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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