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Monday, April 23, 2007

Another try at a British fast battleship in 1906

I am still very interested in the idea of a British fast battleship in 1906. This is the sort of ship that William Hovgaard was advocating. I am using coal-fired boilers, with some oil, which seems reasonable for the time. The ship has an 11in armour basis with a 3in deck and 2in torpedo bulkhead. There are 10-12in/50 BLR and 16-4in QF guns. The speed is a fast 25.5 knots. I am getting an error message from Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta that I do not know how to correct, as having geared turbines is not allowed and is not reasonable. This is the Springsharp report:

GB/BB/1906 Fast  Battleship, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1906 (Engine 1909)

Displacement:
 21,719 t light; 22,694 t standard; 25,221 t normal; 27,242 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (604.00 ft / 596.00 ft) x 84.00 ft x (29.00 / 30.92 ft)
 (184.10 m / 181.66 m) x 25.60 m  x (8.84 / 9.42 m)

Armament:
      10 - 12.00" / 305 mm 50.0 cal guns - 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1906 Model
   3 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
  1 raised mount aft - superfiring
   2 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
      16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 33.88lbs / 15.37kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts , 1906 Model
   8 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  8 raised mounts
   8 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
  8 raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 9,042 lbs / 9,042 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 395.00 ft / 120.40 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 170.00 ft / 51.82 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
   31.00 ft / 9.45 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 395.00 ft / 120.40 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 395.00 ft / 120.40 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  11.0" / 279 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm

Machinery:
 Coal and oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 ERROR: Revise drives, 4 shafts, 65,610 shp / 48,945 Kw = 25.50 kts
 Range 5,600nm at 14.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 4,549 tons (92% coal)

Complement:
 999 - 1,300

Cost:
 £2.194 million / $8.774 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,914 tons, 7.6 %
 Armour: 8,388 tons, 33.3 %
    - Belts: 2,964 tons, 11.8 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 848 tons, 3.4 %
    - Armament: 2,325 tons, 9.2 %
    - Armour Deck: 2,047 tons, 8.1 %
    - Conning Tower: 204 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 3,254 tons, 12.9 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,913 tons, 35.3 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,502 tons, 13.9 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   34,366 lbs / 15,588 Kg = 39.8 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 5.1 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.09
 Metacentric height 4.5 ft / 1.4 m
 Roll period: 16.6 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 66 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.85
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.32

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
   a ram bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.608 / 0.616
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.10 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 24.41 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: -3.00 ft / -0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 20.00 %,  29.00 ft / 8.84 m,  27.00 ft / 8.23 m
    - Forward deck: 46.00 %,  27.00 ft / 8.23 m,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Aft deck: 19.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Average freeboard:  23.87 ft / 7.28 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 100.7 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 168.9 %
 Waterplane Area: 36,890 Square feet or 3,427 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 160 lbs/sq ft or 779 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.94
  - Longitudinal: 1.75
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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