GB/DD/1914, Great Britain Destroyer laid down 1914 (Engine 1918)
Displacement:
923 t light; 959 t standard; 1,040 t normal; 1,105 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
280.00 ft / 280.00 ft x 29.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
85.34 m / 85.34 m x 8.84 m x 3.66 m
Armament:
4 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1914 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
1 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns in single mounts, 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1914 Model
Anti-aircraft gun in deck mount
on side amidships
Weight of broadside 134 lbs / 61 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 29,517 shp / 22,020 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 3,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 146 tons
Complement:
91 - 119
Cost:
£0.161 million / $0.646 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 17 tons, 1.6 %
Machinery: 575 tons, 55.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 331 tons, 31.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 117 tons, 11.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
257 lbs / 117 Kg = 8.0 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.35
Metacentric height 1.3 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 10.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.37
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.374
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.66 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 72 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (35 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 14.96 ft / 4.56 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 191.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 98.1 %
Waterplane Area: 5,125 Square feet or 476 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 46 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 28 lbs/sq ft or 135 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.42
- Longitudinal: 3.99
- Overall: 0.53
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Friday, December 23, 2005
A new design series starting with the GB/DD/1914
One of my main concerns about Springsharp is that destroyer machinery is too heavy. I believe that this will eventually be corrected, perhaps in the next version. I thought that the next design series should study British destroyers. This is my concept for a 1914 British design: the GB/DD/1914. I wanted 1,000 tons , or so, at least 34 knots, and a 3,500nm range. The armament is not particularly interesting, but reasonable at 4-4in QF, 1-6pdr AA, and 4-21in TT. One gun is superfiring. This is the Springsharp report:
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