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Slavonien class Early Battlecruiser

A fictional early Battlecruiser I once again designed in Rule the Waves, and decided to make an FTD realistic replica of. She possesses a full interior, crew quarters, officer quarters, mess rooms, lavatories, coal stores, steam engines, rudder room, loading rooms, etc.

While it may not be a replica, I have tagged it as such as I have seen other such realistic ships on the workshop do so, and it does seem to make some kind of sense considering the context. Though, if any of you see any major issue with this, do make sure to inform me as such.

SMS Slavonien was the lead Battlecruiser of the Slavonien class built for the K.u.K Kriegsmarine at Ganz-Danubius yard, Fiume in the first decade of the 20th century. Laid down in September 1909 and launched in September 1912, and was formally commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 March 1913.

The Slavonien class was based upon the earlier Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class, with a similar turret layout, among other design aspects. The purpose of the Slavonien class was to be a cruiser-hunter, and to act as a Dreadnought if necessary, albeit a fast-dreadnought.

Type:
Battlecruiser

Displacement:
17,500 t (17,224 long tons; 19,290 short tons us) (designed)

Length:
171m (561 ft)

Beam:
25m (82 ft)

Draught:
8m (26.2 ft)

Installed power:
41,000 shp (31,000 kW)
32 × Yarrow boilers

Propulsion:
2× shafts; 4 × steam turbine sets

Speed:
25.3 knots (46.9 km/h; 29.1 mph)

Range:
3,090 nmi (5,720 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Complement:
770–810 (1914)

Armament:
-8 x 30.5 cm (12 in) guns
-16 x 15.2 cm (6 in) guns
-5 x 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armour:
Belt: 146.6 mm (5.8 in)
Deck: 50.8 mm (2 in)
Bulkhead: 73.3 mm (2.9 in)
Main turrets: 146.6 mm (5.8 in)
Casemates: 84.6 mm (3.3 in)
Conning tower: 73/3 mm (2.9 in)