My original concept for German battleships to be built starting in 1907 was for a 25,000 ton ship that carried 8-12in/50 guns and had 12-4in QF guns as the torpedo defense battery. The belt and turret faces would be 13in and the deck armor would be 3in + 1in. The anti-torpedo bulkhead would be 1.5in.
The designed power would be 54,000 SHP, which I hoped would produce 24 knots, given dimensions of 620ft x 105ft x 26ft. The form was Cp=0.56 and Cm=0.95.
The weights were:
Armament: 800 tons
Machinery: 4,000 tons
Protection: 6,700 tons
Hull: 11,500 tons
Miscellaneous: 2,000 tons.
The appearance would have been like the British King George V class, except without the fifth, amidships turret. The absence of the amidships turret allowed the forecastle to extend to the X turret. There was a tripod foremast, with a topmast for long range signalling. There was no mainmast. There would have been a derrick and kingpost near the second funnel, with boats stored aft of the second funnel.
A feature of the design was the restricted length of the armored citadel and the unprotected ends, except for splinter protection to the steering gear.
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