HMS Inflexible, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1910 Displacement: 10,283 t light; 10,750 t standard; 11,880 t normal; 12,784 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 346.94 ft / 344.00 ft x 75.00 ft x 25.50 ft (normal load) 105.75 m / 104.85 m x 22.86 m x 7.77 m Armament: 4 - 13.50" / 343 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1,230.19lbs / 558.00kg shells, 1910 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 6 - 5.25" / 133 mm guns (3x2 guns), 72.35lbs / 32.82kg shells, 1910 Model Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring 16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1910 Model Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts on side, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts 6 - 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 Weight of broadside 5,388 lbs / 2,444 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 75 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 225.00 ft / 68.58 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 2.00" / 51 mm 225.00 ft / 68.58 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm - Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 14.00" / 356 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 13,537 shp / 10,099 Kw = 18.00 kts Range 7,800nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,034 tons Complement: 568 - 739 Cost: £1.004 million / $4.016 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 673 tons, 5.7 % Armour: 5,249 tons, 44.2 % - Belts: 1,722 tons, 14.5 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 416 tons, 3.5 % - Armament: 1,156 tons, 9.7 % - Armour Deck: 1,798 tons, 15.1 % - Conning Tower: 157 tons, 1.3 % Machinery: 559 tons, 4.7 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,801 tons, 32.0 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,597 tons, 13.4 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 17,082 lbs / 7,748 Kg = 13.9 x 13.5 " / 343 mm shells or 4.2 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07 Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m Roll period: 16.4 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.46 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.632 Length to Beam Ratio: 4.59 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 18.55 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 % 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: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Forecastle (20 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Mid (50 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Stern: 13.00 ft / 3.96 m - Average freeboard: 13.40 ft / 4.08 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78.8 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84.7 % Waterplane Area: 19,440 Square feet or 1,806 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 142 lbs/sq ft or 694 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.89 - Longitudinal: 2.75 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
My anchronistic HMS Inflexible
My HMS Inflexible came out as a flush-decked coast defense battleship, brought up to later standards, with a raked bow, flush-deck, tower mast, and more modern guns and turrets, as well as machinery. I used an armament of 4-13.5in BLR, 6-5.25in QF, 16-40mm AA, and 6-20mm AA guns. The armor basis is 14in. The maximum speed is just 18 knots with a 12 knot cruising speed. For a coast defense battleship, the range is long, so perhaps is it is a suitable convoy escort ship. This is another of my fun designs, with archaic dimensions with a modern look. This is the Springsharp report:
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