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Sunday, April 01, 2007

A nice version of the GB/CB/1941 design

I tried a new version of the GB/CB/1941 design in Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta. The design turned out very well. This is a 31 knot ship that has 9-16in/45, 20-4.5in DP, and 42-40mm AA guns. The armour basis is 12in with a 5in deck. The speed is 31 knots. The ship is somewhat like an updated Hood, with 16in guns. I probably should have some miscellaneous weights, but I am not sure how large they should be, for the aircraft capability. I would welcome some suggestions. This is the photo of the pencil drawing:

This is the Springsharp report:
GB/CB/1941, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1941 (Engine 1945)

Displacement:
 46,658 t light; 49,024 t standard; 52,055 t normal; 54,480 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (864.78 ft / 860.00 ft) x 108.00 ft x (32.00 / 33.23 ft)
 (263.58 m / 262.13 m) x 32.92 m  x (9.75 / 10.13 m)

Armament:
      9 - 16.00" / 406 mm 45.0 cal guns - 2,065.46lbs / 936.88kg shells, 120 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1941 Model
   3 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
  3 raised mounts
      20 - 4.50" / 114 mm 45.0 cal guns - 45.00lbs / 20.41kg shells, 150 per gun
   Dual purpose guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1941 Model
   6 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  6 raised mounts
   4 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck forward
  4 raised mounts
      42 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1.97lbs / 0.89kg shells, 240 per gun
   Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1941 Model
   4 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  4 raised mounts
   3 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
  2 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 19,572 lbs / 19,572 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 570.00 ft / 173.74 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 570.00 ft / 173.74 m 32.00 ft / 9.75 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  12.0" / 305 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 193,176 shp / 144,109 Kw = 31.00 kts
 Range 9,600nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,455 tons

Complement:
 1,723 - 2,240

Cost:
 £25.636 million / $102.545 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 3,267 tons, 6.3 %
 Armour: 17,270 tons, 33.2 %
    - Belts: 4,663 tons, 9.0 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,350 tons, 2.6 %
    - Armament: 4,536 tons, 8.7 %
    - Armour Deck: 6,360 tons, 12.2 %
    - Conning Tower: 360 tons, 0.7 %
 Machinery: 4,878 tons, 9.4 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 22,330 tons, 42.9 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,397 tons, 10.4 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   85,333 lbs / 38,706 Kg = 41.7 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 13.2 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
 Metacentric height 6.3 ft / 1.9 m
 Roll period: 18.1 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.91
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a normal bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.613 / 0.618
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.96 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 29.33 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 8.00 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 %,  34.00 ft / 10.36 m,  30.00 ft / 9.14 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  30.00 ft / 9.14 m,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m,  26.00 ft / 7.92 m
    - Average freeboard:  27.72 ft / 8.45 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 77.6 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 204.7 %
 Waterplane Area: 68,759 Square feet or 6,388 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 227 lbs/sq ft or 1,109 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.97
  - Longitudinal: 1.32
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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