Swiftsure and Triumph (anachronistic), Great Britain Battleship laid down 1912 (Engine 1910)
Displacement:
12,221 t light; 12,815 t standard; 14,050 t normal; 15,038 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
471.54 ft / 470.00 ft x 70.00 ft x 24.00 ft (normal load)
143.72 m / 143.26 m x 21.34 m x 7.32 m
Armament:
4 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (2x2 guns), 500.00lbs / 226.80kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 7.50" / 191 mm guns (2x3 guns), 210.94lbs / 95.68kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 7.50" / 191 mm guns (4x2 guns), 210.94lbs / 95.68kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
16 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (8x2 guns), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1912 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 5,169 lbs / 2,345 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: 3.00" / 76 mm 170.00 ft / 51.82 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
3rd: 5.00" / 127 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
4th: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 19,430 ihp / 14,495 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 5,600nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,223 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
644 - 838
Cost:
£1.152 million / $4.607 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 646 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 5,216 tons, 37.1 %
- Belts: 1,773 tons, 12.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 533 tons, 3.8 %
- Armament: 1,421 tons, 10.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,364 tons, 9.7 %
- Conning Tower: 125 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 1,295 tons, 9.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,064 tons, 36.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,829 tons, 13.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,807 lbs / 9,438 Kg = 41.6 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 4.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.03
Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 16.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 75 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.89
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.51
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.623
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.71 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.68 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
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: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 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: 18.29 ft / 5.57 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 91.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 130.9 %
Waterplane Area: 24,578 Square feet or 2,283 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 139 lbs/sq ft or 680 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.80
- 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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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
The Swiftsure and Triumph design requires very lightweight machinery
I had done a design for the light battleships Swiftsure and Triumph, in the usual anachronistic style. The hull is flush-decked, with a flared bow. The armament is in two twin 10in turrets, two triple 7.5in turrets, in the superfiring position, and four twin 7.5in turrets, on the beam. There are also 16-3in QF guns in twin mounts with shields. The armour basis is 7in with a 2in deck. The speed is 20 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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