CSS Alabama, anachronistic, Confederate States of America Cruiser laid down 1907
Displacement:
1,272 t light; 1,336 t standard; 1,648 t normal; 1,898 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(227.79 ft / 220.00 ft) x 31.67 ft x (15.00 / 16.80 ft)
(69.43 m / 67.06 m) x 9.65 m x (4.57 / 5.12 m)
Armament:
1 - 5.50" / 140 mm 45.0 cal gun - 83.90lbs / 38.05kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading gun in deck and hoist mount , 1907 Model
1 x Single mount on centreline, forward deck forward
Main guns limited to end-on fire
1 - 5.30" / 135 mm 45.0 cal gun - 75.07lbs / 34.05kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing gun in deck and hoist mount , 1907 Model
1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft
6 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 33.88lbs / 15.37kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1907 Model
6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 362 lbs / 362 kg
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 4,386 ihp / 3,272 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 4,800nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 563 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
129 - 168
Cost:
£0.150 million / $0.599 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 105 tons, 6.4 %
Armour: 150 tons, 9.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 60 tons, 3.6 %
- Armour Deck: 90 tons, 5.5 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 487 tons, 29.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 591 tons, 35.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 376 tons, 22.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,468 lbs / 666 Kg = 17.6 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 1.1 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 12.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1.20
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.552 / 0.568
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.95 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14.83 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Average freeboard: 15.24 ft / 4.64 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 116.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 107.9 %
Waterplane Area: 4,872 Square feet or 453 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 55 lbs/sq ft or 269 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.80
- Longitudinal: 7.71
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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, February 18, 2007
An anachronistic CSS Alabama cruiser design
I was not particularly happy with this, but Conway's did not have a displacement or draft for the CSS Alabama, and I had not looked to see if I could find it online. This is my rather unsatisfactory Alabama Springsharp design:]
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