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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