Ger/CS/1909, Germany Scout Cruiser laid down 1909 (Engine 1941)
Displacement:
1,986 t light; 2,066 t standard; 2,273 t normal; 2,439 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
350.42 ft / 350.00 ft x 37.00 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load)
106.81 m / 106.68 m x 11.28 m x 4.88 m
Armament:
4 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1909 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
Weight of broadside 250 lbs / 113 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 67,864 shp / 50,626 Kw = 36.00 kts
Range 4,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 372 tons
Complement:
163 - 213
Cost:
£0.285 million / $1.138 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 31 tons, 1.4 %
Machinery: 1,348 tons, 59.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 607 tons, 26.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 287 tons, 12.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
419 lbs / 190 Kg = 6.7 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.49
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 10.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.384
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.71 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 71 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 1.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (36 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (36 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m (14.00 ft / 4.27 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 17.17 ft / 5.23 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 202.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 115.6 %
Waterplane Area: 7,908 Square feet or 735 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 59 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 35 lbs/sq ft or 170 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.43
- Longitudinal: 2.75
- Overall: 0.52
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Friday, April 01, 2005
My latest attempt in Springsharp to get the Ger/CS/1909 to work
The Ger/CS/1909 design is very much like some of the large Italian destroyers which were used as scouts. That was the inspiration for the design. I was barely able to make it work in Springsharp:
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