Polyphemus, Great Britain Torpedo-Ram laid down 1907
Displacement:
2,090 t light; 2,141 t standard; 2,535 t normal; 2,850 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(264.00 ft / 254.00 ft) x 40.00 ft x (20.50 / 22.24 ft)
(80.47 m / 77.42 m) x 12.19 m x (6.25 / 6.78 m)
Armament:
6 - 1.00" / 25.4 mm 45.0 cal guns - 0.50lbs / 0.23kg shells, 350 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1907 Model
2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 3 lbs / 3 kg
5 - 14.0" / 356 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
3rd: 2.00" / 51 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 9,717 ihp / 7,249 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 3,200nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 710 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
178 - 232
Cost:
£0.224 million / $0.894 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 414 tons, 16.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 37 tons, 1.5 %
- Armour Deck: 353 tons, 13.9 %
- Conning Tower: 24 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 1,071 tons, 42.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 604 tons, 23.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 446 tons, 17.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,313 lbs / 595 Kg = 12.2 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
Metacentric height 2.3 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.13
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle,
a ram bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.426 / 0.442
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.35 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 15.94 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 25.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Aft deck: 30.00 %, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m, 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Average freeboard: 11.10 ft / 3.38 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 137.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 52.0 %
Waterplane Area: 6,361 Square feet or 591 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 98 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 54 lbs/sq ft or 262 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.01
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
An anachronistic torpedo-ram Polyphemus
I tried to design an anachronistic version of the torpedo-ram Polyphemus. Mine, given the later building date can make a maximum speed of 21 knots. The range is 3,200nm at 14 knots. My ship still has coal-fired boilers and reciprocating engines. The protection is a 3in deck. The ship might well have benefitted from torpedo bulkheads, but this version lacks them. This is the Springsharp report:
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