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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

I just got out my 1903 Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships

I got out my copy of the 1903 Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, so that I could try putting Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship for the British Navy into Springsharp. I was able to do better today. The main compromise is that the displacement is considerably greater than whan Colonel Cuniberti had thought would work. He specified 17,000 tons, while my design, based on his, is 21,800 tons normal displacement. This is as close as I have come to achieving his specification:
Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1904 (Engine 1908)

Displacement:
 19,739 t light; 20,673 t standard; 21,800 t normal; 22,702 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 513.00 ft / 510.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
 156.36 m / 155.45 m x 25.91 m  x 9.14 m

Armament:
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, all amidships
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns in single mounts, 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on side, evenly spread
      12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1904 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
      6 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1904 Model
   Quick firing guns in deck mounts 
   on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 10,549 lbs / 4,785 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 510.00 ft / 155.45 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
 Upper: 12.0" / 305 mm 185.00 ft / 56.39 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
   Main Belt covers 154 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.00" / 25 mm 335.00 ft / 102.11 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  12.0" / 305 mm
 2nd: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  12.0" / 305 mm
 3rd: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  12.0" / 305 mm
 4th: 6.00" / 152 mm       -         -

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 50,606 shp / 37,752 Kw = 24.00 kts
 Range 4,800nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,029 tons

Complement:
 896 - 1,166

Cost:
 £2.156 million / $8.625 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,319 tons, 6.0 %
 Armour: 7,743 tons, 35.5 %
    - Belts: 3,075 tons, 14.1 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 372 tons, 1.7 %
    - Armament: 2,987 tons, 13.7 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,159 tons, 5.3 %
    - Conning Tower: 151 tons, 0.7 %
 Machinery: 2,556 tons, 11.7 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,121 tons, 37.3 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,061 tons, 9.5 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   23,359 lbs / 10,596 Kg = 27.0 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00
 Metacentric height 3.9 ft / 1.2 m
 Roll period: 18.0 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.587
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 22.58 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
    - Mid (50 %):  24.00 ft / 7.32 m (15.00 ft / 4.57 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
    - Stern:  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
    - Average freeboard: 19.74 ft / 6.02 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 108.7 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.5 %
 Waterplane Area: 31,313 Square feet or 2,909 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 93 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 177 lbs/sq ft or 863 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.92
  - Longitudinal: 2.12
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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