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Friday, August 05, 2005

Another attempt at a "new age" armoured cruiser for 1905

I have been playing with 1905 style armoured cruiser designs for a long time. This version is rather like the Minotaur class, except for a uniform armament. I was able to achieve 24 knots, as well, thanks to turbines and oil fuel. I opted for superfiring guns, as well. Admiral Fisher had contemplated such a thing, but the very conservative navy rejected them at the time of the Dreadnought. This is my Springsharp report:
GB/CA/1905, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1905

Displacement:
 12,770 t light; 13,248 t standard; 14,700 t normal; 15,862 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 527.00 ft / 525.00 ft x 75.00 ft x 24.00 ft (normal load)
 160.63 m / 160.02 m x 22.86 m  x 7.32 m

Armament:
      8 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (2x4 guns), 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 1905 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
      16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (10 mounts), 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline, evenly spread
      16 - 0.00" / 0.0 mm guns (1x16 guns), 0.00lbs / 0.00kg shells, 1905 Model
   Quick firing guns in deck mount 
   on side
 Weight of broadside 3,552 lbs / 1,611 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 370.00 ft / 112.78 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 155.00 ft / 47.24 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
   Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.00" / 25 mm 370.00 ft / 112.78 m 23.00 ft / 7.01 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  6.00" / 152 mm
 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  5.00" / 127 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 2 shafts, 37,956 shp / 28,315 Kw = 24.00 kts
 Range 4,750nm at 14.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,613 tons

Complement:
 666 - 867

Cost:
 £1.230 million / $4.921 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 453 tons, 3.1 %
 Armour: 4,243 tons, 28.9 %
    - Belts: 1,877 tons, 12.8 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 315 tons, 2.1 %
    - Armament: 962 tons, 6.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,011 tons, 6.9 %
    - Conning Tower: 78 tons, 0.5 %
 Machinery: 2,875 tons, 19.6 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,199 tons, 35.4 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,930 tons, 13.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   18,123 lbs / 8,220 Kg = 46.5 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 2.9 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
 Metacentric height 4.5 ft / 1.4 m
 Roll period: 14.8 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.39
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.29

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.544
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.00 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 22.91 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Mid (40 %):  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Stern:  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Average freeboard: 18.48 ft / 5.63 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 118.5 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 140.7 %
 Waterplane Area: 27,337 Square feet or 2,540 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 635 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.96
  - Longitudinal: 1.48
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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