Prince Consort, anachronistic version, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1906 Displacement: 5,746 t light; 6,070 t standard; 6,830 t normal; 7,438 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 285.10 ft / 282.00 ft x 57.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load) 86.90 m / 85.95 m x 17.37 m x 7.62 m Armament: 7 - 7.60" / 193 mm guns (3 mounts), 219.49lbs / 99.56kg shells, 1906 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring 8 - 6.50" / 165 mm guns in single mounts, 137.31lbs / 62.28kg shells, 1906 Model Breech loading guns in casemate mounts on side, evenly spread 8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas Weight of broadside 2,635 lbs / 1,195 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 120 Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 190.00 ft / 57.91 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: 3.00" / 76 mm 92.00 ft / 28.04 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Main Belt covers 104 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 190.00 ft / 57.91 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.50" / 114 mm 2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm - Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 4.50" / 114 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 12,695 ihp / 9,470 Kw = 19.00 kts Range 4,900nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 1,368 tons (100% coal) Complement: 375 - 488 Cost: £0.732 million / $2.927 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 329 tons, 4.8 % Armour: 1,642 tons, 24.0 % - Belts: 773 tons, 11.3 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 176 tons, 2.6 % - Armament: 441 tons, 6.5 % - Armour Deck: 216 tons, 3.2 % - Conning Tower: 35 tons, 0.5 % Machinery: 1,814 tons, 26.6 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,962 tons, 28.7 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,084 tons, 15.9 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 4,552 lbs / 2,065 Kg = 20.7 x 7.6 " / 193 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20 Metacentric height 3.0 ft / 0.9 m Roll period: 13.8 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 57 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.61 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.14 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.595 Length to Beam Ratio: 4.95 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 16.79 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Forecastle (20 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Mid (50 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Stern: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m - Average freeboard: 17.32 ft / 5.28 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 188.9 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 101.0 % Waterplane Area: 11,700 Square feet or 1,087 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 86 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 102 lbs/sq ft or 499 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.86 - Longitudinal: 3.98 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
An anachronistic version of the Prince Consort completed in 1864
This is the anachronistic version of the ironclad battleship Prince Consort. This is based on the ship as rearmed in 1871 with 7-9in MLR and 8-8in MLR. My version has 7-7.6in and 8-6.5in BLR. This ship only has a 16ft high belt, due to the desire to have an earlier machinery date (1906). This is the Springsharp report:
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