GB/CB/1921, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921
Displacement:
42,912 t light; 44,987 t standard; 47,500 t normal; 49,510 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
814.00 ft / 814.00 ft x 104.00 ft x 29.00 ft (normal load)
248.11 m / 248.11 m x 31.70 m x 8.84 m
Armament:
8 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (4x2 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
2 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (1x2 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on side amidships
14 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1921 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread
14 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
Weight of broadside 21,992 lbs / 9,975 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 505.00 ft / 153.92 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 505.00 ft / 153.92 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 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: 12.0" / 305 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
3rd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 168,959 shp / 126,044 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,523 tons
Complement:
1,608 - 2,091
Cost:
£11.774 million / $47.097 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,749 tons, 5.8 %
Armour: 15,044 tons, 31.7 %
- Belts: 4,203 tons, 8.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,084 tons, 2.3 %
- Armament: 4,499 tons, 9.5 %
- Armour Deck: 4,919 tons, 10.4 %
- Conning Tower: 339 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 5,818 tons, 12.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,301 tons, 40.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,588 tons, 9.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
58,612 lbs / 26,586 Kg = 28.6 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 7.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 6.6 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 17.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.78
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.677
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.83 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Mid (50 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Stern: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Average freeboard: 24.24 ft / 7.39 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 186.6 %
Waterplane Area: 66,477 Square feet or 6,176 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 98 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 213 lbs/sq ft or 1,038 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.09
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Springsharp report for a "British Amagi"
I tried the ship I suggested in Springhsharp. I found that I needed to raise the displacment a great deal, for the design to be acceptable in Springsharp:
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