My 1905 building program for Germany (from 1971)

For our naval wargame that centered on designing building programs, we used a figure of £90 per ton of ship. In reality, that figure would vary according to ship type, but that was simplification we used. This is what was originally conceived, before any subsequent tweaking took place. Note that we were not so concerned about being unrealistic about what was possible at the time, although I would like to think that we were just thinking about doing things that had not been seriously considered "in real life", rather than being too technologically advanced. My 1905 German building program consisted of:

• 3 battleships
• 1 light battlecruiser
• 6 scout cruisers
• 12 destroyers

Ger/BB/1905

• displacement: 22,000 tons
• dimensions: 580ft x 90ft x 26.6ft
• Cp: 0.57
• Cm: 0.97
• armament: 8-12in/45, 12-4in QF
• armor belt: 10in
• speed: 24 knots

Ger/CB/1905

• displacement: 19,000 tons
• dimensions: 700ft x 80ft x 24.4ft
• Cp: 0.54
• Cm: 0.90
• armament: 4-12in/45, 12-4in QF
• armor belt: 4in
• speed: 31 knots

Ger/CS/1905

• displacement: 2,480 tons
• dimensions: 370ft x 38ft x 13ft
• Cp: 0.56
• Cm: 0.85
• armament: 5-4in QF, 2-18in TT
• armor: 2in H/T steel over machinery
• speed: 36 knots

Ger/DD/1905

• displacement: 870 tons
• dimensions: 270ft x 28ft x 9ft
• Cp: 0.56
• Cm: 0.80
• armament: 2-4in QF, 2-18in TT
• speed: 32 knots