GB/CA/1904, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1904 (Engine 1907) Displacement: 15,467 t light; 16,263 t standard; 18,200 t normal; 19,750 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 556.00 ft / 556.00 ft x 75.00 ft x 26.50 ft (normal load) 169.47 m / 169.47 m x 22.86 m x 8.08 m Armament: 4 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (2x2 guns), 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 1904 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 12 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x3 guns), 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 1904 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships 12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1904 Model Quick firing guns in casemate mounts on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 6,464 lbs / 2,932 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 110 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 176.00 ft / 53.64 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m Main Belt covers 105 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 54,077 shp / 40,342 Kw = 25.50 kts Range 5,400nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 3,487 tons Complement: 783 - 1,018 Cost: £1.666 million / $6.664 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 827 tons, 4.5 % Armour: 4,761 tons, 26.2 % - Belts: 1,478 tons, 8.1 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 366 tons, 2.0 % - Armament: 1,695 tons, 9.3 % - Armour Deck: 1,104 tons, 6.1 % - Conning Tower: 119 tons, 0.7 % Machinery: 3,073 tons, 16.9 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,807 tons, 37.4 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,733 tons, 15.0 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 21,876 lbs / 9,923 Kg = 56.2 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 3.0 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.09 Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m Roll period: 16.1 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.85 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.29 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.576 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.41 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 23.58 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 % 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: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m - Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Mid (67 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m (17.00 ft / 5.18 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Stern: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Average freeboard: 22.60 ft / 6.89 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 122.0 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.4 % Waterplane Area: 29,833 Square feet or 2,772 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 147 lbs/sq ft or 715 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.94 - Longitudinal: 1.79 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
HMS Unapproachable armoured cruiser-variant (Corrected)
This is my variant version of the HMS Unapproachable fast armoured cruiser. I based my variant design on the specification on page 18 of John Roberts' book, Battlecruisers. If I was to build the ship, I would use turbines and oil fuel, and somewhat lightweight machinery. The armour is quite limited, in that the belt height is just 12ft. It is rather like a more modern heavy cruiser in that respect, except that I felt obligated to make the belt be basically complete. This is the correcte3d version. This is my Springsharp report:
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