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Saturday, June 25, 2005

The Ger/BB/1916 Large is amazing to me

I just ran the Ger/BB/1916 Large design study through Springsharp, and was very pleased and amazed at how well it did. I must confess that I don't believe the result, but I had happy to see it. This was for a ship 1085ft x 140ft x 38ft, with 9-19.75in BLR and 24-5in QF guns. The armor basis is 19in. The speed is 31 knots. Great length makes this easily attainable, even with a 1916 machinery plant. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1916 Large, Germany Battleship laid down 1916

Displacement:
 93,126 t light; 97,049 t standard; 105,000 t normal; 111,361 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 1,088.89 ft / 1,085.00 ft x 140.00 ft x 38.00 ft (normal load)
 331.89 m / 330.71 m x 42.67 m  x 11.58 m

Armament:
      9 - 19.75" / 502 mm guns (3x3 guns), 3,851.87lbs / 1,747.18kg shells, 1916 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
      24 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (12x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1916 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 36,167 lbs / 16,405 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 19.0" / 483 mm 705.00 ft / 214.88 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  5.00" / 127 mm 705.00 ft / 214.88 m 36.00 ft / 10.97 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 19.0" / 483 mm 14.0" / 356 mm  19.0" / 483 mm
 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm  5.00" / 127 mm

   - Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 19.00" / 483 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 280,099 shp / 208,954 Kw = 31.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 14,311 tons

Complement:
 2,916 - 3,791

Cost:
 £13.938 million / $55.754 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,521 tons, 4.3 %
 Armour: 38,485 tons, 36.7 %
    - Belts: 9,778 tons, 9.3 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 4,695 tons, 4.5 %
    - Armament: 8,215 tons, 7.8 %
    - Armour Deck: 14,886 tons, 14.2 %
    - Conning Tower: 911 tons, 0.9 %
 Machinery: 10,436 tons, 9.9 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 39,684 tons, 37.8 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 11,874 tons, 11.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   165,609 lbs / 75,119 Kg = 43.0 x 19.8 " / 502 mm shells or 32.3 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
 Metacentric height 11.5 ft / 3.5 m
 Roll period: 17.3 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 67 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.51
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.33

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.637
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.75 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 32.94 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  36.00 ft / 10.97 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Mid (50 %):  28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Stern:  28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Average freeboard: 28.64 ft / 8.73 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75.8 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 210.2 %
 Waterplane Area: 114,947 Square feet or 10,679 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 258 lbs/sq ft or 1,262 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 1.02
  - Longitudinal: 0.99
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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