Displacement:
7 894 t light; 8 212
t standard; 8 865 t normal; 9 387 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(603,98 ft / 597,77 ft)
x 64,63 ft x (20,18 / 20,95 ft)
(184,09 m / 182,20 m) x
19,70 m x (6,15 / 6,38 m)
Armament:
6 - 8,27" / 210 mm 50,0
cal guns - 246,26lbs / 111,70kg shells, 125 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette
mounts, 1925 Model
3 x 2-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority
forward
1 raised
mount - superfiring
5 - 4,72" / 120 mm 50,0
cal guns - 52,91lbs / 24,00kg shells, 250 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1927 Model
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft
1 raised
mount
8 - 0,52" / 13,2 mm
78,0 cal guns - 0,11lbs / 0,05kg shells, 3 000 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1919 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 double
raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1 637
lbs / 742 kg
Main Torpedoes
8 - 21,0" / 533 mm,
23,56 ft / 7,18 m torpedoes - 1,527 t each, 12,217 t total
In 4 sets of deck
mounted side rotating tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length
(avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3,15" / 80 mm 395,34 ft / 120,50 m 13,45 ft
/ 4,10 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 102% of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and
engineering spaces
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist
(max)
Main: 1,97" / 50 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 1,18"
/ 30 mm
2nd: 0,98" / 25 mm -
-
- Armoured deck - single deck:
For and Aft decks:
1,18" / 30 mm
- Conning towers: Forward
3,15" / 80 mm, Aft 0,98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers,
steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts,
72 000 shp / 53 712 Kw = 32,53 kts
Range 6 000nm at
14,00 kts
Bunker: normal = 653
tons, at max displacement = 1 175 tons
Complement:
456 - 593
Cost:
£2,462 million / $9,848
million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 632 tons,
7,1%
- Guns: 617 tons, 7,0%
- Weapons: 15 tons, 0,2%
Armour: 1 269
tons, 14,3%
- Belts: 686 tons, 7,7%
- Armament: 117 tons, 1,3%
- Armour Deck: 428 tons, 4,8%
- Conning Towers: 38 tons, 0,4%
Machinery: 2 273
tons, 25,6%
Hull, fittings &
equipment: 3 673 tons, 41,4%
Fuel, ammunition &
stores: 971 tons, 11,0%
Miscellaneous weights:
47 tons, 0,5%
- Hull below water: 31 tons
- Hull above water: 1 tons
- On freeboard deck: 15 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability
(Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
10 443 lbs / 4 737 Kg = 37,0 x 8,3
" / 210 mm shells or 1,3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if
below 1.00): 1,18
Metacentric height 3,5
ft / 1,1 m
Roll period: 14,5
seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
-
Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,39
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,29
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward
of midbreak,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient
(normal/deep): 0,398 / 0,406
Length to Beam Ratio:
9,25 : 1
'Natural speed' for
length: 24,45 kts
Power going to wave
formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability =
0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
Bow angle (Positive =
bow angles forward): 13,00 degrees
Stern overhang: -3,94
ft / -1,20 m
Freeboard (% = length
of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore
end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 18,00%, 26,90 ft /
8,20 m, 23,62 ft / 7,20 m
- Forward deck: 28,00%, 23,62 ft / 7,20
m, 23,62 ft / 7,20 m
- Aft deck: 38,00%, 15,42 ft / 4,70 m, 15,42 ft / 4,70 m
- Quarter deck: 16,00%, 15,42 ft /
4,70 m, 15,42 ft / 4,70 m
- Average freeboard: 19,43 ft / 5,92 m +
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low =
better): 104,5%
- Above
water (accommodation/working, high = better): 184,9%
Waterplane Area:
23 752 Square feet or 2 207 Square metres
Displacement factor
(Displacement / loading): 114%
Structure weight / hull
surface area: 109 lbs/sq ft or 534 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength
(Relative):
-
Cross-sectional: 0,97
-
Longitudinal: 1,56
- Overall:
1,02
Adequate machinery,
storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation
and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy
roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out
heavy weather easily
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