I am guessing at the year, but 1901 seems fair. I have a pencil drawing and some detailed specifications for a Pre-Dreadnought British battleship. I'm calling it the GB/BB/1901. I had pretty detailed specifications:
- Normal Displacement: 15,000 tons
- Length: 435ft
- Beam: 75ft
- Hull Depth: 50ft
- Draft: 29.9ft
- Hull Weight Basis: 0.29
- Prismatic Coefficient: 0.61
- Midships Coefficient: 0.97
- Armament: 4-12/40 (50 ton) and 12-6in/45 (8 ton)
- Belt armour: 12in
- Designed speed: 18 knots
- Hull Weight: 4,720 tons
- Machinery Weight: 1,484 tons
- Auxiliary Machinery: 564 tons
- Protection: 6,352 tons
- Armament: 680 tons
- Miscellaneous: 1,200 tons
This is the Springsharp report:
GB/BB/1901 Design Study, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1901
Displacement:
13,333 t light; 13,640 t standard; 15,324 t normal; 16,672 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
435.00 ft / 435.00 ft x 75.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
132.59 m / 132.59 m x 22.86 m x 9.14 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: 0
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 250.00 ft / 76.20 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 185.00 ft / 56.39 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Main Belt covers 88 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 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 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 13,805 ihp / 10,299 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,032 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
688 - 895
Cost:
£1.263 million / $5.052 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 594 tons, 3.9 %
Armour: 5,829 tons, 38.0 %
- Belts: 3,018 tons, 19.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 375 tons, 2.4 %
- Armament: 1,226 tons, 8.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,051 tons, 6.9 %
- Conning Tower: 160 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 2,124 tons, 13.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,786 tons, 31.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,991 tons, 13.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
21,050 lbs / 9,548 Kg = 24.4 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 4.0 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 15.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.70
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.548
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.80 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.86 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
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: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 21.16 ft / 6.45 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 99.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 132.1 %
Waterplane Area: 22,726 Square feet or 2,111 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 645 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.80
- 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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