GB/PG/1914, Great Britain Fast Gunboat laid down 1914 (Engine 1945) Displacement: 1,087 t light; 1,137 t standard; 1,189 t normal; 1,231 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 275.80 ft / 275.00 ft x 29.00 ft x 15.00 ft (normal load) 84.06 m / 83.82 m x 8.84 m x 4.57 m Armament: 3 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1914 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on centreline ends, majority forward Weight of broadside 188 lbs / 85 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 250 Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 2 shafts, 51,135 shp / 38,147 Kw = 36.00 kts Range 2,500nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 95 tons Complement: 100 - 131 Cost: £0.194 million / $0.777 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 23 tons, 2.0 % Machinery: 678 tons, 57.0 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 386 tons, 32.4 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 102 tons, 8.6 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 213 lbs / 97 Kg = 3.4 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27 Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m Roll period: 11.1 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.47 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.348 Length to Beam Ratio: 9.48 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 16.58 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 74 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 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: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m - Forecastle (34 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Mid (34 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Average freeboard: 15.99 ft / 4.87 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 199.8 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 119.9 % Waterplane Area: 4,843 Square feet or 450 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 43 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 30 lbs/sq ft or 145 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.38 - Longitudinal: 5.81 - Overall: 0.50 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
Another attempt to calculate the GB/PG/1914 fast gunboat
I have a (moderately) successful Springsharp report for the GB/PG/1914 design for a fast gunboat (36 knots). The proportions are somewhat strange, as the draft is too deep, but it is what is necessary to get an acceptable Springsharp report. The armament is 3-5in/50 QF guns, with two guns forward and one aft. The forecastle is raised and there are two funnels, with three boilers, with two trunked into the first funnel. I suspect that the strangeness is due to the inability of Springsharp to have a high-enough SHP/ton, plus the empirical power calculation equation wants to high a power for the speed. This is the report:
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