GB/CB/SuperFast, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921
Displacement:
37,862 t light; 39,107 t standard; 40,431 t normal; 41,490 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
800.58 ft / 800.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 31.00 ft (normal load)
244.02 m / 243.84 m x 27.43 m x 9.45 m
Armament:
4 - 17.00" / 432 mm guns in single mounts, 2,456.50lbs / 1,114.25kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1921 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 10,338 lbs / 4,689 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 75
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 425.00 ft / 129.54 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 82 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 425.00 ft / 129.54 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm - -
- Armour deck: 1.50" / 38 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 8 shafts, 480,197 shp / 358,227 Kw = 40.00 kts
Range 3,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,383 tons
Complement:
1,425 - 1,853
Cost:
£12.029 million / $48.116 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,292 tons, 3.2 %
Armour: 4,902 tons, 12.1 %
- Belts: 1,193 tons, 2.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 425 tons, 1.1 %
- Armament: 1,776 tons, 4.4 %
- Armour Deck: 1,508 tons, 3.7 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 16,536 tons, 40.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,132 tons, 37.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,569 tons, 6.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
18,394 lbs / 8,343 Kg = 7.5 x 17.0 " / 432 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 5.5 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 16.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 33 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.72
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.39
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.634
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.89 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 57
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 1.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Mid (45 %): 32.00 ft / 9.75 m (25.00 ft / 7.62 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 26.36 ft / 8.03 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 200.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 201.2 %
Waterplane Area: 54,350 Square feet or 5,049 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 84 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 184 lbs/sq ft or 898 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.11
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability
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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
I'm not sure what it says about Springsharp, but I made the Super-Fast Battlecruiser "work"
It isn't pretty, but by increasing the beam and displacement, I was able to design a 40-knot ship to carry 4-17in/45 and 16-4in guns. It "sort of works", if you don't mind unseaworthiness. I keep seeing correctable problems, which I have iterated over (mistakes in filling out the specs).
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