though I will reiterate my reservations regarding the sim's ability to deal with the fast ships of the '30s and '40s accurately. I tried to sim them at 35,000 tons, as the treaties would be in effect, and going much larger might cause the collapse of the treaty system, which I see as a detriment to the Netherlands. If the sim is to be believed, there a little overweight, but that puts them in common with the treaty battleships of the 30s.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/lordroel_2007/Neth_g3_LR1936-DPII.jpg

Eendracht, LR_Netherlands BC laid down 1934

Displacement: 33,811 t light; 35,455 t standard; 38,127 t normal; 40,264 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 772.78 ft / 771.00 ft x 101.71 ft x 31.17 ft (normal load) 235.54 m / 235.00 m x 31.00 m x 9.50 m

Armament: 6 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (2x3 guns), 1,590.00lbs / 721.21kg shells, 1934 Model  Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)  on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring  3 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (1x3 guns), 1,590.00lbs / 721.21kg shells, 1934 Model <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on centreline amidships <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns (2x2 guns), 102.98lbs / 46.71kg shells, 1934 Model  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on side, evenly spread  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns (2x2 guns), 102.98lbs / 46.71kg shells, 1934 Model <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on centreline, all aft, 1 raised mount - superfiring <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 52.72lbs / 23.92kg shells, 1934 Model  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Weight of broadside 15,345 lbs / 6,960 kg  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Shells per gun, main battery: 100

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armour: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main: 11.0" / 280 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 18.04 ft / 5.50 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ends: Unarmoured  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main Belt covers 85 % of normal length

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Torpedo Bulkhead: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">2.24" / 57 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 12.2" / 310 mm  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">2nd: 14.0" / 356 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 12.2" / 310 mm <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 14.02" / 356 mm

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Machinery: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Geared drive, 4 shafts, 139,735 shp / 104,242 Kw = 31.00 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Bunker at max displacement = 4,809 tons

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Complement: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">1,363 - 1,773

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Cost: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">£15.470 million / $61.881 million

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Distribution of weights at normal displacement: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armament: 1,673 tons, 4.4 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armour: 12,387 tons, 32.5 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Belts: 3,755 tons, 9.8 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Torpedo bulkhead: 744 tons, 2.0 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armament: 2,296 tons, 6.0 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armour Deck: 5,250 tons, 13.8 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Conning Tower: 342 tons, 0.9 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Machinery: 4,020 tons, 10.5 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,651 tons, 41.1 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,316 tons, 11.3 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 0.2 %

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">54,623 lbs / 24,776 Kg = 39.8 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Metacentric height 6.2 ft / 1.9 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Roll period: 17.2 seconds  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.59 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull form characteristics: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull has a flush deck <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">and transom stern <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Block coefficient: 0.546 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Length to Beam Ratio: 7.58 : 1 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">'Natural speed' for length: 32.24 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Stem: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Forecastle (17 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Mid (50 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Stern: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Average freeboard: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ship tends to be wet forward

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ship space, strength and comments: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.1 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 161.3 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Waterplane Area: 56,756 Square feet or 5,273 Square metres <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Structure weight / hull surface area: 204 lbs/sq ft or 996 Kg/sq metre <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull strength (Relative): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Cross-sectional: 0.97 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Longitudinal: 1.35 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Overall: 1.00 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main Belt 10in over machinery, 12in over magazines <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main deck 4.5in over machinery, 5.5in over magazines <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">80 tons flag facilities, catapult, aircraft

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">The above done, I started looking at the Bofors 120mm, a gun the Dutch used and planned for the 1047 battlecruisers. Laying the BC down around the mid-30s doesn't seem too early for a DP mount to be aboard a capital ship, and the Dutch seem to have had a good grasp of the air threat. So I re-sketched (and re-simmed) the light G3 for a DP secondary based on the 4.7in.

