GB/CB/1912 (Super Lion), Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1917) Displacement: 39,500 t light; 41,467 t standard; 46,200 t normal; 49,987 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 812.00 ft / 812.00 ft x 104.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load) 247.50 m / 247.50 m x 31.70 m x 9.75 m Armament: 8 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,920.00lbs / 870.90kg shells, 1912 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring 2 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1,920.00lbs / 870.90kg shells, 1912 Model Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette) on centreline amidships 12 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 1912 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 20,400 lbs / 9,253 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 90 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 280.00 ft / 85.34 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 405.00 ft / 123.44 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m 127.00 ft / 38.71 m Unarmoured ends Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 655.00 ft / 199.64 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Main Belt covers 53 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 460.00 ft / 140.21 m 32.00 ft / 9.75 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 234,418 shp / 174,876 Kw = 33.00 kts Range 7,800nm at 18.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 8,520 tons Complement: 1,575 - 2,048 Cost: £4.493 million / $17.974 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 2,271 tons, 4.9 % Armour: 9,221 tons, 20.0 % - Belts: 2,400 tons, 5.2 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 817 tons, 1.8 % - Armament: 2,360 tons, 5.1 % - Armour Deck: 3,423 tons, 7.4 % - Conning Tower: 222 tons, 0.5 % Machinery: 8,593 tons, 18.6 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,415 tons, 42.0 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,700 tons, 14.5 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 52,852 lbs / 23,973 Kg = 31.3 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 5.8 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15 Metacentric height 6.9 ft / 2.1 m Roll period: 16.6 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.89 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.598 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.81 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 28.50 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 35.00 ft / 10.67 m - Forecastle (20 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m - Mid (71 %): 30.00 ft / 9.14 m (22.00 ft / 6.71 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Average freeboard: 28.08 ft / 8.56 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 120.5 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 210.9 % Waterplane Area: 61,670 Square feet or 5,729 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 215 lbs/sq ft or 1,051 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.96 - Longitudinal: 1.46 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Monday, August 07, 2006
How about a torpedo bulkhead for the Super Lion?
I had an oversight in my last post about the Super Lion. I realized that the ship did not have a torpedo bulkhead. I raised the normal displacement and added a 1.5in bulkhead, while retaining the other characteristics:
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