HMS Warrior, Great Britain 3rd Class Battleship laid down 1910 Displacement: 7,737 t light; 8,144 t standard; 9,210 t normal; 10,062 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 421.47 ft / 418.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 26.00 ft (normal load) 128.46 m / 127.41 m x 17.68 m x 7.92 m Armament: 4 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (2x2 guns), 250.00lbs / 113.40kg shells, 1910 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 10 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (5x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships, 1 raised mount - superfiring 8 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts 12 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns in single mounts, 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1910 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 2,404 lbs / 1,090 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 150 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 280.00 ft / 85.34 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 280.00 ft / 85.34 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 3rd: 2.00" / 51 mm - - 4th: 1.00" / 25 mm - - - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 21,531 shp / 16,062 Kw = 22.00 kts Range 5,200nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 1,918 tons Complement: 469 - 611 Cost: £0.650 million / $2.601 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 303 tons, 3.3 % Armour: 3,696 tons, 40.1 % - Belts: 1,529 tons, 16.6 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 389 tons, 4.2 % - Armament: 797 tons, 8.6 % - Armour Deck: 906 tons, 9.8 % - Conning Tower: 76 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 890 tons, 9.7 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,848 tons, 30.9 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,473 tons, 16.0 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 13,672 lbs / 6,201 Kg = 53.4 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 3.2 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.01 Metacentric height 2.3 ft / 0.7 m Roll period: 16.2 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.511 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.21 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 20.45 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 degrees Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Average freeboard: 14.56 ft / 4.44 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.5 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 92.8 % Waterplane Area: 16,322 Square feet or 1,516 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 107 lbs/sq ft or 525 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.93 - Longitudinal: 2.01 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
My anachronistic version of the 3rd Class Battleship Warrior
I have played around with anachronistic versions of HMS Warrior since I was a teenager. This one works moderately well, as a 3rd Class Battleship or Armoured Cruiser laid down in 1910. It is suitable for service in distant waters or as a convoy escort. The armament is mixed, with 4-8in BLR, 10-6in QF, 8-4in QF, and 12-6pdr QF guns. The belt is 8in with the main and secondary armaments in twin turrets. The dimensions are those of the original ship from 1860, but laid down in 1910:
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