King Edward VII (anachronstic), Great Britain Battleship laid down 1903 (Engine 1909)
Displacement:
13,086 t light; 13,703 t standard; 14,750 t normal; 15,588 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
451.15 ft / 450.00 ft x 78.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load)
137.51 m / 137.16 m x 23.77 m x 7.62 m
Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1903 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (2x2 guns), 389.34lbs / 176.60kg shells, 1903 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
10 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns (4 mounts), 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1903 Model
Quick firing guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 6,093 lbs / 2,764 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 295.00 ft / 89.92 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 140.00 ft / 42.67 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
15.00 ft / 4.57 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 295.00 ft / 89.92 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 9.00" / 229 mm
2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
3rd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 13,617 ihp / 10,158 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 4,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,885 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
668 - 869
Cost:
£1.244 million / $4.978 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 762 tons, 5.2 %
Armour: 5,737 tons, 38.9 %
- Belts: 2,186 tons, 14.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 546 tons, 3.7 %
- Armament: 1,479 tons, 10.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,409 tons, 9.6 %
- Conning Tower: 117 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 1,047 tons, 7.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,540 tons, 37.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,664 tons, 11.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
22,880 lbs / 10,378 Kg = 26.5 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 16.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 85 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.79
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.70
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.588
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.77 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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 tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 83.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 130.3 %
Waterplane Area: 25,393 Square feet or 2,359 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 742 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.18
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Sunday, January 07, 2007
My anachronistic King Edward VII class design
As far back as the latter 1980's, I was already playing around with anachronistic versions of real ships. My King Edward VII design was as if they had been radically rebuilt about 1918 or so. The 4-9.2in guns are now in superfiring, twin turrets, mounted above the 4-12in guns. The 10-6in QF guns are in four turrets: two triple and two twin. They have a clipper bow and a tripod foremast with control top. The the mainmast is a post, with a derrick. There is a light topmast with yards. The speed is 18 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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