GB/DT/1914, Great Britain Destroyer-Torpedo boat (DT) laid down 1914
Displacement:
959 t light; 985 t standard; 1,068 t normal; 1,134 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
266.70 ft / 265.00 ft x 28.00 ft x 11.00 ft (normal load)
81.29 m / 80.77 m x 8.53 m x 3.35 m
Armament:
1 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1914 Model
Quick firing gun in deck mount
on centreline forward, 1 raised gun
Weight of broadside 32 lbs / 15 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
9 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 27,304 shp / 20,369 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 1,650nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 149 tons
Complement:
93 - 121
Cost:
£0.156 million / $0.623 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 610 tons, 57.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 346 tons, 32.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 109 tons, 10.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
290 lbs / 132 Kg = 9.1 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
Metacentric height 0.8 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 12.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 62 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.09
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.458
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 72 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 57
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.00 ft / 0.30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Mid (0 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 15.21 ft / 4.64 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 187.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 23.0 %
Waterplane Area: 4,764 Square feet or 443 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 50 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 29 lbs/sq ft or 144 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.52
- Longitudinal: 4.98
- Overall: 0.65
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Cliff's GB/DT/1914 design
My friend Cliff invented a warship designation. It is essentially like a German torpedo boat, of the small destroyer type. It is an odd beast, as I have not seen such a low composite strength be acceptable to Springsharp:
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