GB/DD/1927, Great Britain Destroyer laid down 1927
Displacement:
1,519 t light; 1,575 t standard; 1,663 t normal; 1,734 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
348.80 ft / 348.00 ft x 34.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
106.32 m / 106.07 m x 10.36 m x 3.66 m
Armament:
4 - 5.10" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 66.33lbs / 30.08kg shells, 1927 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
10 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (5x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side ends, majority aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 285 lbs / 129 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 135
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 40,939 shp / 30,540 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 3,200nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 159 tons
Complement:
129 - 169
Cost:
£0.759 million / $3.037 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 36 tons, 2.1 %
Machinery: 898 tons, 54.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 586 tons, 35.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 144 tons, 8.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
442 lbs / 201 Kg = 6.7 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.60
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.410
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.24 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 69 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 52
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 16.24 ft / 4.95 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 190.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94.1 %
Waterplane Area: 7,606 Square feet or 707 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 58 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs/sq ft or 179 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.47
- Longitudinal: 2.74
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Thursday, January 27, 2005
The destroyer corresponding to my other 1927 British ships
I did a destroyer design to go with the other 1927 British designs: GB/DD/1927. The armament is 4-5.1in DP guns in twin turrets, 10-40mm AA in twin mountings, and 8-21in TT in quadruple mounts. To achieve adequate seakeeping ability, I had to go with a raised forecastle. I had wrestled with a flush deck, and couldn't get the right combination of characteristics.
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