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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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:
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