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Right let us try something different. Below is a very quick springsharp of a vessel of similar size and what not but actually thought out instead of just drawing pixels and trying to persuade us that you've made things work. My advice is use this as a base for your weird unknown role ship and draw it accurately so you get a feel for the right proportions rather than slapping pixels together willy nilly....
Latin Class, Some weird AU Destroyer Leader laid down 1933
Displacement:
3,305 t light; 3,593 t standard; 3,611 t normal; 3,625 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(459.32 ft / 451.59 ft) x 42.65 ft x (16.40 / 16.45 ft)
(140.00 m / 137.65 m) x 13.00 m x (5.00 / 5.01 m)
Armament:
8 - 5.31" / 135 mm 45.0 cal guns - 75.71lbs / 34.34kg shells, 500 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1933 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
6 - 2.99" / 76.0 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.18lbs / 6.43kg shells, 1,000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1933 Model
6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 691 lbs / 313 kg
Main Torpedoes
12 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 4.00 ft / 1.22 m torpedoes - 0.409 t each, 4.903 t total
In 4 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes
2nd Torpedoes
3 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 4.00 ft / 1.22 m torpedoes - 0.409 t each, 1.226 t total
In 1 sets of deck mounted centre rotating tubes
Main DC/AS Mortars
45 - 110.23 lbs / 50.00 kg Depth Charges - 2.214 t total
in Depth charge throwers
Armour:
- Box over machinery & magazines:
0.79" / 20 mm
Forecastle: 0.79" / 20 mm Quarter deck: 0.79" / 20 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 1.97" / 50 mm, Aft 0.39" / 10 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 61,116 shp / 45,592 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 0nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 32 tons
Complement:
232 - 302
Cost:
£1.942 million / $7.769 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 164 tons, 4.6 %
- Guns: 149 tons, 4.1 %
- Weapons: 16 tons, 0.4 %
Armour: 437 tons, 12.1 %
- Armour Deck: 425 tons, 11.8 %
- Conning Towers: 12 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,664 tons, 46.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,020 tons, 28.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 306 tons, 8.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 0.6 %
- Above deck: 20 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,035 lbs / 470 Kg = 13.8 x 5.3 " / 135 mm shells or 1.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 14.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.78
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.400 / 0.401
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.59 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.25 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 72
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 10.00 %, 25.20 ft / 7.68 m, 22.66 ft / 6.91 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 22.66 ft / 6.91 m, 22.66 ft / 6.91 m
- Aft deck: 40.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 16.36 ft / 4.99 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 169.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 156.2 %
Waterplane Area: 11,856 Square feet or 1,101 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 78 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 50 lbs/sq ft or 243 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.57
- Longitudinal: 1.44
- Overall: 0.62
Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
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