My friend Cliff conceived of a destroyer-like vessel that had a heavy torpedo armament for the size. The drawing resembles a WWII German torpedo boat. It had just a minimal gun armament with one 4in QF gun. The speed was 31.8 knots. We had allowed for 250 tons of oil fuel. This is a comparison of the original weights and the Springsharp weights:
Original Springsharp
Hull: 297 tons 279 tons
Armament: 31 tons 4 tons
Machinery: 431 tons 492 tons
Misc: 72 tons 125 tons
Aux. Mach.: 30 tons -
This is the full Springsharp report:
GB/DT/1914, Great Britain Torpedo Boat laid down 1914 (Engine 1927)
Displacement:
775 t light; 796 t standard; 900 t normal; 984 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
267.00 ft / 265.00 ft x 28.00 ft x 11.50 ft (normal load)
81.38 m / 80.77 m x 8.53 m x 3.51 m
Armament:
1 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1914 Model
Quick firing gun in deck mount
on centreline forward
Weight of broadside 32 lbs / 15 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
9 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 25,663 shp / 19,145 Kw = 31.80 kts
Range 3,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 188 tons
Complement:
81 - 106
Cost:
£0.127 million / $0.506 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 492 tons, 54.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 279 tons, 31.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 125 tons, 13.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
255 lbs / 115 Kg = 8.0 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 1.0 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 11.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.369
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.00 ft / 0.30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Mid (50 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Average freeboard: 13.48 ft / 4.11 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 180.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 22.6 %
Waterplane Area: 4,509 Square feet or 419 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 54 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 27 lbs/sq ft or 134 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.48
- Longitudinal: 3.59
- Overall: 0.59
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
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