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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:
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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