GB/DL/1927, Great Britain Destroyer Leader laid down 1927 Displacement: 1,653 t light; 1,734 t standard; 1,840 t normal; 1,926 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 390.77 ft / 390.00 ft x 37.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load) 119.11 m / 118.87 m x 11.28 m x 3.66 m Armament: 6 - 5.10" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 66.33lbs / 30.08kg shells, 1927 Model Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists on centreline ends, majority forward, all raised mounts - superfiring 12 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (3x4 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 421 lbs / 191 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 180 8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 1 shaft, 39,956 shp / 29,807 Kw = 35.00 kts Range 3,600nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 192 tons Complement: 139 - 182 Cost: £0.848 million / $3.394 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 53 tons, 2.9 % Machinery: 937 tons, 50.9 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 663 tons, 36.0 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 187 tons, 10.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 518 lbs / 235 Kg = 7.8 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33 Metacentric height 1.9 ft / 0.6 m Roll period: 11.4 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.61 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02 Hull form characteristics: Hull has low forecastle and transom stern Block coefficient: 0.372 Length to Beam Ratio: 10.54 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 22.85 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 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: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m (15.00 ft / 4.57 m aft of break) - Mid (50 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m - Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m - Average freeboard: 15.44 ft / 4.71 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 186.7 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 115.6 % Waterplane Area: 9,104 Square feet or 846 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 63 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 40 lbs/sq ft or 193 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.48 - Longitudinal: 1.70 - Overall: 0.55 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Thursday, January 27, 2005
The GB/DL/1927 design (something seems wrong with it)
I'm not sure why, but I suspect something wrong with this design for a British large destroyer or destroyer leader: GB/DL/1927. I was able to get a strong-enough ship right away, but distorted what I had to increase seakeeping ability to a viable level. The ship can make 35 knots and has 6-5.1in DP guns with 12-40mm AA and 8-21in TT. I would be interested to know, if anyone can see an error in this Springsharp design.
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