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Saturday, September 18, 2004

A "straight" German battlecruiser design

My concept for a straight-forward battlecruiser design for circa 1915 was a vessel of 45,000 tons armed with 9-16.5in/45 (130 ton) and 10-6in (6 ton) guns. This were the specs:
  • standard displacement: 45,000 tons
  • dimensions: 850ft x 110ft x 30.3ft
  • hull depth: 48 ft
  • Cp: 0.57
  • Cm: 0.97
  • armament: 9-16.5in/45 and 10-6in/50
  • power: 200,000 SHP
  • speed: 33 knots
  • machinery weight basis: 30 SHP/ton of plant
  • hull weight: 15,250 tons
  • hull weight factor c: 0.34 x 10^-2
  • armament: 2,830 tons
  • protection: 16,650 tons
  • machinery: 6,670 tons
  • miscellaneous: 3,600 tons
  • fuel: 8,000 tons max.
  • feed water: 900 tons

The ship had a long forecastle with a step aft, just forward of the after turret. The main armament was mounted in three triple turrets, while the secondary armament just had shields, and were mounted singly.

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