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Sunday, March 13, 2005

Another run at the GB/BB/1914 design in Springsharp

Cliff's GB/BB/1914 design was supposed to be somewhere between 45,000 and 48,500 tons normal displacement. To make it work in Springsharp, with the sort of minimal specs I used, the design ended more on the order of 60,000 tons, except with a greater draft (35ft). I was able to make the 18in belt work. I just found the original drawing, and it shows a flush deck, probably with a transom stern, a single, trunked funnel, and a tower mast (very anachronistic, but that's the breaks). I keep wanting to recalculate ships, for better or worse. This is the new Springsharp report:
GB/BB/1914, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1914 (Engine 1921)

Displacement:
 55,114 t light; 57,560 t standard; 60,672 t normal; 63,161 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 801.08 ft / 800.00 ft x 120.00 ft x 35.00 ft (normal load)
 244.17 m / 243.84 m x 36.58 m  x 10.67 m

Armament:
      9 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2,916.00lbs / 1,322.68kg shells, 1914 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
      20 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1914 Model
   Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
   on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 27,494 lbs / 12,471 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  3.00" / 76 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  15.0" / 381 mm
 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm       -         -

   - Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 85,368 shp / 63,685 Kw = 25.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,601 tons

Complement:
 1,932 - 2,512

Cost:
 £6.653 million / $26.612 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 3,437 tons, 5.7 %
 Armour: 23,915 tons, 39.4 %
    - Belts: 7,154 tons, 11.8 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,618 tons, 2.7 %
    - Armament: 5,074 tons, 8.4 %
    - Armour Deck: 9,769 tons, 16.1 %
    - Conning Tower: 299 tons, 0.5 %
 Machinery: 2,940 tons, 4.8 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 24,822 tons, 40.9 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,558 tons, 9.2 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   98,124 lbs / 44,508 Kg = 33.7 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 17.7 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02
 Metacentric height 6.9 ft / 2.1 m
 Roll period: 19.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 74 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.94
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.48

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
   and transom stern
 Block coefficient: 0.632
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.67 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 32.89 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
 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:  31.00 ft / 9.45 m
    - Forecastle (18 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Mid (0 %):  25.00 ft / 7.62 m (24.00 ft / 7.32 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (18 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Stern:  25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Average freeboard: 25.01 ft / 7.62 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 70.0 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 181.2 %
 Waterplane Area: 75,437 Square feet or 7,008 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 249 lbs/sq ft or 1,213 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.96
  - Longitudinal: 1.49
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 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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