TzoliAt the end of April 1943, DGD (Director of Gunnery Division) proposed a "Short Term" and "Ultimate" AA modernization proposal for the Class. This drawing represents the "Short Term" variant where DGD envisioned 4-6 twin 4" guns per side replacing the entire secondary and heavy AA battery. DTSD (Director of Training and Staff Duties) considered this to be a poor margin. I'm not sure why, because the AA firepower of the ship would be increased considerably by the sheer number of barrels per side. Light AA armament change was not stated so I put half the usual desired Oerlikon mounts so 25 barrels on the ship. Pom-Pom was unchanged compared to her 1942 state, only all of them received a radar equipped director. HACS Director number and layout was again unknown so I installed two more in place of the 6" DCT on top of the bridge bringing their number to four.
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 201,2 (pp) x 214,4m (wl) x 216,4 (oa) 32.3 x 10,2 meters
Displacement: 36.000tons (standard)
Engines: 45.000shp Steam Turbines engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 43km/h (23knots)
Range: 10.200km (6.500nm)
Armour: 356mm Belt over Magazines, 330mm over Machinery inclined at 18°, 159mm Deck over Magazines, 95mm over Machinery, 108mm Slopes
Armaments:
3x3 16"/45 (406mm/45) BL Mark I Cannons,
12x2 4"/45 (102mm/45) QF Mk XVI Guns,
6x8 40mm/39 QF Mk VIII AA Guns
25x1 20mm/70 Oerlikon Mark II AA guns
Sensors:
1x Type 273 Surface-Search Radar
2x Type 281 Air-Search Radars
6x Type 282 Pom-Pom Director Radars
2x Type 284 Gunnery Control Radars
4x Type 285 HACS AA Gunnery Control Radars
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