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It looks really nice and suits this AU perfectly.

I've redrawn the torpedo tubes and K-guns that seem so prevalent on SB these days (despite the fact they are USN models!)





Use them if you like!

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Thanks everyone

@PB - yeah I may have put effort into drawing scuttles that I should have put into drawing the prop shaft oh well...

@Colo - thanks for that, I'm too lazy to change this drawing at the moment but you may very well see them in future designs (I can just pretend it was too hard to source British equipment hence the USN models )

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Given the scale, it could easily be a Thornycroft DC Thrower.

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Did the Myrup in SS2, absolutely spot on...

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Myrup, Recherche Destroyer laid down 1938

Displacement:
1,640 t light; 1,753 t standard; 2,060 t normal; 2,306 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
377.24 ft / 369.75 ft x 36.42 ft x 16.12 ft (normal load)
114.98 m / 112.70 m x 11.10 m x 4.91 m

Armament:
8 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (4x2 guns), 52.58lbs / 23.85kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1938 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 430 lbs / 195 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
3rd: 0.75" / 19 mm - -
4th: 0.75" / 19 mm - -

- Conning tower: 1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 35,824 shp / 26,725 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 552 tons

Complement:
152 - 198

Cost:
£1.270 million / $5.081 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 54 tons, 2.6 %
Armour: 23 tons, 1.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 19 tons, 0.9 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 878 tons, 42.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 610 tons, 29.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 421 tons, 20.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 3.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
624 lbs / 283 Kg = 11.9 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.60
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.332
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.15 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.23 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.50 ft / 0.46 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 16.46 ft / 5.02 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.46 ft / 5.02 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.46 ft / 5.02 m (12.46 ft / 3.80 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.46 ft / 3.80 m
- Stern: 12.46 ft / 3.80 m
- Average freeboard: 14.46 ft / 4.41 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 163.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 117.4 %
Waterplane Area: 8,232 Square feet or 765 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 83 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 38 lbs/sq ft or 188 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.48
- Longitudinal: 1.79
- Overall: 0.54
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

TT's in a quad centerline mount. Miscellaneous weight includes 2 DCT's and 2 DC racks.

Design works well with a little excess hull strength left over.

Thanks for that, I'm glad it works out well

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In Wesworld we never design a destroyer in SS with a cross-sectional lower than 0.50. That is our minimum regardless of the overall.
Looks good otherwise though.

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you guys go down to 0.5? I thought 1 was a good benchmark for everything except FACs and really flimsy craft

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SS2 allows 0.51 hull strength for DD's and smaller without hull strain, getting a 1.0 for a DD is pretty much impossible...

The largest ships in the Recherche Navy at the outbreak of World War 2 - the Recherche class 'battlecruisers':




This one took me some time to arrive at a design I liked, I looked at concepts sizing from ~19,000t up to 28,000t with 12in guns before settling on a middle ground. I think I'm stretching the Navy a bit with these budget and manpower wise but I can justify it by saying it's an AU

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I like that one!