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Late-war configuration of a hypothetically refitted Hood. This one would’ve been rebuilt instead of Waspite in 1934.
The drawing and scale are off (short) by 1mm, my most profound apologies.
Displacement: 45 000 tons standard
Length: 262m (860 ft) [i got the drawing short by 1mm, sorry, no excuses]
Beam: 32m (104 ft)
Draught: 10m (32 ft)
Armour: Length of armoured citadel: 176m (577 ft)
Main belt: 12” (305mm) [12” belt extended to cover the area previously occupied by the 7” belt, with the uppermost 5” strake removed.]
Citadel end bulkheads: 12” (305mm)
Main deck: 4.5-5” (114-127mm)
Barbettes: 11-15” (279-381mm)
Main turrets: 6-15” (152-381mm)
Armament:
Main A/heavy AA: 8 x 15”/42 Mk I (8 per broadside)
Secondaries/heavy AA: 22 x 4”/45 Mk XVI
Medium AA: 60 x 40mm/56 Bofors MkII (36 per broadside) 32 x 40mm/39 Vickers Pom-Poms Mk VIII
Light AA: (???) x 20mm Oerlikon, we can carpet any free space on the ship with them if needed
Propulsion:
8 Admiralty boilers
Output of 160 000 shp
4 screw driven by 4 turbines
Max speed of 31.5 kn (58.3km/h)
Know how to draw just can’t figure out the weight and stuff like that
Displacement: 2 800 tons standard
Length: 133m (436 ft)
Beam: 11.6m (38.1 ft)
Draught: 4.2m (13.8 ft)
Armament:
Main A/heavy AA: 8 x 10cm/65 Type 98 (8 per broadside)
Torpedoes: 2 x quad launchers for 610mm Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes (8 per broadside) [reloads only carried for the aft launcher]
Light AA: 36 x 25mm/65 Type 96 (13 twin & 10 singles, foremost and aftmost twins are on the centerline, the mount just aft of the second torpedo launcher only exist on the starboard side, the portside space taken by the reload torpedoes)
36 x Type 95 depth charges
Propulsion:
3 Kampon boilers
Output of 54 000 shp
2 screw driven by 2 turbines
Max speed of 33 kn (61km/h)
Displacement: 41 000 tons standard Length: 244m (800ft) Beam: 33m (108ft) Draught: 9.8m (32ft)
Armor: Length of armored citadel: 139m (456ft) Main belt: 13.5” (343mm) Citadel end bulkheads 12” (305mm) Main deck: 5-5.5” (127-140mm) Barbettes: 12-17” (305-432mm) Main turrets: 9.5-19.5” (241-495mm)
Armament: Main armament: 9 x 16”/50 Mk 7 (9 per broadside) Secondaries/heavy AA: 22 x 5”/38 Mk 12 (12 PB) Medium AA: 100 x 40mm/56 Bofors Mk 1/2 (56 PB) Feel free to stick as many Oerlikons as you wish into this monstrosity
Propulsion: 8 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers Output of 160 000 shp 4 screws driven by 4 turbines Max speed of 30.5kn (56km/h)