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Saturday, May 28, 2005

What do you think? a new take on Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship for the British Fleet

This is a good as I have done for Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship for the British Fleet. Obviously, the specifications described in his 1903 article in All the World's Fighting ships aren't achievable. This is the closes that I have come. The secret seems to be in better specifying the 12in guns. I was able to achieve the 24 knot speed with a 10in armor basis. I did have to increase the beam, draft, and displacement, but I was able to use coal-fired boilers. I did feel like I was cheating, in that I used the slider in SpringSharp to correct the recoil and stability issues. This is my favorite photoart piece of the ship:

This is another view:

This is the corresponding SpringSharp report:
Ideal Battleship, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1904 (Engine 1914)

Displacement:
 18,486 t light; 19,326 t standard; 20,590 t normal; 21,601 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 524.50 ft / 521.50 ft x 86.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
 159.87 m / 158.95 m x 26.21 m  x 9.14 m

Armament:
   4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread
   4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
   4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns in single mounts, 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side ends, evenly spread
   12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1904 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
   on side, evenly spread
   12 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
   6 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1904 Model
   Quick firing guns in deck mounts
   on side, evenly spread
 Weight of broadside 10,381 lbs / 4,709 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 70

Armour:
- Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 340.00 ft / 103.63 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 181.50 ft / 55.32 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 185.00 ft / 56.39 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.00" / 25 mm 340.00 ft / 103.63 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  9.00" / 229 mm
 2nd: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  9.00" / 229 mm
 3rd: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  9.00" / 229 mm
 4th: 4.00" / 102 mm       -         -

- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 47,330 shp / 35,309 Kw = 24.00 kts
 Range 5,400nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,275 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 859 - 1,117

Cost:
 £2.035 million / $8.142 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,319 tons, 6.4 %
 Armour: 6,238 tons, 30.3 %
    - Belts: 2,052 tons, 10.0 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 315 tons, 1.5 %
    - Armament: 2,567 tons, 12.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,143 tons, 5.5 %
    - Conning Tower: 162 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 2,006 tons, 9.7 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,924 tons, 43.3 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,104 tons, 10.2 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   25,858 lbs / 11,729 Kg = 29.9 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.0 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.01
 Metacentric height 4.1 ft / 1.3 m
 Roll period: 17.8 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 48 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.90
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.16

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.536
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.06 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 22.84 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Mid (74 %):  24.00 ft / 7.32 m (16.00 ft / 4.88 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
    - Stern:  16.00 ft / 4.88 m
    - Average freeboard: 21.92 ft / 6.68 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 103.0 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 155.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 30,881 Square feet or 2,869 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 192 lbs/sq ft or 935 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.91
  - Longitudinal: 2.43
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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