Ideal Battleship, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1903 (Engine 1909) Displacement: 18,872 t light; 19,767 t standard; 21,180 t normal; 22,310 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 521.50 ft / 521.50 ft x 87.00 ft x 26.00 ft (normal load) 158.95 m / 158.95 m x 26.52 m x 7.92 m Armament: 12 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (8 mounts), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1903 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts 12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1903 Model Breech loading guns in deck mount on side amidships 12 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas 6 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1903 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 10,549 lbs / 4,785 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 80 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 350.00 ft / 106.68 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 141.50 ft / 43.13 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m Unarmoured ends Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm - - - Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 50,465 shp / 37,647 Kw = 24.00 kts Range 6,500nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,543 tons Complement: 877 - 1,141 Cost: £2.089 million / $8.357 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 1,319 tons, 6.2 % Armour: 6,639 tons, 31.3 % - Belts: 2,467 tons, 11.6 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Armament: 2,514 tons, 11.9 % - Armour Deck: 1,576 tons, 7.4 % - Conning Tower: 82 tons, 0.4 % Machinery: 2,294 tons, 10.8 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,620 tons, 40.7 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,308 tons, 10.9 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 25,634 lbs / 11,628 Kg = 29.7 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00 Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m Roll period: 18.2 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 47 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.99 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.628 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.99 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 22.84 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40 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: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m - Forecastle (37 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m - Mid (50 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m (19.00 ft / 5.79 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.00 ft / 5.79 m - Stern: 19.00 ft / 5.79 m - Average freeboard: 23.65 ft / 7.21 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81.5 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 158.6 % Waterplane Area: 34,072 Square feet or 3,165 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 175 lbs/sq ft or 855 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.93 - Longitudinal: 2.04 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
Another unsatisfactory attempt to make the Ideal Battleship work in Springsharp
I have been experimenting with Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship for the British Navy from the 1903 Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships. I had known since I got the detailed article that the design could not be implemented as originally specified. This is my current attempt in Springsharp. I couldn't see any way around having to increase the beam and decrease armor:
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