Ger-CL Koeningsberg, Germany Light Cruiser laid down 1912
Displacement:
3,169 t light; 3,296 t standard; 3,700 t normal; 4,023 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
378.70 ft / 376.00 ft x 43.00 ft x 17.00 ft (normal load)
115.43 m / 114.60 m x 13.11 m x 5.18 m
Armament:
12 - 4.13" / 105 mm guns (4x3 guns), 35.32lbs / 16.02kg shells, 1912 Model
Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.05" / 52.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 4.29lbs / 1.95kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 458 lbs / 208 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
2 - 17.7" / 450 mm submerged torpedo tubes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 27,928 shp / 20,834 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 4,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 728 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
236 - 308
Cost:
£0.331 million / $1.322 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 57 tons, 1.5 %
Armour: 533 tons, 14.4 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 124 tons, 3.4 %
- Armour Deck: 388 tons, 10.5 %
- Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 1,225 tons, 33.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,354 tons, 36.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 531 tons, 14.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
2,781 lbs / 1,261 Kg = 78.7 x 4.1 " / 105 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 1.8 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 13.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 63 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.39
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.471
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 57
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: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Mid (50 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Stern: 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Average freeboard: 15.48 ft / 4.72 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 125.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.1 %
Waterplane Area: 10,499 Square feet or 975 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 73 lbs/sq ft or 356 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.15
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
My anachronistic German light cruiser Koenigsberg design
I was inspired by seeing a movie with a raiding German light cruiser with what appeared to be 12-4.1in guns. The movie was set in WWII, but I thought that I would try a German WWI light cruiser along those lines. I made a drawing, circa 1988, of such a ship. This is the Springsharp design for my Koenigsberg design:
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