And the Russian bias keeps coming.

Built to sink the Bismarck in a fair and balanced manner, which means that it needs the firepower to sink the Bismarck instantly.

While it does share many similarities with the Lenin class battleship, the Karl Marx is designed to be cheaper, faster and easier to operate. Instead of twelve 35 inch guns in four turrets, it gets eighteen 30 inch guns in six turrets.

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Karl Marx, Fast battleship

Displacement:
315,546 t light; 336,140 t standard; 337,829 t normal; 339,180 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,673.89 ft / 1,673.89 ft x 196.85 ft x 57.41 ft (normal load)
510.20 m / 510.20 m x 60.00 m x 17.50 m

Armament:
3 - 30.00" / 762 mm guns, 13,500.00lbs / 6,123.50kg shells,
Weight of broadside 162,000 lbs / 73,482 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 22.0" / 559 mm 1,088.03 ft / 331.63 m 16.84 ft / 5.13 m
Ends: 16.0" / 406 mm 585.84 ft / 178.56 m 16.84 ft / 5.13 m
Upper: 14.0" / 356 mm 1,088.03 ft / 331.63 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
24.0" / 610 mm 1,088.03 ft / 331.63 m 54.68 ft / 16.67 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 18.0" / 457 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
2nd: 16.0" / 406 mm 18.0" / 457 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
3rd: 16.0" / 406 mm 18.0" / 457 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
4th: 16.0" / 406 mm 18.0" / 457 mm 4.00" / 102 mm

- Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 20.00" / 508 mm

Machinery:
Nculear Reactor, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 975,777 shp / 727,930 Kw = 37.00 kts
Range infinite for 25 years at 34.00 kts


Complement:
7,005 - 9,108

Cost:
£244.883 million / $979.532 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 20,250 tons, 6.0 %
Armour: 131,040 tons, 38.8 %
- Belts: 28,148 tons, 8.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 52,830 tons, 15.6 %
- Armament: 11,465 tons, 3.4 %
- Armour Deck: 36,507 tons, 10.8 %
- Conning Tower: 2,090 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 23,344 tons, 6.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 140,912 tons, 41.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 22,283 tons, 6.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
510,543 lbs / 231,579 Kg = 37.8 x 30.0 " / 762 mm shells or 180.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.29
Metacentric height 21.9 ft / 6.7 m
Roll period: 17.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 67 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.68
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.33

Hull form characteristics:
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 40.91 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees


Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 77.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 275.1 %
Waterplane Area: 246,668 Square feet or 22,916 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 425 lbs/sq ft or 2,076 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.11
- Longitudinal: 0.96
- Overall: 0.99
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily