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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Another anachronistic Black Prince design

I have a set of anachronistic ship drawings that I really like. They do not work very well in Springsharp, but I like them anyway. This design is based on an anachronistic Black Prince design (designated BB-2) that I drew sometime in the latter 1980's. I have the drawing, although I seem not be able to take a good photograph, for some reason:

You can at least get the idea. They are 1918-ish designs, with the 1860s dimensions and armour thickness. The armament is 4-8in/45 BLR, 12-7in/45 BLR, and 4-4in QF guns. The armour basis is 4.5in. This is the best Springsharp design that I was able to achieve:
Black Prince, anachronistic design, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1907 (Engine 1909)

Displacement:
 7,642 t light; 8,094 t standard; 9,239 t normal; 10,155 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (404.00 ft / 400.00 ft) x 60.00 ft x (27.00 / 29.09 ft)
 (123.14 m / 121.92 m) x 18.29 m  x (8.23 / 8.87 m)

Armament:
      4 - 8.00" / 203 mm 45.0 cal guns - 250.00lbs / 113.40kg shells, 150 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
   2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      12 - 7.00" / 178 mm 45.0 cal guns - 172.96lbs / 78.45kg shells, 150 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
   2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
  2 raised mounts
   4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  4 raised mounts
      4 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.27lbs / 14.64kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
   2 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck forward
 Weight of broadside 3,205 lbs / 3,205 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 265.00 ft / 80.77 m 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.50" / 38 mm 265.00 ft / 80.77 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 4.50" / 114 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  4.50" / 114 mm
 2nd: 4.50" / 114 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  4.50" / 114 mm
 3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm  3.00" / 76 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 4.50" / 114 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 1 shaft, 22,024 shp / 16,430 Kw = 22.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,061 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 470 - 612

Cost:
 £0.726 million / $2.905 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 731 tons, 7.9 %
 Armour: 2,751 tons, 29.8 %
    - Belts: 770 tons, 8.3 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 397 tons, 4.3 %
    - Armament: 973 tons, 10.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 568 tons, 6.1 %
    - Conning Tower: 43 tons, 0.5 %
 Machinery: 1,101 tons, 11.9 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,427 tons, 37.1 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,597 tons, 17.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   12,037 lbs / 5,460 Kg = 47.0 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.01
 Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
 Roll period: 16.4 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 46 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.96
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.12

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a ram bow and a round stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.499 / 0.509
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.67 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 20.00 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 37
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 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 %,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
    - Average freeboard:  17.59 ft / 5.36 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 104.9 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 107.2 %
 Waterplane Area: 15,354 Square feet or 1,426 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 128 lbs/sq ft or 627 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.90
  - Longitudinal: 2.65
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

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