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Thursday, April 12, 2007

A very fast Ger/CB/1911 design

From the beginning, the Ger/CB/1911 design was intended to have very lightweight machinery (the beginning being 1971). This was designed to sacrifice armament and protection for speed. Springsharp 3.0b1 forced me to use geared turbines to get rid of an error message, probably due to the date of the machinery. The date was set late so that the machinery would be lightweight. This was my last attempt at a photograph of a Ger/CB/1911 ship:

This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/CB/1911, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1911 (Engine 1937)

Displacement:
 30,510 t light; 31,548 t standard; 34,457 t normal; 36,784 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (753.00 ft / 750.00 ft) x 100.00 ft x (30.00 / 31.58 ft)
 (229.51 m / 228.60 m) x 30.48 m  x (9.14 / 9.62 m)

Armament:
      6 - 12.00" / 305 mm 50.0 cal guns - 910.00lbs / 412.77kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1911 Model
   2 x Triple mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
  1 raised mount - superfiring
      8 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 114.33lbs / 51.86kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1911 Model
   8 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  2 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 6,375 lbs / 6,375 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 82 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 6.00" / 152 mm  8.00" / 203 mm

   - Armour deck: 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower: 8.00" / 203 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 282,829 shp / 210,990 Kw = 36.00 kts
 Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,236 tons

Complement:
 1,263 - 1,643

Cost:
 £2.831 million / $11.322 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,354 tons, 3.9 %
 Armour: 8,751 tons, 25.4 %
    - Belts: 1,822 tons, 5.3 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 888 tons, 2.6 %
    - Armament: 1,080 tons, 3.1 %
    - Armour Deck: 4,779 tons, 13.9 %
    - Conning Tower: 183 tons, 0.5 %
 Machinery: 7,839 tons, 22.7 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,128 tons, 38.1 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,947 tons, 11.5 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   48,548 lbs / 22,021 Kg = 56.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 5.9 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
 Metacentric height 7.8 ft / 2.4 m
 Roll period: 15.0 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.33
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.09

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a normal bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.536 / 0.544
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.50 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 27.39 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 25.00 %,  35.00 ft / 10.67 m,  31.00 ft / 9.45 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  31.00 ft / 9.45 m,  29.00 ft / 8.84 m
    - Aft deck: 30.00 %,  29.00 ft / 8.84 m,  30.00 ft / 9.14 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  30.00 ft / 9.14 m,  31.00 ft / 9.45 m
    - Average freeboard:  30.58 ft / 9.32 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 114.3 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 231.8 %
 Waterplane Area: 51,661 Square feet or 4,799 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 167 lbs/sq ft or 816 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.93
  - Longitudinal: 1.90
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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