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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