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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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:
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