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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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:
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