It is a rather bad photograph, but you can get the general idea of what I was doing. The Springsharp design worked out amazingly well. I suppose it was because of the later engine date that made the weight lighter. This is the Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta report:
King Edward VII, anachronistic, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1907 (Engine 1909) Displacement: 14,175 t light; 15,000 t standard; 16,606 t normal; 17,890 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (451.75 ft / 450.00 ft) x 78.00 ft x (26.75 / 28.47 ft) (137.69 m / 137.16 m) x 23.77 m x (8.15 / 8.68 m) Armament: 4 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 150 per gun Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model 2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread 4 - 9.20" / 234 mm 45.0 cal guns - 380.00lbs / 172.37kg 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 10 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 150 per gun Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model 2 x Triple mounts on sides, forward deck aft 2 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck forward Weight of broadside 5,920 lbs / 5,920 kg 4 - 18.0" / 457 mm above water torpedoes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 160.00 ft / 48.77 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 26.75 ft / 8.15 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 12.0" / 305 mm 2nd: 7.00" / 178 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 3rd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 26,827 ihp / 20,013 Kw = 21.00 kts Range 4,500nm at 14.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,889 tons (100% coal) Complement: 730 - 950 Cost: £1.377 million / $5.510 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 1,259 tons, 7.6 % Armour: 5,420 tons, 32.6 % - Belts: 2,211 tons, 13.3 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 431 tons, 2.6 % - Armament: 1,685 tons, 10.1 % - Armour Deck: 967 tons, 5.8 % - Conning Tower: 126 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 2,064 tons, 12.4 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,986 tons, 36.0 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,431 tons, 14.6 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 23,439 lbs / 10,632 Kg = 27.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13 Metacentric height 4.4 ft / 1.3 m Roll period: 15.7 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.76 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.47 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck, a normal bow and a cruiser stern Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.619 / 0.627 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.77 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length): Fore end, Aft end - Forecastle: 20.00 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Aft deck: 35.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m - Average freeboard: 21.79 ft / 6.64 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 99.3 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 137.9 % Waterplane Area: 26,130 Square feet or 2,428 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 745 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.90 - Longitudinal: 2.54 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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