Ger/BB/1912, Germany Battleship laid down 1912
Displacement:
26,324 t light; 26,904 t standard; 29,000 t normal; 30,677 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
650.00 ft / 650.00 ft x 100.00 ft x 28.70 ft (normal load)
198.12 m / 198.12 m x 30.48 m x 8.75 m
Armament:
9 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (3x3 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1912 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 8,640 lbs / 3,919 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 0
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 425.00 ft / 129.54 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 425.00 ft / 129.54 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 13.0" / 330 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm - -
- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 13.00" / 330 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 63,604 shp / 47,448 Kw = 25.00 kts
Range 5,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,774 tons
Complement:
1,110 - 1,444
Cost:
£2.184 million / $8.734 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,080 tons, 3.7 %
Armour: 11,150 tons, 38.4 %
- Belts: 4,081 tons, 14.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 849 tons, 2.9 %
- Armament: 2,618 tons, 9.0 %
- Armour Deck: 3,338 tons, 11.5 %
- Conning Tower: 264 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 2,536 tons, 8.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,557 tons, 39.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,676 tons, 9.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
60,694 lbs / 27,531 Kg = 70.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 11.0 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 %): 91 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.69
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.82
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.544
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -1.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -1.00 ft / -0.30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Mid (67 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m (22.00 ft / 6.71 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 27.52 ft / 8.39 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 69.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 215.1 %
Waterplane Area: 45,112 Square feet or 4,191 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 175 lbs/sq ft or 854 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.09
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Sunday, July 10, 2005
A German 1912 battleship design study
I believe this to be a German battleship design study, not British. My friend Cliff ultimately decided to build battleships with 9-15in guns in 1912, and I decided to build battlecruisers instead of battleships. Cliff had gone so far ahead of what I had been thinking of doing, that I had radically reshape my plans. This design study was what I had originally been considering building. The battleship would have had 9-12in/50 and 8-6in/50 QF guns. The armour basis was 13in. I have assumed that it would be a wide slab, and "all-or-nothing". The speed was 25 knots. They would have been good ships, although they would have been underarmed. This is the Springsharp report:
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