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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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:
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