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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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:
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