GB/BB/1915 BBX, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1915
Displacement:
67,209 t light; 70,375 t standard; 74,300 t normal; 77,440 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
852.08 ft / 850.00 ft x 135.00 ft x 36.00 ft (normal load)
259.71 m / 259.08 m x 41.15 m x 10.97 m
Armament:
9 - 20.00" / 508 mm guns (3x3 guns), 4,000.00lbs / 1,814.37kg shells, 1915 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
24 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (12x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all forward, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 37,500 lbs / 17,010 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 435.00 ft / 132.59 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 79 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4.00" / 102 mm 435.00 ft / 132.59 m 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 12.0" / 305 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 108,743 shp / 81,122 Kw = 25.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,065 tons
Complement:
2,249 - 2,925
Cost:
£9.988 million / $39.950 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4,688 tons, 6.3 %
Armour: 28,942 tons, 39.0 %
- Belts: 6,201 tons, 8.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,253 tons, 3.0 %
- Armament: 7,036 tons, 9.5 %
- Armour Deck: 12,767 tons, 17.2 %
- Conning Tower: 685 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 4,119 tons, 5.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 29,460 tons, 39.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,091 tons, 9.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
108,870 lbs / 49,383 Kg = 27.2 x 20.0 " / 508 mm shells or 20.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 9.9 ft / 3.0 m
Roll period: 18.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.40
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.630
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.30 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.00 ft / 0.30 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 24.64 ft / 7.51 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 175.3 %
Waterplane Area: 86,262 Square feet or 8,014 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 261 lbs/sq ft or 1,277 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.36
- 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
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Monday, September 19, 2005
The GB/BB/1915 "BBX" design based on my August 2001 drawing
I have this drawing of the GB/BB/1915, my friend Cliff's "BBX" design, that I just ran through SpringSharp. This drawing attributes the 20in guns to the design. I used the dimensions from the drawing, estimated armor, and adjusted displacement and speed to work in SpringSharp. This is the report:
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