Ger/DM/1915, Germany Destroyer Minelayer laid down 1915 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
2,688 t light; 2,764 t standard; 3,000 t normal; 3,189 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
421.31 ft / 420.00 ft x 40.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
128.42 m / 128.02 m x 12.19 m x 6.10 m
Armament:
3 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1915 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 188 lbs / 85 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 68,746 shp / 51,284 Kw = 36.00 kts
Range 4,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 425 tons
Complement:
202 - 263
Cost:
£0.471 million / $1.884 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 23 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 1,500 tons, 50.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 865 tons, 28.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 312 tons, 10.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 300 tons, 10.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
748 lbs / 339 Kg = 12.0 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 13.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 81 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.31
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.62
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.313
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.49 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 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: 18.74 ft / 5.71 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 178.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 180.5 %
Waterplane Area: 10,502 Square feet or 976 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 79 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs/sq ft or 181 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.43
- Longitudinal: 2.87
- Overall: 0.52
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
A fast German destroyer minelayer
I am experimenting with the fast minelayer sketch designs on this one page of the Red Book. In one respect, I am pleased that a 36-knot destroyer minelayer is possible, but I had wanted more speed than that. What I called the Ger/DM/1915 design is simply the most completely specified ship on the page. There was no armament specified, so I thought 3-5in QF guns appropriate for a very large destroyer. We know that 6in guns are too large for small ships, so 5in seemed like a reasonable alternative. This is the Springsharp report:
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