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Thursday, October 14, 2004

My original Ger/CB/1906 design was intended to be radical

As another test case, I wanted to run my Ger/CB/1906 design through my Warship General Design program. This design was intended to be radical, and incorporated some features that were inappropriate to the date. The biggest departure was the 25 degree inclined armor. The belt was thin. Oddly enough, over the magazines, it was 3 inches of KC (Krupp Cemented) armor while over the machinery spaces it was 4in of KC armor. There was a 3in upper armored deck, and this was the only horizontal armor. The turrets and barbettes for the main armament were 6in thick at the maximum. There was no anti-torpedo bulkhead, although there was subdivision as if there were. The citadel was extremely short, being 425ft long. This was a weight-saving device to keep the armor weight as low as possible, while securing some protection. The silhouette was low, with the turrets and barbettes, a small bridework and light tripod forward, and 12-4in/50 QF guns in shields with splinter protection only. The main armament was 8-12in/45 guns. The designed power plant was 120,000 SHP at 14 SHP/ton of machinery. However, the plant was intended to be able to forced by about 25%, to something like 152,400 SHP. I took the same numbers as the battlecruiser Tiger, which was designed for 85,000 SHP but was completed as being capable of being forced to 108,000 SHP. That was a 27% increase over the designed power.

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