GB/CB/1912 (Super Lion), Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1917)
Displacement:
38,412 t light; 40,354 t standard; 45,000 t normal; 48,717 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
- 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, 229,000 shp / 170,834 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 7,800nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,362 tons
Complement:
1,544 - 2,008
Cost:
£4.428 million / $17.710 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,271 tons, 5.0 %
Armour: 8,350 tons, 18.6 %
- Belts: 2,399 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 2,360 tons, 5.2 %
- Armour Deck: 3,373 tons, 7.5 %
- Conning Tower: 218 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 8,394 tons, 18.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,396 tons, 43.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,588 tons, 14.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
50,970 lbs / 23,120 Kg = 30.2 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 3.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 6.8 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 16.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.92
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.583
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): 98.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 212.0 %
Waterplane Area: 60,779 Square feet or 5,647 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 217 lbs/sq ft or 1,062 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.56
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Monday, August 07, 2006
The Super Lion design (GB/CB/1912) from the Blue Book
The Blue Book version of the Super Lion design is very expansive, if under-armoured. I have an inboard profile of a 812ft long ship with 10-15in guns and the armouring plan. I extrapolated that into a Springsharp design. The normal displacement I used is 45,000 tons. I added a 12-6in QF gun secondary armament with guns in shields with armoured hoists. There is a patch of 8in side armour of limited length, with large areas covered by 4in armour. The speed is a very fast 33 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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