HMS Imperiuse, Great Britain Belted Cruiser laid down 1910 Displacement: 6,954 t light; 7,361 t standard; 8,500 t normal; 9,411 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 328.15 ft / 325.00 ft x 62.00 ft x 26.75 ft (normal load) 100.02 m / 99.06 m x 18.90 m x 8.15 m Armament: 4 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (2x2 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1910 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 2 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (1x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in a turret (on a barbette) on centreline forward, all raised guns - superfiring 8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships 4 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns in single mounts, 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 2,661 lbs / 1,207 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 150 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 220.00 ft / 67.06 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 220.00 ft / 67.06 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 3rd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4th: 1.00" / 25 mm - - - Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 20,013 shp / 14,930 Kw = 21.00 kts Range 5,500nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,049 tons Complement: 442 - 575 Cost: £0.638 million / $2.554 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 332 tons, 3.9 % Armour: 3,202 tons, 37.7 % - Belts: 1,163 tons, 13.7 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 204 tons, 2.4 % - Armament: 739 tons, 8.7 % - Armour Deck: 1,043 tons, 12.3 % - Conning Tower: 54 tons, 0.6 % Machinery: 827 tons, 9.7 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,592 tons, 30.5 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,546 tons, 18.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 11,976 lbs / 5,432 Kg = 30.8 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02 Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m Roll period: 16.3 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.552 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.24 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 18.03 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Forecastle (20 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m - Mid (50 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m - Stern: 16.00 ft / 4.88 m - Average freeboard: 16.48 ft / 5.02 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.7 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 97.1 % Waterplane Area: 14,088 Square feet or 1,309 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 559 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.86 - Longitudinal: 3.67 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
HMS Imperiuse and Warspite, anachronistic design
I have my HMS Imperiuse design for an anachronistic belted cruiser. The originals were laid down in 1881, but mine would be laid down in 1910. My design works pretty well. I am using Springsharp techniques that I learned from the Red Admiral, from Wesworld. This design has the same calibers and numbers of guns as the original, except they are of newer vintage. The dimensions and displacement is also that of the original. The resulting design is, of course, much more capable:
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