GB/CB/1907 Very Fast, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1907 (Engine 1931) Displacement: 24,778 t light; 25,532 t standard; 27,500 t normal; 29,075 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 770.00 ft / 770.00 ft x 87.00 ft x 27.00 ft (normal load) 234.70 m / 234.70 m x 26.52 m x 8.23 m Armament: 4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1907 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 9 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1907 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on side ends, majority aft Weight of broadside 4,428 lbs / 2,009 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 80 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 120 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 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: 6.00" / 152 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 249,641 shp / 186,232 Kw = 36.50 kts Range 8,200nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 3,543 tons Complement: 1,067 - 1,388 Cost: £2.377 million / $9.509 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 554 tons, 2.0 % Armour: 6,409 tons, 23.3 % - Belts: 2,086 tons, 7.6 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 833 tons, 3.0 % - Armament: 822 tons, 3.0 % - Armour Deck: 2,552 tons, 9.3 % - Conning Tower: 118 tons, 0.4 % Machinery: 7,465 tons, 27.1 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,350 tons, 37.6 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,722 tons, 9.9 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 33,579 lbs / 15,231 Kg = 38.9 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.8 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.30 Metacentric height 6.5 ft / 2.0 m Roll period: 14.3 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.532 Length to Beam Ratio: 8.85 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 27.75 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 % 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): 134.1 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 219.8 % Waterplane Area: 45,977 Square feet or 4,271 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 107 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 147 lbs/sq ft or 717 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.97 - Longitudinal: 1.37 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
This is the very fast version of the GB/CB/1907 design
I also had minimal specifications for the very fast version of the GB/CB/1907 design. This had 4-12in/50 guns and slightly thicker armor (5in belt). It was planned to be extravagantly fast: 43.9 knots. In fact, only 36.5 knots is possible, and that only with very light machinery. This is the Springsharp report:
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