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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:
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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