GB/BB/1905, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1905 Displacement: 16,560 t light; 17,272 t standard; 18,850 t normal; 20,112 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 540.00 ft / 540.00 ft x 80.00 ft x 27.00 ft (normal load) 164.59 m / 164.59 m x 24.38 m x 8.23 m Armament: 8 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1905 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring 16 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model Quick firing guns in casemate mounts on side, evenly spread, 8 raised mounts Weight of broadside 7,424 lbs / 3,367 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 80 4 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm submerged torpedo tubes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 365.00 ft / 111.25 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 175.00 ft / 53.34 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 365.00 ft / 111.25 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 26,418 shp / 19,708 Kw = 21.00 kts Range 4,500nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,840 tons (100% coal) Complement: 803 - 1,045 Cost: £1.667 million / $6.669 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 928 tons, 4.9 % Armour: 6,569 tons, 34.9 % - Belts: 3,031 tons, 16.1 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 527 tons, 2.8 % - Armament: 1,727 tons, 9.2 % - Armour Deck: 1,132 tons, 6.0 % - Conning Tower: 153 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 2,202 tons, 11.7 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,861 tons, 36.4 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,290 tons, 12.1 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 24,306 lbs / 11,025 Kg = 28.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08 Metacentric height 4.2 ft / 1.3 m Roll period: 16.4 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.566 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.75 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 23.24 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m - Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Mid (67 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m (14.00 ft / 4.27 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Stern: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Average freeboard: 19.68 ft / 6.00 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 103.2 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 143.6 % Waterplane Area: 30,594 Square feet or 2,842 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 102 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 742 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.95 - Longitudinal: 1.66 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
A battleship in the design philosophy of my "lost series"
I believe that my battleship design in the series that is lost, perhaps permanently, included a feature where the guns, even in 1905, were on the centerline, but there were only four turrets, not five. I tried this approach for a 1905 British battleship. There is nothing special here, except that the belt is 16ft high and there are the four turrets, with one superfiring over the other at the stern. If the boilers were oil-fired, the ship could be rather fast. I tried this, in fact, and with no other changes, 22.5 knots could be reached with oil-fired boilers. This is the Springsharp report:
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