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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

The very large German battleship design works well in Springsharp

My very large German battleship design, which I am calling Ger/BB/1921 large, that I drew back in 1971, works quite well in Springsharp. I was able to upgrade the armor and range, as there was spare hull strength. The armament is 9-50cm (slightly more than 19.75in) and 16-6in QF guns. I had planned to have 19.75in guns, but 50cm seems reasonable. The armor basis is 19in. The ship was to be 105,000 tons with a speed of 31 knots. That works along with machinery of the same date as the ship design (1921):
Ger/BB/1921 Large, Germany Battleship laid down 1921

Displacement:
 93,250 t light; 96,965 t standard; 105,000 t normal; 111,428 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 1,088.73 ft / 1,085.00 ft x 140.00 ft x 39.00 ft (normal load)
 331.84 m / 330.71 m x 42.67 m  x 11.89 m

Armament:
      9 - 19.69" / 500 mm guns (3x3 guns), 3,813.98lbs / 1,729.99kg shells, 1921 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
      16 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (8x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1921 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 36,054 lbs / 16,354 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 19.0" / 483 mm 720.00 ft / 219.46 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  4.00" / 102 mm 720.00 ft / 219.46 m 37.00 ft / 11.28 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 21.0" / 533 mm 12.0" / 305 mm  20.0" / 508 mm
 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  6.00" / 152 mm

   - Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 20.00" / 508 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 277,853 shp / 207,279 Kw = 31.00 kts
 Range 8,900nm at 18.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 14,463 tons

Complement:
 2,916 - 3,791

Cost:
 £21.354 million / $85.414 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,507 tons, 4.3 %
 Armour: 39,752 tons, 37.9 %
    - Belts: 9,939 tons, 9.5 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 3,943 tons, 3.8 %
    - Armament: 8,155 tons, 7.8 %
    - Armour Deck: 16,757 tons, 16.0 %
    - Conning Tower: 959 tons, 0.9 %
 Machinery: 9,568 tons, 9.1 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 39,423 tons, 37.5 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 11,750 tons, 11.2 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   168,304 lbs / 76,341 Kg = 44.1 x 19.7 " / 500 mm shells or 32.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
 Metacentric height 11.3 ft / 3.5 m
 Roll period: 17.5 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 65 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.49
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.31

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.620
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.75 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 32.94 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
 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:  33.00 ft / 10.06 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Mid (50 %):  27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Stern:  27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Average freeboard: 27.48 ft / 8.38 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 72.4 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 199.7 %
 Waterplane Area: 113,223 Square feet or 10,519 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 260 lbs/sq ft or 1,272 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 1.03
  - Longitudinal: 0.99
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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