GB/CB/1918 "Super Fast", Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1918 (Engine 1950) Displacement: 31,782 t light; 32,930 t standard; 34,500 t normal; 35,756 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 801.29 ft / 800.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load) 244.23 m / 243.84 m x 25.91 m x 9.14 m Armament: 4 - 17.00" / 432 mm guns (2x2 guns), 2,456.50lbs / 1,114.25kg shells, 1918 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 4 - 0.00" / 0.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.00lbs / 0.00kg shells, 1918 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts 12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns (6x2 guns), 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1918 Model Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts Weight of broadside 10,210 lbs / 4,631 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 80 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 430.00 ft / 131.06 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m Ends: Unarmoured Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 230.00 ft / 70.10 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Main Belt covers 83 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 430.00 ft / 131.06 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 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: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 4 shafts, 271,404 shp / 202,467 Kw = 36.00 kts Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,826 tons Complement: 1,265 - 1,645 Cost: £6.187 million / $24.747 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 1,276 tons, 3.7 % Armour: 5,598 tons, 16.2 % - Belts: 1,802 tons, 5.2 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 461 tons, 1.3 % - Armament: 1,326 tons, 3.8 % - Armour Deck: 1,826 tons, 5.3 % - Conning Tower: 183 tons, 0.5 % Machinery: 6,493 tons, 18.8 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,415 tons, 53.4 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,718 tons, 7.9 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 43,152 lbs / 19,573 Kg = 17.6 x 17.0 " / 432 mm shells or 4.5 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.07 Metacentric height 4.5 ft / 1.4 m Roll period: 16.8 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.85 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak Block coefficient: 0.592 Length to Beam Ratio: 9.41 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 37.00 ft / 11.28 m - Forecastle (20 %): 33.00 ft / 10.06 m - Mid (44 %): 33.00 ft / 10.06 m (25.00 ft / 7.62 m aft of break) - Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Average freeboard: 28.84 ft / 8.79 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 116.1 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 207.8 % Waterplane Area: 49,359 Square feet or 4,586 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 233 lbs/sq ft or 1,135 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 1.30 - Longitudinal: 2.11 - Overall: 1.36 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
At cut at the "Super Fast" battlecruiser
I don't know if this qualifies as "Super Fast", but I have a Springsharp design for the "Super Fast" battlecruiser that can make 36 knots. The machinery is 41.8 SHP/ton. This is trying to be faithful to the original sketch design from 18 July 1973. I took the liberty of increasing the draft from 29.7ft to 30ft, and the Standard displacement is a bit more than the original 32,000 tons. I had hoped for, can you believe it, 52 knots! I know now that was based on erroneous extrapolation from speed and power curves. This is the Springsharp report:
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