Length x Beam x Draught: 173.8 x 26 x 7.8 m
Displacement: 19 784 t standard, 21 365 t full load
Main armament: 4x2 12"/55 guns
Secondaries: 4x2 6"/50 guns, 4x1 4.7"/50 AA guns
Armor: 320 mm main belt, 75 mm bulkheads, 50...140 mm deck, 356 mm conning tower, 152...305 mm main turrets and barbettes
Machinery: oil fired boilers, 50 000 ihp = 24.45 kts
Range: 5 000 nm at 14 kts
Length x Beam x Draught: 211.2 x 30 x 8.8
Displacement: 24 315 t standard, 25 914 t full load
Main armament: 2x3 15"/50 guns
Secondaries: 6x2 6"50 guns, 6x1 4.7/50" AA guns
Armor: 320 mm main belt, 75 mm bulkheads, 50...140 mm deck, 356 mm conning tower, 229...305 mm main turrets and barbettes
Machinery: oil fired boilers, 80 000 ihp = 27.56 kts
Range: 6 000 nm at 12 kts
Both of these light battleships are designed as raiding interdictors, trade protectors and coastal "colonial" defenders. Their main purpose is killing cruisers and they are not intended to fight with other battleships.