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Thursday, April 05, 2007

The GB/CS/1915 works extremely well in Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta

I am really pleased with how well that the GB/CS/1915 works in Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta. My friend Cliff's original concept from 1971 is vindicated by what I am seeing. This is a photo of one of the ships at sea:

This photo gives a very good idea of the original sketch design, as I tried very hard to give an accurate presentation. One of the ships has a length of 405ft, a speed of 32 knots, and an armament of 4-6in/50 QF guns with 4-21in TT. This is the Springsharp report:
GB/CS/1915, Great Britain Scout Cruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1941)

Displacement:
 3,270 t light; 3,382 t standard; 3,736 t normal; 4,019 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (413.76 ft / 405.00 ft) x 41.00 ft x (15.00 / 15.87 ft)
 (126.11 m / 123.44 m) x 12.50 m  x (4.57 / 4.84 m)

Armament:
      4 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 114.33lbs / 51.86kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1915 Model
   4 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
  2 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 457 lbs / 457 kg
 4 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 270.00 ft / 82.30 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  0.50" / 13 mm 270.00 ft / 82.30 m 15.00 ft / 4.57 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.00" / 25 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 2 shafts, 55,669 shp / 41,529 Kw = 32.00 kts
 Range 5,400nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 637 tons

Complement:
 238 - 310

Cost:
 £0.527 million / $2.106 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 135 tons, 3.6 %
 Armour: 830 tons, 22.2 %
    - Belts: 269 tons, 7.2 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 75 tons, 2.0 %
    - Armament: 46 tons, 1.2 %
    - Armour Deck: 419 tons, 11.2 %
    - Conning Tower: 21 tons, 0.6 %
 Machinery: 1,426 tons, 38.2 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 957 tons, 25.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 467 tons, 12.5 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   1,625 lbs / 737 Kg = 15.0 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
 Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
 Roll period: 13.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.13

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a normal bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.525 / 0.534
 Length to Beam Ratio: 9.88 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 20.12 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 57
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 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 %,  27.00 ft / 8.23 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  18.00 ft / 5.49 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
    - Average freeboard:  18.75 ft / 5.72 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 264.4 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 136.9 %
 Waterplane Area: 11,321 Square feet or 1,052 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 88 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 42 lbs/sq ft or 204 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.51
  - Longitudinal: 1.82
  - Overall: 0.58
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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