GB/CB/1921 Super Fast-Alt Version, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921 (Engine 1937)
Displacement:
34,567 t light; 35,809 t standard; 37,362 t normal; 38,604 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(876.54 ft / 867.00 ft) x 102.00 ft x (31.00 / 31.72 ft)
(267.17 m / 264.26 m) x 31.09 m x (9.45 / 9.67 m)
Armament:
4 - 17.00" / 432 mm 45.0 cal guns - 2,475.00lbs / 1,122.64kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1921 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 9,900 lbs / 9,900 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 565.00 ft / 172.21 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 565.00 ft / 172.21 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 6 shafts, 344,897 shp / 257,293 Kw = 40.00 kts
Range 5,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,795 tons
Complement:
1,343 - 1,746
Cost:
£8.837 million / $35.347 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,570 tons, 4.2 %
Armour: 7,194 tons, 19.3 %
- Belts: 2,286 tons, 6.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,254 tons, 3.4 %
- Armament: 1,217 tons, 3.3 %
- Armour Deck: 2,220 tons, 5.9 %
- Conning Tower: 217 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 9,559 tons, 25.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,715 tons, 44.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,795 tons, 7.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
44,877 lbs / 20,356 Kg = 18.3 x 17.0 " / 432 mm shells or 5.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.24
Metacentric height 7.6 ft / 2.3 m
Roll period: 15.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and small transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.477 / 0.482
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.50 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 34.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 9.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m, 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 31.00 ft / 9.45 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Average freeboard: 30.82 ft / 9.39 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 130.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 257.2 %
Waterplane Area: 59,993 Square feet or 5,574 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 186 lbs/sq ft or 908 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.66
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
An alternative "Super Fast" battlecruiser in Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta
I was finally able to design an acceptable "Super Fast" battlecruiser, thanks to Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta. This is a 40-knot ship with 4-17in guns and an 8in armour basis. This is the Springsharp report:
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