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Thursday, October 13, 2005

My Ger/BB/1942 very large battleship

I have a very large battleship design for the Germans from February 1999. I like my specifications for Springsharp better than what I had thought valid in 1999. The sketch is for a 115,000 ton ship of 31 knots with a 17in armor basis and 9-21in guns. My take on this is that it cannot be as good as Springsharp says. Otherwise, we would have built fleets of them. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1942, Germany Battleship laid down 1942

Displacement:
 103,444 t light; 107,684 t standard; 115,000 t normal; 120,853 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 1,153.83 ft / 1,150.00 ft x 145.00 ft x 35.00 ft (normal load)
 351.69 m / 350.52 m x 44.20 m  x 10.67 m

Armament:
      9 - 21.00" / 533 mm guns (3x3 guns), 4,630.50lbs / 2,100.36kg shells, 1942 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
      12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (6x2 guns), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1942 Model
   Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships
      8 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (4x2 guns), 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1942 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
      44 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (11x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts 
   on side ends, majority aft, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
      6 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
   Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts 
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 43,314 lbs / 19,647 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 760.00 ft / 231.65 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  4.00" / 102 mm 760.00 ft / 231.65 m 34.00 ft / 10.36 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 11.0" / 279 mm  17.0" / 432 mm
 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  6.00" / 152 mm
 3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm  1.00" / 25 mm
 4th: 1.00" / 25 mm       -         -
 5th: 1.00" / 25 mm       -         -

   - Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 17.00" / 432 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 299,679 shp / 223,560 Kw = 31.00 kts
 Range 9,000nm at 18.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 13,168 tons

Complement:
 3,122 - 4,059

Cost:
 £58.956 million / $235.824 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 5,414 tons, 4.7 %
 Armour: 38,376 tons, 33.4 %
    - Belts: 9,399 tons, 8.2 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 3,824 tons, 3.3 %
    - Armament: 7,138 tons, 6.2 %
    - Armour Deck: 17,149 tons, 14.9 %
    - Conning Tower: 866 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 7,829 tons, 6.8 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 51,825 tons, 45.1 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 11,556 tons, 10.0 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   207,629 lbs / 94,179 Kg = 44.8 x 21.0 " / 533 mm shells or 43.2 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
 Metacentric height 13.3 ft / 4.1 m
 Roll period: 16.7 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.44
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.19

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck
 Block coefficient: 0.690
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.93 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 33.91 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
 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:  35.00 ft / 10.67 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Mid (50 %):  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Stern:  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Average freeboard: 26.72 ft / 8.14 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 66.9 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 210.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 132,421 Square feet or 12,302 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 308 lbs/sq ft or 1,502 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 1.23
  - Longitudinal: 0.94
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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