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Friday, August 05, 2005

I realize now that most of my old displacements were actually "standard", not "normal": Ger/BB/1905

A note in the "Red Book" clearly states that the Ger/BB/1905 displacement was 22,000 tons standard. I am sure that I have been treating that as the normal displacement. The dimensions are 580ft x 90ft x 26.6ft (normal) . The armament is 8-12in/45 and 12-4in QF guns. The lower belt is 10in and the upper belt is 7in. The ends are 4in, and the belt is not complete. The turrets, barbettes and CT are 11in. The nominal maximum speed is 23 knots. This is my Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1905, Germany Battleship laid down 1905

Displacement:
 20,166 t light; 20,969 t standard; 23,750 t normal; 25,975 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 580.00 ft / 580.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 26.60 ft (normal load)
 176.78 m / 176.78 m x 27.43 m  x 8.11 m

Armament:
      8 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1905 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
      12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, evenly spread
 Weight of broadside 7,296 lbs / 3,309 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 120.00 ft / 36.58 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   70.00 ft / 21.34 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  11.0" / 279 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 43,148 shp / 32,188 Kw = 23.00 kts
 Range 5,800nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,006 tons

Complement:
 956 - 1,243

Cost:
 £1.930 million / $7.718 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 912 tons, 3.8 %
 Armour: 7,539 tons, 31.7 %
    - Belts: 2,444 tons, 10.3 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 722 tons, 3.0 %
    - Armament: 2,061 tons, 8.7 %
    - Armour Deck: 2,116 tons, 8.9 %
    - Conning Tower: 196 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 3,269 tons, 13.8 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,446 tons, 35.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,584 tons, 15.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   34,184 lbs / 15,506 Kg = 39.6 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 5.5 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
 Metacentric height 5.4 ft / 1.6 m
 Roll period: 16.3 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.52

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.599
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.44 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 24.08 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
 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:  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Mid (67 %):  24.00 ft / 7.32 m (16.00 ft / 4.88 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
    - Stern:  16.00 ft / 4.88 m
    - Average freeboard: 21.52 ft / 6.56 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 94.7 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.5 %
 Waterplane Area: 38,130 Square feet or 3,542 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 157 lbs/sq ft or 766 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.95
  - Longitudinal: 1.59
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
 Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

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