Äran, Sweden Guided missile cruiser laid down 1950 Displacement: 7 661 t light; 7 948 t standard; 8 600 t normal; 9 121 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 625,76 ft / 606,96 ft x 65,62 ft (Bulges 78,74 ft) x 19,69 ft (normal load) 190,73 m / 185,00 m x 20,00 m (Bulges 24,00 m) x 6,00 m Armament: 4 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns (2x2 guns), 107,15lbs / 48,60kg shells, 1950 Model Automatic rapid fire guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 8 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 5,65lbs / 2,56kg shells, 1950 Model Automatic rapid fire guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships 8 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns (6 mounts), 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1950 Model Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 489 lbs / 222 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 400 4 - 15,7" / 400 mm above water torpedoes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 2,95" / 75 mm 328,08 ft / 100,00 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m Ends: 0,39" / 10 mm 65,62 ft / 20,00 m 9,22 ft / 2,81 m 213,25 ft / 65,00 m Unarmoured ends Upper: 0,39" / 10 mm 362,53 ft / 110,50 m 8,01 ft / 2,44 m Main Belt covers 83 % of normal length - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 1,97" / 50 mm 1,18" / 30 mm 1,97" / 50 mm 2nd: 0,98" / 25 mm 0,39" / 10 mm 0,98" / 25 mm 3rd: 0,20" / 5 mm 0,08" / 2 mm 0,20" / 5 mm - Armour deck: 1,18" / 30 mm, Conning tower: 1,97" / 50 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, geared drive, 2 shafts, 67 604 shp / 50 432 Kw = 33,00 kts Range 6 000nm at 16,00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 1 173 tons Complement: 446 - 580 Cost: £4,349 million / $17,395 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 73 tons, 0,9 % Armour: 1 100 tons, 12,8 % - Belts: 438 tons, 5,1 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0 % - Armament: 86 tons, 1,0 % - Armour Deck: 559 tons, 6,5 % - Conning Tower: 18 tons, 0,2 % Machinery: 1 617 tons, 18,8 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 3 895 tons, 45,3 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 939 tons, 10,9 % Miscellaneous weights: 975 tons, 11,3 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 15 915 lbs / 7 219 Kg = 148,5 x 6,0 " / 152 mm shells or 2,5 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,29 Metacentric height 4,2 ft / 1,3 m Roll period: 16,2 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 62 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,05 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,24 Hull form characteristics: Hull has raised forecastle, low quarterdeck and transom stern Block coefficient: 0,320 Length to Beam Ratio: 7,71 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 29,66 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees Stern overhang: 6,56 ft / 2,00 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 26,25 ft / 8,00 m - Forecastle (20 %): 24,61 ft / 7,50 m (22,97 ft / 7,00 m aft of break) - Mid (50 %): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 9,84 ft / 3,00 m (16,40 ft / 5,00 m before break) - Stern: 9,84 ft / 3,00 m - Average freeboard: 19,24 ft / 5,87 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81,4 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 205,2 % Waterplane Area: 25 561 Square feet or 2 375 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 146 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 103 lbs/sq ft or 504 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0,95 - Longitudinal: 1,53 - Overall: 1,00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily 2x2 rails for Talos SAM (32 missles) 1x2 rails for Rb 08 SSM (8 missles) Pad for 2 Helicopters, no hangar