Pensacola
Displacement: 9,100 long tons (9,200 t)
Length: 585 ft 8 in (178.51 m)
Beam: 65 ft 3 in (19.89 m)
Draft: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Installed power: 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × geared Parsons steam turbines
8 × White-Forster boilers
4 × shafts
Speed: 32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)[1]
Range: 10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity: 1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement: 1,200 officers and enlisted[2]
Sensors and
processing systems: CXAM RADAR from 1940[3]
Armament: 10 × 8 in (200 mm)/55 cal guns (2x3, 2x2)
4 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 cal anti-aircraft guns[4]
6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor: Belt: 3 in (7.6 cm)
Deck: 1–2 in (2.5–5.1 cm)
Gunhouses: 1.5 in (3.8 cm)
Aircraft carried: 4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 2 × catapults
Trinidad
Displacement: 8,000 tons
Length: 169.3 m (555.5 ft)
Beam: 18.9 m (62 ft)
Draught: 5.0 m (16.5 ft)
Propulsion:
Four oil fired 3-drum Admiralty-type boilers,
4-shaft geared turbines, 4 screws, 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed: 33 knots
Complement: 907
Armament: Twelve 6 inch guns (3 × 3),
eight 4 inch guns (4 × 2),
eight 40 mm Bofors AA (4 × 2) guns,
3 quadruple 2 pounder (”pom-pom”) AA mounts, 12 20 mm AA (6 × 2) guns.
Six 21 inch (2 × 3) torpedo tubes
Armour: Main belt: 83 mm,
deck: 51 mm,
turrets: 51 mm,
Director control tower: 102 mm.
Aircraft carried: Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft
(The 3x3 being obviously a typo - 4 turrets of 3 guns each.)
Even in the heat of the moment I don’t think these two ships look alike....