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Tuesday, August 31, 2004

I had this concept for a 1915 heavy coast defense ship

I had an idea that I could have a heavily-gunned coast defense battleship to be built in 1915. The profile is very anachronistic, in that it looks like a German armored ship (pocket battleship). The hull was flush-decked, and had a rather low freeboard. Admiral Fisher's Super Lion class battlecruiser These are the specs:
  • legend displacement: 28,000 tons
  • dimensions: 585ft x 100ft x 29.1ft (50ft hull depth)
  • armament: 4-18in/45 (180 ton), 20-5in (5 ton) QF (twin gun mounts)
  • speed: 20 knots
  • power: 25,000 SHP
  • Cp: 0.62
  • Cm: 0.97
  • V/sqrt(L): 0.827
  • machinery weight basis: 30SHP/ton of machinery
  • oil fuel: 1000 tons
  • feed water: 150 tons
  • hull weight basis: 2.4 x 10^-3

Weights:

  • hull: 7,000 tons
  • machinery: 834 tons
  • aux. machinery: 1,070 tons
  • armament: 1886 tons
  • protection: 14,970 tons
  • miscellaneous: 2,240 tons
This was an attempt to achieve the "moderate proportions" battleship for which people like Sir Charles Beresford and Lord Brassey were always lobbying.

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