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Of the 1941 March series of heavy cruiser proposals the Design II was chosen for further development:
www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/A…
By April some internal changes were made, by moving the the 4in magazines under the bridge and between the forward turbine and aft boiler rooms. By October the design evolved to include 5 octuple Pom-pom's and a larger number of 20mm Oerlikon Light AA guns (I've chosen 16x2) and quadrupel rather triple torpedo tubes. Likely due to the extra light AA as well as the octuple mounts and internal strengthening the design grew 1.000tons being now comparable in size to the Des Moines class of the USN some 2 years later.

The names approved by King George VI for the class as follows:
HMS Benbow later changed to Albermarle
HMS Blake
HMS Effingham later changed to Cornwallis

HMS Hawke

The design had these characteristics:

Dimensions: 199,95m(pp) x 204,22m(wl) x 24,38m x 6,25m
Displacement: 17.500tons (Standard)

Engines: 110.000shp Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 shafts

Speed: 60km/h (32,25knots)
Range: 22.200km at 30km/h (12000nm at 16knots)
Armour: 102mm Deck over magazines 51mm over machinery, 114mm Belt
Armaments:

3x3 8"/50 (203mm/50) BL Mk X Cannons

8x2 4"/45 (102mm/45) QF Mk XVI DP-AA Guns

5x8 40mm/39 QF Mark VIII Pom-Pom AA Guns

16x2 20mm/70 Oerlikon Mk II AA Guns
2x4 533mm Torpedo Tubes
15x Depth Charges
2x Floatplanes

Sensor suite:
1x Type 79 Air-search Radars on top of the main mast
1x Type 277 Surface-air search Radar on the main mast behind the main director
1x Type 281 Air-warning Radar on top of the aft mast
5x Type 282 Fire-control Radar sets one for each Pom-Pom director
2x Type 284 Fire-control Radar on the main armament director/rangefinder
5x Type 285 Fire-control Radar sets one for each secondary armament director/rangefinder and for the aft main director
2x Type 290 Air-warning Radar on top of the masts
1x Type 293M Surface search Radar on the top of the mainmast

Description

Of the 1941 March series of heavy cruiser proposals the Design II was chosen for further development:
www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/A…
By April some internal changes were made, by moving the the 4in magazines under the bridge and between the forward turbine and aft boiler rooms. By October the design evolved to include 5 octuple Pom-pom's and a larger number of 20mm Oerlikon Light AA guns (I've chosen 16x2) and quadrupel rather triple torpedo tubes. Likely due to the extra light AA as well as the octuple mounts and internal strengthening the design grew 1.000tons being now comparable in size to the Des Moines class of the USN some 2 years later.

The names approved by King George VI for the class as follows:
HMS Benbow later changed to Albermarle
HMS Blake
HMS Effingham later changed to Cornwallis

HMS Hawke

The design had these characteristics:

Dimensions: 199,95m(pp) x 204,22m(wl) x 24,38m x 6,25m
Displacement: 17.500tons (Standard)

Engines: 110.000shp Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 shafts

Speed: 60km/h (32,25knots)
Range: 22.200km at 30km/h (12000nm at 16knots)
Armour: 102mm Deck over magazines 51mm over machinery, 114mm Belt
Armaments:

3x3 8"/50 (203mm/50) BL Mk X Cannons

8x2 4"/45 (102mm/45) QF Mk XVI DP-AA Guns

5x8 40mm/39 QF Mark VIII Pom-Pom AA Guns

16x2 20mm/70 Oerlikon Mk II AA Guns
2x4 533mm Torpedo Tubes
15x Depth Charges
2x Floatplanes

Sensor suite:
1x Type 79 Air-search Radars on top of the main mast
1x Type 277 Surface-air search Radar on the main mast behind the main director
1x Type 281 Air-warning Radar on top of the aft mast
5x Type 282 Fire-control Radar sets one for each Pom-Pom director
2x Type 284 Fire-control Radar on the main armament director/rangefinder
5x Type 285 Fire-control Radar sets one for each secondary armament director/rangefinder and for the aft main director
2x Type 290 Air-warning Radar on top of the masts
1x Type 293M Surface search Radar on the top of the mainmast