Ger/BB/1915, Germany Battleship laid down 1915 (Engine 1927)
Displacement:
64,050 t light; 66,850 t standard; 72,000 t normal; 76,120 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
751.78 ft / 750.00 ft x 130.00 ft x 40.00 ft (normal load)
229.14 m / 228.60 m x 39.62 m x 12.19 m
Armament:
9 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (3x3 guns), 3,200.00lbs / 1,451.50kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
24 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (12x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all forward, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 30,300 lbs / 13,744 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 560.00 ft / 170.69 m 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 115 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4.00" / 102 mm 560.00 ft / 170.69 m 37.00 ft / 11.28 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 20.0" / 508 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 150,797 shp / 112,494 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,269 tons
Complement:
2,197 - 2,857
Cost:
£8.467 million / $33.869 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,468 tons, 4.8 %
Armour: 30,251 tons, 42.0 %
- Belts: 7,792 tons, 10.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 3,067 tons, 4.3 %
- Armament: 7,706 tons, 10.7 %
- Armour Deck: 11,015 tons, 15.3 %
- Conning Tower: 671 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 4,760 tons, 6.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 25,571 tons, 35.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,950 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
118,530 lbs / 53,764 Kg = 40.6 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 24.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
Metacentric height 8.3 ft / 2.5 m
Roll period: 18.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.72
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.40
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.646
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.77 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
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: 34.00 ft / 10.36 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Mid (50 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Stern: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Average freeboard: 29.40 ft / 8.96 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 187.1 %
Waterplane Area: 74,428 Square feet or 6,915 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 246 lbs/sq ft or 1,203 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.18
- 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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Saturday, July 02, 2005
I recalculated my little supership, the Ger/BB/1915 750ft
I am working my way, methodically, through the Red Book, and the current page is has one variation of the specifications for a short (750ft) 72,000 ton battleship with 9-18in BLR and 24-5in QF guns. The original concept was for just 20 knots, but with 120,000 SHP and 40SHP/ton of machinery weight. The appearance is like a WWII battleship with a tower mast and two funnels, with the forefunnel being taller. There may well be some issue with what I have done, and I would be interested to know, if there is. This is the Springsharp report:
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