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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