GB/BB/1912 Super Lion, Great Britain Fast Battleship laid down 1912 (Engine 1927)
Displacement:
38,525 t light; 40,318 t standard; 42,500 t normal; 44,245 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
812.00 ft / 812.00 ft x 97.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
247.50 m / 247.50 m x 29.57 m x 9.14 m
Armament:
8 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,687.51lbs / 765.44kg 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), 1,687.51lbs / 765.44kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline amidships
14 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1912 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
14 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
Weight of broadside 18,387 lbs / 8,340 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 585.00 ft / 178.31 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 200.00 ft / 60.96 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
27.00 ft / 8.23 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 9.00" / 229 mm 585.00 ft / 178.31 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 111 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 585.00 ft / 178.31 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.0" / 330 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 13.0" / 330 mm
2nd: 13.0" / 330 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 13.0" / 330 mm
3rd: 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 13.00" / 330 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 152,772 shp / 113,968 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,927 tons
Complement:
1,479 - 1,923
Cost:
£3.954 million / $15.817 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,298 tons, 5.4 %
Armour: 14,062 tons, 33.1 %
- Belts: 4,891 tons, 11.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,299 tons, 3.1 %
- Armament: 4,245 tons, 10.0 %
- Armour Deck: 3,286 tons, 7.7 %
- Conning Tower: 341 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 4,822 tons, 11.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 17,342 tons, 40.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,975 tons, 9.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
55,460 lbs / 25,156 Kg = 32.9 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 7.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 17.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.92
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.09
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.630
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
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: 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Mid (72 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m (18.00 ft / 5.49 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Stern: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 24.08 ft / 7.34 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 186.1 %
Waterplane Area: 59,210 Square feet or 5,501 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 101 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 205 lbs/sq ft or 1,002 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.12
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent


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