If the OP is looking for beginners ships and is searching his style, may i shamelessly self-promote this thread, where you can find comparisons according to raw data so he can self evaluate what is important for him and what is not?
Also it helps to x out commonly percieved errors
Take it with a grain of salt, especially the weighted formulas- and take into account the ships exact shape not only its size and you can learn a thing or two from datacrawling - of course advantages like this( think sabre holes!) or centered guns are not listed...