Ger/CB/1906, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1906 (Engine 1923)
Displacement:
25,921 t light; 26,874 t standard; 29,166 t normal; 31,000 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
800.00 ft / 800.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 27.00 ft (normal load)
243.84 m / 243.84 m x 25.91 m x 8.23 m
Armament:
8 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1906 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, 1906 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 7,296 lbs / 3,309 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 125 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 169,854 shp / 126,711 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 8,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,126 tons
Complement:
1,115 - 1,450
Cost:
£2.468 million / $9.872 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 912 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 7,422 tons, 25.4 %
- Belts: 1,791 tons, 6.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 866 tons, 3.0 %
- Armament: 2,015 tons, 6.9 %
- Armour Deck: 2,649 tons, 9.1 %
- Conning Tower: 102 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 5,677 tons, 19.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,910 tons, 40.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,245 tons, 11.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
34,748 lbs / 15,761 Kg = 40.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.04
Metacentric height 4.2 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 17.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 62 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.73
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.24
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.556
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.41 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
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: 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
- Forecastle (67 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Mid (67 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m (22.00 ft / 6.71 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 28.16 ft / 8.58 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 113.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 179.4 %
Waterplane Area: 47,724 Square feet or 4,434 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 159 lbs/sq ft or 778 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.21
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Machinery power output per weight is critical: Ger/CB/1906
If you use a higher power per ton of machinery weight for my Ger/CB/1906, the design becomes very possible. I had hoped for 33 knots, and can achieve that. I kept the side armor thin (4in) as in my original spec. The ship is about what I had hoped for in 1971, using Springsharp to validate the design). Am I missing anything?
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