Warrior, anachronistic version, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1907 Displacement: 7,949 t light; 8,360 t standard; 9,210 t normal; 9,890 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 401.15 ft / 398.00 ft x 58.25 ft x 26.00 ft (normal load) 122.27 m / 121.31 m x 17.75 m x 7.92 m Armament: 4 - 6.50" / 165 mm guns (2x2 guns), 140.00lbs / 63.50kg shells, 1907 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread 28 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 85.00lbs / 38.56kg shells, 1907 Model Breech loading guns in casemate mounts on side, evenly spread 16 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas 4 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns in single mounts, 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1907 Model Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 2,964 lbs / 1,344 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 120 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 235.00 ft / 71.63 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 235.00 ft / 71.63 m 26.00 ft / 7.92 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.50" / 114 mm 2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm - Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 4.50" / 114 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 26,614 ihp / 19,854 Kw = 23.00 kts Range 4,800nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 1,530 tons (100% coal) Complement: 469 - 611 Cost: £0.997 million / $3.987 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 363 tons, 3.9 % Armour: 2,039 tons, 22.1 % - Belts: 1,121 tons, 12.2 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 226 tons, 2.5 % - Armament: 354 tons, 3.8 % - Armour Deck: 295 tons, 3.2 % - Conning Tower: 43 tons, 0.5 % Machinery: 2,957 tons, 32.1 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,590 tons, 28.1 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,261 tons, 13.7 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 5,587 lbs / 2,534 Kg = 40.7 x 6.5 " / 165 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33 Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m Roll period: 12.7 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 89 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.50 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.45 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.535 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.83 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 19.95 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 61 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Forecastle (20 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Mid (50 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Stern: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m - Average freeboard: 18.32 ft / 5.58 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 204.1 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 116.6 % Waterplane Area: 15,951 Square feet or 1,482 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 85 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 96 lbs/sq ft or 468 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.90 - Longitudinal: 2.76 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Alternate armament for the anachronistic Warrior
Eventually, the Warrior was armed with 4-8in MLR, 28-7in MLR, and 4-20pdr BLR. These would translate, using my system for choosing more modern guns, to 4-6.5in/45, 28-5.5in/50, and 4-57mm (6pdr) QF guns. I just made a Springsharp design for the Warrior with this armament. I tweaked some things and decided that the ship needed a torpedo bulkhead. The cruising speed needed to be reduced, to allow for the new armament and torpedo bulkhead. This is the Springsharp report:
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