With some changes - she could be of a follow on class the the Uppland....I could be more convinient
Äran (Glory), Sweden Guided missile cruiser laid down 1950
Displacement:
10 548 t light; 10 947 t standard; 12 163 t normal; 13 136 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(625,45 ft / 606,96 ft) x 65,62 ft x (19,69 / 20,89 ft)
(190,64 m / 185,00 m) x 20,00 m x (6,00 / 6,37 m)
Armament:
4 - 5,98" / 152 mm 55,0 cal guns - 115,66lbs / 52,46kg shells, 400 per gun
Dual purpose guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1950 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm 60,0 cal guns - 5,95lbs / 2,70kg shells, 1 000 per gun
Auto rapid fire guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1950 Model
8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 558 lbs / 253 kg
Main Torpedoes
1 - 15,7" / 400 mm, 4,92 ft / 1,50 m torpedo - 0,404 t total
below water reload
1x2 Mk 11 launcher for RIM-24/Rb-63 Tartar SAM (64 missiles)
1x2 Mk 12 launcher for RIM-8/ Rb-64 Talos SAM (46 missiles)
1x2 launcher for RBS-08F SLCM active radarhoming to 200km (24 missiles)
2x AN/SPG-49 (PE-64) fire control radar for Talos,
2x AN/SPG-51 (PE-63) fire control radar for Tartar,
6x PK-62 57mm Fire control radar
2 x Radar Type 274 (PE-55) 6-inch fire control;
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3,94" / 100 mm 394,52 ft / 120,25 m 9,71 ft / 2,96 m
Ends: 0,98" / 25 mm 212,40 ft / 64,74 m 9,71 ft / 2,96 m
Upper: 0,98" / 25 mm 394,52 ft / 120,25 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
- Hull void:
0,00" / 0 mm 0,00 ft / 0,00 m 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3,94" / 100 mm 1,97" / 50 mm 3,94" / 100 mm
2nd: 0,98" / 25 mm 0,39" / 10 mm 0,39" / 10 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 1,97" / 50 mm
Forecastle: 0,39" / 10 mm Quarter deck: 0,98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
No drive to shaft, 4 shafts, 90 126 shp / 67 234 Kw = 32,00 kts
Range 5 000nm at 20,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 189 tons
Complement:
578 - 752
Cost:
£5,775 million / $23,099 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 181 tons, 1,5 %
- Guns: 180 tons, 1,5 %
- Weapons: 1 tons, 0,0 %
Armour: 1 925 tons, 15,8 %
- Belts: 831 tons, 6,8 %
- Armament: 180 tons, 1,5 %
- Armour Deck: 914 tons, 7,5 %
Machinery: 2 156 tons, 17,7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 186 tons, 34,4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1 615 tons, 13,3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2 100 tons, 17,3 %
- Hull below water: 800 tons
- Hull void weights: 50 tons
- Hull above water: 750 tons
- On freeboard deck: 300 tons
- Above deck: 200 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20 953 lbs / 9 504 Kg = 195,5 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 7,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,15
Metacentric height 3,5 ft / 1,1 m
Roll period: 14,8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 66 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,14
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,19
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and small transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,543 / 0,553
Length to Beam Ratio: 9,25 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,45 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 22,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6,56 ft / 2,00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20,00 %, 29,53 ft / 9,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m
- Forward deck: 30,00 %, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 22,97 ft / 7,00 m
- Aft deck: 35,00 %, 22,97 ft / 7,00 m, 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Quarter deck: 15,00 %, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Average freeboard: 22,33 ft / 6,81 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78,1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 212,9 %
Waterplane Area: 28 291 Square feet or 2 628 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 135 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 98 lbs/sq ft or 479 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,96
- Longitudinal: 1,40
- Overall: 1,00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
I have during my easter holiday redesigned/ reworked my twin end "Seadart" HSwMS Mannerheim, now a 6500ton ship - but with two twin SeaDart launchers and 2 x120mm TAK L60 guns and elevator hangar for a Wessex helo (removed in 1980s rebuild to just a pad for a lynx and two ABL for TLAM. VDS and TAS are fitted inte empty hangar space below deck.).
The Swedish answer to the Sovremenjy is also redesigned aswell as the Spica frigate.
I need some support/ inspiration for a late 1990s classical cruiser. She will act in a traditional cruiser role and in some areas replace the Kung Karl LPDs. Most important is that she can strike hard and act independently with very few escorts. Missions will be similar to the NATO strikes against Kosovo, UK actions in Sierra Leone and Aden aswells as large scale missions like Operation Enduring Freedom and pirate hunting off the somali coast.
My current inspiration is something between a ex.Slava/ Moskva and the Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto.....
Arnament
2x 64cell MK VLS for SM-2ER/ ESSM/ TLAM
3x1 155/ 152 or 210mm guns
4x bofors 57mm
12x RBS 15
4-6 Helicopters (Sea Knight?)