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Thursday, April 14, 2005

My concept of the proposed British semi-Dreadnoughts

This is my concept of what the proposed ships that had 4-12in and 12-9.2in guns would have been like. Of course, this is affected by Springsharp. I am using reciprocating engines and coal-fired boilers, as this is what I would expect for them. This is the Springsharp report. To work, they come out too large:
GB/BB/1903, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1903 (Engine 1907)

Displacement:
 19,175 t light; 20,074 t standard; 22,630 t normal; 24,675 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 482.00 ft / 482.00 ft x 82.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
 146.91 m / 146.91 m x 24.99 m  x 9.14 m

Armament:
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1903 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
      12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (1x12 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1903 Model
   Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
   on side amidships, all raised guns
      16 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (1x16 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1903 Model
   Quick firing guns in a deck mount with hoist
   on side, all raised guns
 Weight of broadside 8,344 lbs / 3,785 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 330.00 ft / 100.58 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: 7.00" / 178 mm   95.00 ft / 28.96 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
   57.00 ft / 17.37 m Unarmoured ends
   Main Belt covers 105 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 330.00 ft / 100.58 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  11.0" / 279 mm
 2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm  8.00" / 203 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, 
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 26,474 ihp / 19,750 Kw = 20.00 kts
 Range 8,500nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 4,601 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 922 - 1,199

Cost:
 £1.959 million / $7.836 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,043 tons, 4.6 %
 Armour: 6,937 tons, 30.7 %
    - Belts: 2,941 tons, 13.0 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 611 tons, 2.7 %
    - Armament: 2,040 tons, 9.0 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,139 tons, 5.0 %
    - Conning Tower: 207 tons, 0.9 %
 Machinery: 2,942 tons, 13.0 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,254 tons, 36.5 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,455 tons, 15.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   26,045 lbs / 11,814 Kg = 30.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.1 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.04
 Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m
 Roll period: 17.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.30

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.668
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.88 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 21.95 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 39
 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:  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
    - Mid (50 %):  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
    - Stern:  19.00 ft / 5.79 m
    - Average freeboard: 19.32 ft / 5.89 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.0 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 120.8 %
 Waterplane Area: 30,779 Square feet or 2,859 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 184 lbs/sq ft or 899 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.92
  - Longitudinal: 2.17
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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