Ger/BB/1905, Enter country Enter ship type laid down 1905 Displacement: 19,135 t light; 19,986 t standard; 22,058 t normal; 23,715 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 580.00 ft / 580.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 26.60 ft (normal load) 176.78 m / 176.78 m x 27.43 m x 8.11 m Armament: 8 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1905 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring 12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model Breech loading guns in casemate mounts on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 7,296 lbs / 3,309 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 100 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 385.00 ft / 117.35 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Ends: Unarmoured Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 385.00 ft / 117.35 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 11.0" / 279 mm 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm - - - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 47,841 shp / 35,690 Kw = 24.00 kts Range 4,500nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 3,728 tons Complement: 904 - 1,176 Cost: £1.943 million / $7.773 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 912 tons, 4.1 % Armour: 5,630 tons, 25.5 % - Belts: 1,336 tons, 6.1 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Armament: 2,074 tons, 9.4 % - Armour Deck: 2,033 tons, 9.2 % - Conning Tower: 186 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 3,624 tons, 16.4 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,969 tons, 40.7 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,923 tons, 13.3 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 28,036 lbs / 12,717 Kg = 32.4 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.9 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05 Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m Roll period: 17.5 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.45 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.556 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.44 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 24.08 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m - Mid (80 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m (15.00 ft / 4.57 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m - Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m - Average freeboard: 22.28 ft / 6.79 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 84.7 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 179.9 % Waterplane Area: 36,635 Square feet or 3,404 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 171 lbs/sq ft or 833 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.94 - Longitudinal: 1.81 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Thursday, January 06, 2005
My design for the Ger/BB/1905 worked extremely well
I was shocked at how well my German battleship design worked in Springsharp. I actually was able to increase the speed to 24 knots (from 23). I used my traditional displacement and dimensions, as they had always been:
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