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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The "All-or-Nothing" version of the fast battleship

I thought it would be interesting to see what an "all-or-nothing" approach to protecting the fast battleship would be like. Admittedly, I felt obligated to thicken the armor that was used, so the displacement increased marginally. Instead of a 12in armor basis, the armor basis is now 13in, with a slightly thicker deck. The thicker deck certainly increases the protection over what it was before. I also took the step of raising the secondary armament to the upper deck and removing protection, American style. I'm not so sure that I understand why this is a good idea, but I did it anyway, as it seems to be "part of the package". This is the new Springsharp report:
GB/BB/1914 Fast All-or-Nothing, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1914

Displacement:
 39,655 t light; 41,489 t standard; 44,850 t normal; 47,539 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 812.00 ft / 812.00 ft x 100.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load)
 247.50 m / 247.50 m x 30.48 m  x 9.75 m

Armament:
      10 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (5x2 guns), 1,687.50lbs / 765.44kg shells, 1914 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority aft, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
      14 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1914 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, all amidships
      6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1914 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts 
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 18,468 lbs / 8,377 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 28.00 ft / 8.53 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  13.0" / 330 mm

   - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 13.00" / 330 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 156,616 shp / 116,835 Kw = 30.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 6,050 tons

Complement:
 1,540 - 2,003

Cost:
 £5.309 million / $21.238 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 2,309 tons, 5.1 %
 Armour: 13,992 tons, 31.2 %
    - Belts: 5,147 tons, 11.5 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,140 tons, 2.5 %
    - Armament: 4,044 tons, 9.0 %
    - Armour Deck: 3,309 tons, 7.4 %
    - Conning Tower: 354 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 6,033 tons, 13.5 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 17,321 tons, 38.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,195 tons, 11.6 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   55,476 lbs / 25,164 Kg = 32.9 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 7.2 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07
 Metacentric height 5.7 ft / 1.7 m
 Roll period: 17.6 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.94
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.604
 Length to Beam Ratio: 8.12 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 28.50 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 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:  32.00 ft / 9.75 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Mid (67 %):  28.00 ft / 8.53 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Stern:  20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Average freeboard: 25.68 ft / 7.83 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.9 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 59,617 Square feet or 5,539 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 199 lbs/sq ft or 974 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.97
  - Longitudinal: 1.23
  - 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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