Super Swift, Great Britain Scout Cruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1941)
Displacement:
1,749 t light; 1,806 t standard; 2,023 t normal; 2,196 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(357.10 ft / 355.00 ft) x 37.00 ft x (14.00 / 14.76 ft)
(108.84 m / 108.20 m) x 11.28 m x (4.27 / 4.50 m)
Armament:
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 , 1912 Model
2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 203 lbs / 203 kg
2 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 54,998 shp / 41,029 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,800nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 390 tons
Complement:
150 - 196
Cost:
£0.240 million / $0.958 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 62 tons, 3.1 %
Armour: 30 tons, 1.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 30 tons, 1.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,118 tons, 55.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 575 tons, 28.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 274 tons, 13.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
491 lbs / 223 Kg = 15.4 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
Metacentric height 2.0 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 10.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.22
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.385 / 0.397
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.59 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.84 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 69 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forward deck: 10.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Aft deck: 55.00 %, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Average freeboard: 16.56 ft / 5.05 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 188.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138.9 %
Waterplane Area: 8,025 Square feet or 746 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 64 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 35 lbs/sq ft or 169 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.45
- Longitudinal: 2.28
- Overall: 0.53
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Friday, March 02, 2007
My "Super Swift" design in Springsharp 3.0b Beta
I am not particularly pleased with my Super Swift design in Springsharp 3.0b Beta. I had to accept a 35 knot speed and lower displacement, to achieve adequate seakeeping. I also had to raise the freeboard and increase the draft. The ship was supposed to be a 37 knot scout with 6-4in QF guns and 2-21in TT with reloads. I was forced to use geared turbines to remove the "revise drives" error message. This is the Springsharp report:
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