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/lordroel_2007/Neth_g3_LR1936I.jpg

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Eendracht, LR_Netherlands BC laid down 1934

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Displacement: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">33,808 t light; 35,455 t standard; 38,127 t normal; 40,264 t full load

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">772.78 ft / 771.00 ft x 101.71 ft x 31.17 ft (normal load) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">235.54 m / 235.00 m x 31.00 m x 9.50 m

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armament: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">6 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (2x3 guns), 1,590.00lbs / 721.21kg shells, 1934 Model  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">3 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (1x3 guns), 1,590.00lbs / 721.21kg shells, 1934 Model <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on centreline amidships <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">12 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (6x2 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1934 Model  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (2x2 guns), 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1934 Model <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on centreline, all aft, 1 raised mount - superfiring <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 52.72lbs / 23.91kg shells, 1934 Model  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Weight of broadside 15,364 lbs / 6,969 kg  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Shells per gun, main battery: 100

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armour: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main: 11.0" / 280 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 18.04 ft / 5.50 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ends: Unarmoured  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main Belt covers 85 % of normal length  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Torpedo Bulkhead: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">2.24" / 57 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 12.2" / 310 mm  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">2nd: 14.0" / 356 mm 5.91" / 150 mm 12.2" / 310 mm <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">4th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 14.02" / 356 mm

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Machinery: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Geared drive, 4 shafts, 139,735 shp / 104,242 Kw = 31.00 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Bunker at max displacement = 4,809 tons

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Complement: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">1,363 - 1,773

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Cost: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">£15.480 million / $61.920 million

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Distribution of weights at normal displacement: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armament: 1,675 tons, 4.4 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Armour: 12,406 tons, 32.5 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Belts: 3,755 tons, 9.8 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Torpedo bulkhead: 744 tons, 2.0 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armament: 2,315 tons, 6.1 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Armour Deck: 5,250 tons, 13.8 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Conning Tower: 342 tons, 0.9 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Machinery: 4,020 tons, 10.5 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,627 tons, 41.0 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,319 tons, 11.3 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 0.2 %

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">54,515 lbs / 24,727 Kg = 39.7 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.9 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Roll period: 17.2 seconds  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.59 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull form characteristics: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull has a flush deck <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">and transom stern <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Block coefficient: 0.546 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Length to Beam Ratio: 7.58 : 1 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">'Natural speed' for length: 32.24 kts <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Stem: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Forecastle (17 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Mid (50 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Stern: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Average freeboard: 20.34 ft / 6.20 m  <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ship tends to be wet forward

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Ship space, strength and comments: <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.1 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 161.3 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Waterplane Area: 56,756 Square feet or 5,273 Square metres <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 % <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Structure weight / hull surface area: 204 lbs/sq ft or 995 Kg/sq metre <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull strength (Relative): <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Cross-sectional: 0.97 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Longitudinal: 1.34 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">- Overall: 1.00 <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main Belt 10in over machinery, 12in over magazines <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Main deck 4.5in over machinery, 5.5in over magazines <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">80 tons flag facilities, catapult, aircraft

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<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">With respect to the above, while I tried to keep things realistic, I just don't think that a light G3 is a good design for the RNN to base a capital ship on. For the RN it was fine, as were N3 and Nelsol. As battleline combatants, the need for all-bearing fire wasn't as important, and a simple change of direction could bring a target 'wooded' by the after superstructure in the the midships turrets firing arc(s). But in some of the confined waters around the NEI, such maneuvering room might not be readily available. And as only 2 capital ships available, I think all-bearing gunnery would be of much greater importance. I would expect the RNN to pursue a 3-3-A-3 layout as they did for the 1047s, if not a 2-2-A-2-2 (as QE or Maryland) or 4-4-A-4 (as in the original WWII-KGV or North Carolina concepts) layout if 14in guns were to the weapon of choice.

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Myself, I think they might be better served with well armored battlecruisers carrying 6 x 16in guns on 35,000 tons.

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">My thoughts,