I have a drawing of the Ger/DD/1905 that I drew on August 31, 2002

I really like the drawing that I drew, while I was in Minnesota, on August 31, 2002, of the Ger/DD/1905 design. I am tempted to take another try at making it work in Springsharp. The design was inspired by the British Tribal class (F-class) from before 1910. I didn't want 12pdrs, so I gave the design 2-4in/50 QF guns, along with 2-18in TT. The speed was not excessive: 32 knots. The problem is that date: 1905. Springsharp wants to only have heavy machinery for that date. I'm using the latest version of Springsharp. The result was VERY interesting. The design came out well, if too short-ranged. I could only get a 600 nm range (sort of like the Tribals), my first try. The Tribals carried anywhere from 185 to 216 tons of oil. My design only has 80 tons, so it is worse than the Tribals. I was able to stretch the range to 800nm by playing games with freeboard, hull depth, and range. I also had to increase the displacement. This is the report for what I was able to do (better than I have done before...I think). The only gripe is volume for machinery:

Ger/DD/1905, Germany Destroyer laid down 1905

Displacement:
	891 t light; 916 t standard; 977 t normal; 1,027 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
	270.73 ft / 270.00 ft x 27.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
	82.52 m / 82.30 m x 8.23 m  x 3.66 m

Armament:
      2 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
	  Quick firing guns in deck mounts 
	  on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
	Weight of broadside 64 lbs / 29 kg
	Shells per gun, main battery: 150
	2 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

Machinery:
	Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
	Direct drive, 2 shafts, 27,692 shp / 20,658 Kw = 32.00 kts
	Range 800nm at 15.00 kts
	Bunker at max displacement = 111 tons
	  Caution: Delicate, lightweight machinery

Complement:
	86 - 113

Cost:
	£0.128 million / $0.511 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
	Armament: 8 tons, 0.8 %
	Machinery: 642 tons, 65.7 %
	Hull, fittings & equipment: 241 tons, 24.7 %
	Fuel, ammunition & stores: 86 tons, 8.8 %
	Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
	Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
	  168 lbs / 76 Kg = 5.2 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
	Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.64
	Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
	Roll period: 9.0 seconds
	Steadiness	- As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
			- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.10
	Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
	Hull has rise forward of midbreak
	Block coefficient: 0.391
	Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
	'Natural speed' for length: 16.43 kts
	Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 %
	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:		21.00 ft / 6.40 m
	   - Forecastle (20 %):	19.00 ft / 5.79 m
	   - Mid (30 %):		19.00 ft / 5.79 m (10.00 ft / 3.05 m aft of break)
	   - Quarterdeck (15 %):	10.00 ft / 3.05 m
	   - Stern:		10.00 ft / 3.05 m
	   - Average freeboard:	12.86 ft / 3.92 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
	Space	- Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 217.9 %
		- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 97.0 %
	Waterplane Area: 4,466 Square feet or 415 Square metres
	Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 23 %
	Structure weight / hull surface area: 24 lbs/sq ft or 116 Kg/sq metre
	Hull strength (Relative):
		- Cross-sectional: 0.43
		- Longitudinal: 2.63
		- Overall: 0.51
	Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor
	Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate