Ger/BB/1916, Germany Battleship laid down 1916
Displacement:
85,327 t light; 89,529 t standard; 95,000 t normal; 99,377 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
903.68 ft / 900.00 ft x 150.00 ft x 35.70 ft (normal load)
275.44 m / 274.32 m x 45.72 m x 10.88 m
Armament:
10 - 21.00" / 533 mm guns (4 mounts), 5,000.00lbs / 2,267.96kg shells, 1916 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - 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 51,500 lbs / 23,360 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 670.00 ft / 204.22 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 12.0" / 305 mm 670.00 ft / 204.22 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 115 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
3.00" / 76 mm 670.00 ft / 204.22 m 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 20.0" / 508 mm 11.0" / 279 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 94,533 shp / 70,522 Kw = 23.00 kts
Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,848 tons
Complement:
2,705 - 3,517
Cost:
£13.908 million / $55.630 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 5,976 tons, 6.3 %
Armour: 36,958 tons, 38.9 %
- Belts: 7,403 tons, 7.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,454 tons, 2.6 %
- Armament: 10,423 tons, 11.0 %
- Armour Deck: 15,870 tons, 16.7 %
- Conning Tower: 807 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,522 tons, 3.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 38,871 tons, 40.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,673 tons, 10.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
161,058 lbs / 73,055 Kg = 34.8 x 21.0 " / 533 mm shells or 32.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 11.5 ft / 3.5 m
Roll period: 18.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.69
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.44
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.690
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 39 %
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: 32.00 ft / 9.75 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: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Average freeboard: 28.40 ft / 8.65 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 211.4 %
Waterplane Area: 107,232 Square feet or 9,962 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 284 lbs/sq ft or 1,389 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.36
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Friday, July 01, 2005
Another try at the Ger/BB/1916 battleship with 10-21in guns
The next design to try in Springsharp again is the Ger/BB/1916 battleship. This was an attempt to put 10-21 guns on an 80,000 ton ship with a speed of 20 knots. Springsharp demanded a greater displacement to have adequate strength, so the ship became fuller on the same dimensions. This is the Springsharp report:
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