Untakeable, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1905
Displacement:
19,835 t light; 20,781 t standard; 23,330 t normal; 25,369 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
530.84 ft / 530.00 ft x 83.00 ft x 29.00 ft (normal load)
161.80 m / 161.54 m x 25.30 m x 8.84 m
Armament:
16 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (8x2 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1905 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side ends, evenly spread, 5 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 8,512 lbs / 3,861 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 150.00 ft / 45.72 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Main Belt covers 110 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 31,118 shp / 23,214 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,588 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
943 - 1,227
Cost:
£1.951 million / $7.804 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,064 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 8,347 tons, 35.8 %
- Belts: 3,404 tons, 14.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 548 tons, 2.4 %
- Armament: 2,983 tons, 12.8 %
- Armour Deck: 1,236 tons, 5.3 %
- Conning Tower: 176 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 2,593 tons, 11.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,830 tons, 33.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,495 tons, 15.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
31,565 lbs / 14,318 Kg = 63.1 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 4.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.03
Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 17.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 58 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.50
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.640
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.39 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.02 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
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: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 22.16 ft / 6.75 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 148.4 %
Waterplane Area: 33,393 Square feet or 3,102 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 158 lbs/sq ft or 770 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.76
- 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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Sunday, April 17, 2005
The "Untakeable" design in Springsharp
I just tried the "Untakeable" design with 16-10in BLR and 16-4in QF guns in Springsharp. I was not satisfied with the result, as the displacement is too high for what it should be. I went with coal-fired boilers with turbines. I refuse to accept any design that is not stable, a good seaboat, and structurally sound. The only way to achieve the balance was to have a larger displacment and to adjust the slider in Springsharp to achieve adequate stability and reduced effects from firing the guns. This is the Springsharp report:
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