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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

From a sketch for a GB/CB/1915 design

This is from a pencil sketch with weights for a GB/CB/1915 design. The advantage of using it is that there are armour lengths explicitly specified. One thing that is immediately obvious is that the hull weight I had originally hoped for was too low, by a great deal. This was intended to have about a 26ft draft and be 35,000 tons, standard. The actual Springsharp report turned out differently:
GB/CB/1915 variant, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1921)

Displacement:
 37,387 t light; 38,881 t standard; 41,200 t normal; 43,056 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 851.73 ft / 850.00 ft x 105.00 ft x 26.00 ft (normal load)
 259.61 m / 259.08 m x 32.00 m  x 7.92 m

Armament:
      8 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,687.50lbs / 765.44kg shells, 1915 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
      16 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1915 Model
   Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
   on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 14,831 lbs / 6,727 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 535.00 ft / 163.07 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 225.00 ft / 68.58 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
   90.00 ft / 27.43 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 535.00 ft / 163.07 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 97 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 535.00 ft / 163.07 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  8.00" / 203 mm
 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm  2.00" / 51 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.50" / 64 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 218,200 shp / 162,777 Kw = 33.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 4,175 tons

Complement:
 1,445 - 1,879

Cost:
 £5.698 million / $22.794 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,854 tons, 4.5 %
 Armour: 9,856 tons, 23.9 %
    - Belts: 3,104 tons, 7.5 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,029 tons, 2.5 %
    - Armament: 2,437 tons, 5.9 %
    - Armour Deck: 3,080 tons, 7.5 %
    - Conning Tower: 206 tons, 0.5 %
 Machinery: 7,514 tons, 18.2 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,163 tons, 44.1 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,813 tons, 9.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   55,959 lbs / 25,382 Kg = 33.2 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 6.8 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
 Metacentric height 7.3 ft / 2.2 m
 Roll period: 16.3 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.66
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.05

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.621
 Length to Beam Ratio: 8.10 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 29.15 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
 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:  33.00 ft / 10.06 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
    - Mid (67 %):  31.00 ft / 9.45 m (23.00 ft / 7.01 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Stern:  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Average freeboard: 28.52 ft / 8.69 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 114.5 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 252.7 %
 Waterplane Area: 66,591 Square feet or 6,187 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 196 lbs/sq ft or 955 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.98
  - Longitudinal: 1.15
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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