GB/BB/1910, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1910
Displacement:
25,091 t light; 26,035 t standard; 30,000 t normal; 33,172 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
620.00 ft / 620.00 ft x 100.00 ft x 27.70 ft (normal load)
188.98 m / 188.98 m x 30.48 m x 8.44 m
Armament:
6 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x3 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1910 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1910 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 6,048 lbs / 2,743 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 325.00 ft / 99.06 m 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 295.00 ft / 89.92 m 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
Main Belt covers 81 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
5.00" / 127 mm 325.00 ft / 99.06 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 14.00" / 356 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 49,363 shp / 36,825 Kw = 23.00 kts
Range 9,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,137 tons
Complement:
1,139 - 1,481
Cost:
£1.799 million / $7.195 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 756 tons, 2.5 %
Armour: 12,978 tons, 43.3 %
- Belts: 5,252 tons, 17.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,623 tons, 5.4 %
- Armament: 1,572 tons, 5.2 %
- Armour Deck: 4,239 tons, 14.1 %
- Conning Tower: 291 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 2,040 tons, 6.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 9,317 tons, 31.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,909 tons, 16.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
78,937 lbs / 35,805 Kg = 91.4 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 19.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.34
Metacentric height 8.4 ft / 2.6 m
Roll period: 14.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.22
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.51
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.611
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.20 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.90 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 21.32 ft / 6.50 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 52.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 160.9 %
Waterplane Area: 45,830 Square feet or 4,258 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 130 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 150 lbs/sq ft or 731 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.38
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
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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Thursday, June 15, 2006
An odd battleship design: GB/BB/1910
I am not sure of the exact date when my friend Cliff had thought he would start production of the design, but I have dubbed it the GB/BB/1910. In the event, Cliff went with a different design than this, but the GB/BB/1910 was very compatible with what he had designed, previously. This ship has a very pre-Dreadnought look, with two turrets, only, one at each end. They just happen to be triple 12in/50 guns, though. The secondary armament is a very weak 8-6in QF guns in two-tiered casemates, in the forward and after superstructures. The boats would have been stored between the after funnel and the mainmast. This is the Springsharp report:
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