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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The "modernized" HMS Narcissus

My modernized HMS Narcissus is not a memorable design. It turned out as sort of a WWII-looking convoy cruiser with a 22 knot speed. The armament is 4-8in, 6-4inAA, 8-40mm AA, and 4-20mm AA guns. The belt is 8in with a 2in deck. It has 1.5in anti-torpedo bulkhead. The range is 6,500 miles at 12 knots. This is one of my series of designs that use old ship dimesions with an anachronistically modern look. The Narcissus has two funnels and a pole foremast and stub mainmast. This is the Springsharp report:
HMS Narcissus, Great Britain Belted Cruiser laid down 1910

Displacement:
 4,816 t light; 5,015 t standard; 5,600 t normal; 6,068 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 317.10 ft / 315.00 ft x 56.00 ft x 22.50 ft (normal load)
 96.65 m / 96.01 m x 17.07 m  x 6.86 m

Armament:
      4 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (2x2 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1910 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread
      6 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (3x2 guns), 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1910 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships, 1 raised mount - superfiring
      8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1910 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts 
   on centreline, all aft
      4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1910 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts 
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 1,233 lbs / 559 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 120

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 260.00 ft / 79.25 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 127 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.50" / 38 mm 260.00 ft / 79.25 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  8.00" / 203 mm
 2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm  1.00" / 25 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 2 shafts, 18,255 shp / 13,618 Kw = 22.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 1,054 tons

Complement:
 323 - 420

Cost:
 £0.404 million / $1.614 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 154 tons, 2.8 %
 Armour: 2,151 tons, 38.4 %
    - Belts: 1,030 tons, 18.4 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 303 tons, 5.4 %
    - Armament: 331 tons, 5.9 %
    - Armour Deck: 432 tons, 7.7 %
    - Conning Tower: 54 tons, 1.0 %
 Machinery: 754 tons, 13.5 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,757 tons, 31.4 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 784 tons, 14.0 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   8,437 lbs / 3,827 Kg = 33.0 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.3 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
 Metacentric height 2.6 ft / 0.8 m
 Roll period: 14.5 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.32
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has raised quarterdeck 
 Block coefficient: 0.494
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.63 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 17.75 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: 1.00 ft / 0.30 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  21.00 ft / 6.40 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 14.50 ft / 4.42 m
    - Mid (50 %):  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.50 ft / 4.42 m (14.00 ft / 4.27 m before break)
    - Stern:  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
    - Average freeboard: 14.93 ft / 4.55 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101.9 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 99.0 %
 Waterplane Area: 11,688 Square feet or 1,086 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 114 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 94 lbs/sq ft or 459 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.88
  - Longitudinal: 3.19
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

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