GB/BB/1914 Fast, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1914
Displacement:
39,469 t light; 41,299 t standard; 44,650 t normal; 47,331 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
14 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
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: 12.0" / 305 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 262.00 ft / 79.86 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
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: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 156,020 shp / 116,391 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,032 tons
Complement:
1,535 - 1,996
Cost:
£5.297 million / $21.188 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,309 tons, 5.2 %
Armour: 13,944 tons, 31.2 %
- Belts: 5,739 tons, 12.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,140 tons, 2.6 %
- Armament: 3,990 tons, 8.9 %
- Armour Deck: 2,750 tons, 6.2 %
- Conning Tower: 325 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 6,010 tons, 13.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 17,206 tons, 38.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,181 tons, 11.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
55,580 lbs / 25,211 Kg = 32.9 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 7.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
Metacentric height 5.8 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 17.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 58 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.16
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.601
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): 103.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.3 %
Waterplane Area: 59,468 Square feet or 5,525 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 198 lbs/sq ft or 969 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.18
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
My latest attempt at a British fast battleship alternative to a battlecruiser
This is my latest attempt at a fast battleship alternative to the Super Lion. It is quite large, in displacement. A great deal of that is due to hull weight and to not using a higher power output machinery. Instead, I am using 1914 technology on a 1914 ship. At least the Standard Displacement is "only" 41,229 tons. This is my Springsharp report:
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