Ger/BB/1916 Red Book, Germany Battleship laid down 1916 (Engine 1927) Displacement: 82,140 t light; 86,128 t standard; 92,500 t normal; 97,597 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 905.80 ft / 900.00 ft x 150.00 ft x 35.70 ft (normal load) 276.09 m / 274.32 m x 45.72 m x 10.88 m Armament: 10 - 21.00" / 533 mm guns (4 mounts), 4,630.50lbs / 2,100.36kg shells, 1916 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring 24 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (12x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1916 Model Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 47,805 lbs / 21,684 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 80 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 620.00 ft / 188.98 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m Ends: Unarmoured Upper: 16.0" / 406 mm 620.00 ft / 188.98 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 7.00" / 178 mm 620.00 ft / 188.98 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 16.0" / 406 mm 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm - Armour deck: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 16.00" / 406 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 4 shafts, 85,287 shp / 63,624 Kw = 22.50 kts Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 11,469 tons Complement: 2,651 - 3,447 Cost: £13.535 million / $54.140 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 5,976 tons, 6.5 % Armour: 37,074 tons, 40.1 % - Belts: 7,856 tons, 8.5 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 4,657 tons, 5.0 % - Armament: 8,243 tons, 8.9 % - Armour Deck: 15,612 tons, 16.9 % - Conning Tower: 705 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 2,692 tons, 2.9 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 36,399 tons, 39.3 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 10,360 tons, 11.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 158,522 lbs / 71,904 Kg = 34.2 x 21.0 " / 533 mm shells or 38.7 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18 Metacentric height 12.4 ft / 3.8 m Roll period: 17.9 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 68 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.35 Hull form characteristics: Hull has low forecastle Block coefficient: 0.672 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 30.00 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 38 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m - Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m (27.00 ft / 8.23 m aft of break) - Mid (50 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Average freeboard: 25.86 ft / 7.88 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 66.8 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 193.0 % Waterplane Area: 105,490 Square feet or 9,800 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 102 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 274 lbs/sq ft or 1,339 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.97 - Longitudinal: 1.25 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
My very large battleship design: Ger/BB/1916
This is another Ger/BB/1916 design, but this ship is very large. The length is relatively short at 900ft, but the displacement is substantial, intended to be 80,000 tons standard , as is the beam at 150ft. The armament is as large as I have used, being 10-21in BLR and 24-5in QF guns. The speed was low, intended to be 20 knots, but the power I specified, 85,000 SHP could produce 22.5 knots for a ship of this length and displacement. This is the Springsharp report:
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