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Monday, March 28, 2005

I had an alternate design for the GB/BB/1915 battleship

In 2002, I had an alternate design and look for the GB/BB/1915 battleship. The look was like the Hood, except for a flush deck and triple turrets. The displacement was planned to be 70,000 tons, but Springsharp doesn't think that much displacement is necessary, so it comes out considerably lighter:
GB/BB/1915 alternate 1, GB/BB/1915 Battleship laid down 1915 (Engine 1927)

Displacement:
 57,095 t light; 60,253 t standard; 63,410 t normal; 65,935 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 801.05 ft / 800.00 ft x 135.00 ft x 36.50 ft (normal load)
 244.16 m / 243.84 m x 41.15 m  x 11.13 m

Armament:
     9 - 20.00" / 508 mm guns (3x3 guns), 4,000.00lbs / 1,814.37kg shells, 1915 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward
     24 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (12x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1915 Model
   Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
   on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 37,500 lbs / 17,010 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
  - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 440.00 ft / 134.11 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 85 % of normal length

  - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  3.00" / 76 mm 440.00 ft / 134.11 m 35.00 ft / 10.67 m

  - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  18.0" / 457 mm

  - Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 91,018 shp / 67,899 Kw = 24.50 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,683 tons

Complement:
 1,997 - 2,597

Cost:
 £9.219 million / $36.876 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,688 tons, 7.4 %
 Armour: 23,503 tons, 37.1 %
    - Belts: 6,185 tons, 9.8 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,709 tons, 2.7 %
    - Armament: 5,112 tons, 8.1 %
    - Armour Deck: 9,880 tons, 15.6 %
    - Conning Tower: 617 tons, 1.0 %
 Machinery: 2,873 tons, 4.5 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 26,031 tons, 41.1 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,315 tons, 10.0 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   88,362 lbs / 40,080 Kg = 22.1 x 20.0 " / 508 mm shells or 15.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
 Metacentric height 10.7 ft / 3.2 m
 Roll period: 17.4 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.46

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.563
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.93 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: -1.00 ft / -0.30 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  30.00 ft / 9.14 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Mid (50 %):  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Stern:  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Average freeboard: 23.83 ft / 7.26 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.3 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 169.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 76,297 Square feet or 7,088 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 95 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 259 lbs/sq ft or 1,266 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.95
  - Longitudinal: 1.58
  - 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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