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Thursday, May 12, 2005

There is an interesting page about Dutch battleships considered prior to WWI

While I was looking to see if I could find anything about the Dutch navy during 1890-1910, I found this page, which tells about the ships that the Dutch considered building. The idea was to replace the older coast defense battleships with more potent designs. The page is titled: Road to Strength: Battleshipplan 1912. There is data and drawings. The Dreadnought-style design from Krupp-Germania (Project 743) is particularly interesting. The ship was to carry 8-13.5in and 12-5.9in guns. The speed was 22 knots. The displacement was to be 21,300 tons. The belt was a maximum of 250mm. There is only the drawing and no dimensions, but tried to estimate the size. This is a Springsharp report for what I tried:
Project 743, Netherlands Battleship laid down 1912

Displacement:
 18,331 t light; 19,384 t standard; 21,300 t normal; 22,832 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 541.78 ft / 541.34 ft x 88.58 ft x 27.89 ft (normal load)
 165.13 m / 165.00 m x 27.00 m  x 8.50 m

Armament:
      8 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,231.27lbs / 558.49kg shells, 1912 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
      12 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns in single mounts, 102.98lbs / 46.71kg shells, 1912 Model
   Breech loading guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, all amidships
   12 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
 Weight of broadside 11,086 lbs / 5,028 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 9.84" / 250 mm 360.89 ft / 110.00 m 1.97 ft / 0.60 m
 Ends: 3.94" / 100 mm 164.04 ft / 50.00 m 1.97 ft / 0.60 m
   16.40 ft / 5.00 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 7.87" / 200 mm 360.89 ft / 110.00 m 0.82 ft / 0.25 m
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.57" / 40 mm 360.89 ft / 110.00 m 21.33 ft / 6.50 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 13.5" / 343 mm 6.69" / 170 mm  11.8" / 300 mm
 2nd: 5.91" / 150 mm       -         -

   - Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 15.75" / 400 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 3 shafts, 34,263 shp / 25,560 Kw = 22.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 3,448 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 881 - 1,146

Cost:
 £2.016 million / $8.064 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,386 tons, 6.5 %
 Armour: 5,256 tons, 24.7 %
    - Belts: 453 tons, 2.1 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 448 tons, 2.1 %
    - Armament: 2,866 tons, 13.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,227 tons, 5.8 %
    - Conning Tower: 261 tons, 1.2 %
 Machinery: 1,503 tons, 7.1 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,186 tons, 47.8 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,969 tons, 13.9 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   30,680 lbs / 13,916 Kg = 24.9 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 5.0 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.03
 Metacentric height 4.4 ft / 1.3 m
 Roll period: 17.7 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 49 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.98
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.47

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.557
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.11 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 23.27 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 33
 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:  25.26 ft / 7.70 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 25.26 ft / 7.70 m
    - Mid (67 %):  26.25 ft / 8.00 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
    - Stern:  16.40 ft / 5.00 m
    - Average freeboard: 22.57 ft / 6.88 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.1 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 168.8 %
 Waterplane Area: 33,702 Square feet or 3,131 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 206 lbs/sq ft or 1,008 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.97
  - Longitudinal: 2.30
  - Overall: 1.06
 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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