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Saturday, September 10, 2005

The Ger/BB/1916 redone

Another related drawing from September 9, 2001, was for a Ger/BB/1916 battleship design. It was related to the last, except with heavier armament. I think that the original concept may have been for 9-18in/45 guns, but by 2001, I had assumed that the armament would be 9-20in/45 guns with the 16 secondary guns which I still think were to be 5in QF guns. Springsharp allowed the design, as originally entered. The steadiness is suspect, but otherwise, the design seems to work. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1916, Germany Battleship laid down 1916

Displacement:
 62,801 t light; 65,855 t standard; 70,000 t normal; 73,316 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 760.00 ft / 760.00 ft x 130.00 ft x 37.00 ft (normal load)
 231.65 m / 231.65 m x 39.62 m  x 11.28 m

Armament:
      9 - 20.00" / 508 mm guns (3x3 guns), 4,000.00lbs / 1,814.37kg shells, 1916 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
      16 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1916 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, all amidships
 Weight of broadside 37,000 lbs / 16,783 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 460.00 ft / 140.21 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 93 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  4.00" / 102 mm 460.00 ft / 140.21 m 38.00 ft / 11.58 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 20.0" / 508 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, 149,347 shp / 111,413 Kw = 27.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 7,462 tons

Complement:
 2,151 - 2,797

Cost:
 £11.229 million / $44.915 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,625 tons, 6.6 %
 Armour: 26,951 tons, 38.5 %
    - Belts: 6,369 tons, 9.1 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 2,587 tons, 3.7 %
    - Armament: 5,927 tons, 8.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 11,410 tons, 16.3 %
    - Conning Tower: 659 tons, 0.9 %
 Machinery: 5,564 tons, 7.9 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 25,661 tons, 36.7 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,199 tons, 10.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   84,577 lbs / 38,364 Kg = 21.1 x 20.0 " / 508 mm shells or 14.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
 Metacentric height 9.6 ft / 2.9 m
 Roll period: 17.6 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.03

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.670
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.85 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 27.57 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  30.00 ft / 9.14 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Mid (50 %):  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Stern:  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Average freeboard: 22.64 ft / 6.90 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.6 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 150.2 %
 Waterplane Area: 77,095 Square feet or 7,162 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 93 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 255 lbs/sq ft or 1,244 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.96
  - Longitudinal: 1.47
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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