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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:
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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