Ger/CB/1915A, Germany Enter ship type laid down 1915
Displacement:
59,668 t light; 61,734 t standard; 65,891 t normal; 69,216 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
962.29 ft / 961.00 ft x 110.00 ft x 36.00 ft (normal load)
293.31 m / 292.91 m x 33.53 m x 10.97 m
Armament:
6 - 16.50" / 419 mm guns (2x3 guns), 2,246.06lbs / 1,018.80kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 14,726 lbs / 6,680 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 625.00 ft / 190.50 m 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 625.00 ft / 190.50 m 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 8 shafts, 426,433 shp / 318,119 Kw = 37.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,481 tons
Complement:
2,056 - 2,673
Cost:
£8.576 million / $34.304 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,841 tons, 2.8 %
Armour: 17,219 tons, 26.1 %
- Belts: 5,240 tons, 8.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,295 tons, 2.0 %
- Armament: 3,106 tons, 4.7 %
- Armour Deck: 7,192 tons, 10.9 %
- Conning Tower: 387 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 16,153 tons, 24.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 24,455 tons, 37.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,223 tons, 9.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
70,456 lbs / 31,958 Kg = 31.4 x 16.5 " / 419 mm shells or 7.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 7.4 ft / 2.3 m
Roll period: 17.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.61
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.606
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 37.00 ft / 11.28 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 34.00 ft / 10.36 m
- Mid (59 %): 34.00 ft / 10.36 m (25.00 ft / 7.62 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 30.55 ft / 9.31 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 123.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 219.0 %
Waterplane Area: 77,749 Square feet or 7,223 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 211 lbs/sq ft or 1,031 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.27
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Saturday, January 15, 2005
I actually have a pretty well-protected, large, fast battlecruiser design
I have this design for a very fast German battlecruiser that I must have done about 1973. The ship hsa 6-16.5in guns, in two triple turrets, forward, and 20-5in guns in twin mounts. The armor basis is actually 11in and the speed is 37 knots. The size ballooned, of course, although I knew way back that this was a large ship (I guessed 47,550 tons, standard displacement). Springsharp's only gripe is that the spaces below the waterline are cramped, although I would say, not excessively so.
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