GB/CB/1921, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921
Displacement:
44,119 t light; 46,091 t standard; 48,600 t normal; 50,607 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
852.24 ft / 850.00 ft x 107.00 ft x 32.00 ft (normal load)
259.76 m / 259.08 m x 32.61 m x 9.75 m
Armament:
9 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1921 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 19,763 lbs / 8,964 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 90 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
5.00" / 127 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 208,357 shp / 155,435 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,516 tons
Complement:
1,636 - 2,127
Cost:
£11.770 million / $47.078 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,470 tons, 5.1 %
Armour: 14,767 tons, 30.4 %
- Belts: 3,138 tons, 6.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,960 tons, 6.1 %
- Armament: 3,474 tons, 7.1 %
- Armour Deck: 4,851 tons, 10.0 %
- Conning Tower: 344 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 7,175 tons, 14.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,706 tons, 40.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,481 tons, 9.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
58,995 lbs / 26,760 Kg = 28.8 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 8.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 7.0 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 17.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.70
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.584
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.94 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Mid (50 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 25.56 ft / 7.79 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 105.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 190.8 %
Waterplane Area: 65,559 Square feet or 6,091 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 212 lbs/sq ft or 1,034 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.21
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Saturday, January 06, 2007
My GB/CB/1921 design from about 1988
I was finally able to find a date on the papers that I found in the last few days. They apparently date from about 1988. In that package of papers is a scale outboard profile of a British battlecruiser that I am calling the GB/CB/1921. The ship has 9-16in BLR and 16-5.5in QF guns. The speed is 32 knots. The specifications work well in Springsharp, at least if I accept rather light armour. This is the Springsharp report:
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