GB/CB/1915 Design Study, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1937)
Displacement:
22,819 t light; 23,578 t standard; 25,000 t normal; 26,138 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
770.00 ft / 770.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 26.00 ft (normal load)
234.70 m / 234.70 m x 25.91 m x 7.92 m
Armament:
6 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (3x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 5,696 lbs / 2,584 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 174,301 shp / 130,028 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,559 tons
Complement:
993 - 1,292
Cost:
£3.015 million / $12.062 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 712 tons, 2.8 %
Armour: 6,780 tons, 27.1 %
- Belts: 1,793 tons, 7.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 999 tons, 4.0 %
- Armament: 1,370 tons, 5.5 %
- Armour Deck: 2,452 tons, 9.8 %
- Conning Tower: 166 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 4,831 tons, 19.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,497 tons, 42.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,181 tons, 8.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
37,056 lbs / 16,808 Kg = 42.9 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 5.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 16.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.55
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.514
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.06 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.75 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -1.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Mid (67 %): 29.00 ft / 8.84 m (21.00 ft / 6.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 26.60 ft / 8.11 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 110.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 227.0 %
Waterplane Area: 44,179 Square feet or 4,104 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 154 lbs/sq ft or 751 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.37
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
A fast GB/CB/1915 design study
There is a page with sketch specifications for a fast battlecruiser design. The page is titled "Jeun Ecole". Below that, there are the words "high speed". The 4in-6in must refer to the side armor. To the left is 6-12in, which I assume is the main armament. then, there are the indications Cp=0.54 and Cm=0.90. The dimensions are those for the GB/CB/1905 design, with a heavier armament and armor. I tried the design in Springsharp for a 1915 very fast battlecruiser with lightweight machinery. This is the result:
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