The GB/BB/1914 design drawn in August 2001

I really need to scan some of these drawings, as they are pretty interesting (to me). I just ran the GB/BB/1914 design through Springsharp. I used rather modest armor estimates and a moderate speed (23 knots). The ship is 800ft x 120ft x 30ft, and the originally intended displacement was only 45,000 tons. That is way too low for adequate strength. I had to greatly increase that to be viable. This is the Springsharp report:

GB/BB/1914, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1914

Displacement:
 50,639 t light; 53,002 t standard; 56,500 t normal; 59,299 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 800.00 ft / 800.00 ft x 120.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
 243.84 m / 243.84 m x 36.58 m  x 9.14 m

Armament:
      9 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2,916.00lbs / 1,322.68kg shells, 1914 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
   Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
      20 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (10x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1914 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all forward, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 27,494 lbs / 12,471 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 430.00 ft / 131.06 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 83 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  3.00" / 76 mm 430.00 ft / 131.06 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 11.0" / 279 mm  18.0" / 457 mm
 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm  5.00" / 127 mm

   - Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 69,918 shp / 52,159 Kw = 23.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 6,297 tons

Complement:
 1,832 - 2,382

Cost:
 £6.410 million / $25.639 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 3,437 tons, 6.1 %
 Armour: 20,809 tons, 36.8 %
    - Belts: 5,348 tons, 9.5 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,384 tons, 2.4 %
    - Armament: 6,473 tons, 11.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 7,033 tons, 12.4 %
    - Conning Tower: 571 tons, 1.0 %
 Machinery: 2,693 tons, 4.8 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 23,700 tons, 41.9 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,861 tons, 10.4 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   96,099 lbs / 43,590 Kg = 33.0 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 16.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
 Metacentric height 7.8 ft / 2.4 m
 Roll period: 18.0 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.45

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.687
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.67 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 41 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -1.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: -1.00 ft / -0.30 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  32.00 ft / 9.75 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Mid (67 %):  28.00 ft / 8.53 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Stern:  20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Average freeboard: 25.68 ft / 7.83 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 73.3 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 203.8 %
 Waterplane Area: 76,030 Square feet or 7,063 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 237 lbs/sq ft or 1,158 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.96
  - Longitudinal: 1.34
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily