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Saturday, August 13, 2005

I assume that my Ger/BB/1915-1916 design study is larger than anticipated

I have several pages devoted to the "Ger/BB/15-16" (Ger/BB/1915-1916) design study. Of course, on these pages, the critical information is lacking. Therefore, I made up the missing specifications. I have an inboard profile that seems to have 12-18in and 16-6in guns. The vessel is 915ft long. The citadel is 500 ft long. On the next page, there is a cross section with armor indicated. There actually are two decks: the upper being 6.5in and the lower, sitting on the belt, is 5in. The A/T bulkhead is 3.5in. The belt is 18in. There is a triple bottom, and the hold is divided into thirds, longitudinally. The draft is only 32ft. To make this work, I had to go with a large displacement and had to increase freeboard and draft. This is the resulting Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1915-1916, Germany Battleship laid down 1915 (Engine 1931)

Displacement:
 83,132 t light; 86,833 t standard; 92,500 t normal; 97,034 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 916.83 ft / 915.00 ft x 130.00 ft x 35.00 ft (normal load)
 279.45 m / 278.89 m x 39.62 m  x 10.67 m

Armament:
      12 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,916.00lbs / 1,322.68kg shells, 1915 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
      16 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (8x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1915 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 36,720 lbs / 16,656 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 84 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  3.50" / 89 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 31.00 ft / 9.45 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 9.00" / 229 mm  18.0" / 457 mm
 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  6.00" / 152 mm

   - Armour deck: 11.50" / 292 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 225,247 shp / 168,034 Kw = 29.00 kts
 Range 10,900nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 10,201 tons

Complement:
 2,651 - 3,447

Cost:
 £11.212 million / $44.848 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,590 tons, 5.0 %
 Armour: 39,390 tons, 42.6 %
    - Belts: 6,527 tons, 7.1 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 2,007 tons, 2.2 %
    - Armament: 8,360 tons, 9.0 %
    - Armour Deck: 21,703 tons, 23.5 %
    - Conning Tower: 793 tons, 0.9 %
 Machinery: 6,736 tons, 7.3 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 32,417 tons, 35.0 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,368 tons, 10.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   145,383 lbs / 65,945 Kg = 49.9 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 24.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
 Metacentric height 9.2 ft / 2.8 m
 Roll period: 18.0 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.65
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.12

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.778
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.04 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 30.25 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
 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:  35.00 ft / 10.67 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Mid (50 %):  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Stern:  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Average freeboard: 26.72 ft / 8.14 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 72.4 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.6 %
 Waterplane Area: 102,011 Square feet or 9,477 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 244 lbs/sq ft or 1,190 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 1.00
  - Longitudinal: 1.07
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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