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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