GB/BB/1901 revised, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1901
Displacement:
12,130 t light; 12,679 t standard; 15,000 t normal; 16,857 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
435.00 ft / 435.00 ft x 75.00 ft x 29.90 ft (normal load)
132.59 m / 132.59 m x 22.86 m x 9.11 m
Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1901 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1901 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
4 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
Weight of broadside 4,752 lbs / 2,155 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 250.00 ft / 76.20 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 250.00 ft / 76.20 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 88 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 250.00 ft / 76.20 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
2nd: 7.00" / 178 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 13,590 ihp / 10,138 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 9,200nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,178 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
677 - 881
Cost:
£1.216 million / $4.865 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 594 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 4,710 tons, 31.4 %
- Belts: 1,954 tons, 13.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 250 tons, 1.7 %
- Armament: 1,139 tons, 7.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,250 tons, 8.3 %
- Conning Tower: 118 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 2,091 tons, 13.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,735 tons, 31.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,870 tons, 19.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,611 lbs / 9,349 Kg = 23.9 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 4.1 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 15.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.71
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.538
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.86 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
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: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 22.16 ft / 6.75 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 139.4 %
Waterplane Area: 22,518 Square feet or 2,092 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 636 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.30
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
I found that I had a detailed armour specification for the GB/BB/1901, so I did a revision
I just did a revised Springsharp report for the GB/BB/1901 design study. I found that I had a detailed specification for the armour that would be carried, so I did a new design. This is the revised report. In some ways, I not sure why it turned out so well. Partly, my original design was well-researched, based on real designs:
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