GB/BB/1919, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1919
Displacement:
47,618 t light; 49,778 t standard; 54,250 t normal; 57,828 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
814.03 ft / 812.00 ft x 104.00 ft x 33.00 ft (normal load)
248.12 m / 247.50 m x 31.70 m x 10.06 m
Armament:
9 - 16.50" / 419 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2,425.00lbs / 1,099.96kg shells, 1919 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority aft, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring
16 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (8x2 guns), 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 1919 Model
Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
6 - 4.70" / 119 mm guns in single mounts, 51.91lbs / 23.55kg shells, 1919 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread
36 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (9x4 guns), 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 1919 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 23,808 lbs / 10,799 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4.00" / 102 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 6.00" / 152 mm, Conning tower: 14.00" / 356 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 122,724 shp / 91,552 Kw = 28.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,050 tons
Complement:
1,776 - 2,310
Cost:
£10.082 million / $40.327 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,791 tons, 5.1 %
Armour: 20,507 tons, 37.8 %
- Belts: 5,177 tons, 9.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,478 tons, 4.6 %
- Armament: 4,707 tons, 8.7 %
- Armour Deck: 7,713 tons, 14.2 %
- Conning Tower: 432 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 4,358 tons, 8.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,962 tons, 36.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,632 tons, 12.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
79,895 lbs / 36,240 Kg = 35.6 x 16.5 " / 419 mm shells or 13.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
Metacentric height 6.2 ft / 1.9 m
Roll period: 17.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.19
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.681
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.81 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32.56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Mid (67 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Stern: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Average freeboard: 23.48 ft / 7.16 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.4 %
Waterplane Area: 69,486 Square feet or 6,455 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 212 lbs/sq ft or 1,036 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.19
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Friday, November 25, 2005
My current version of a 1919 British fast battleship
Continuing the current British fast battleship series is the 1919 version. The British considered 16.5in guns and I have adopted them. 16in guns were too small for that date, considering that larger guns were being actively developed. I had wanted 29 knots for this ship, but the size increase was greater than I wanted to have. I settled for a 28-knot ship with 9-16.5in BLR, 16-6in QF, 6-4.7in AA, and 36-2pdr AA guns. The armour basis is 14in. The deck is a respectable 6in. The torpedo bulkhead is a robust 4in. The hull is flush-decked and has a transom stern. This is the Springsharp report:
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