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Sunday, May 13, 2007

The monster battleship Ger/BB/1943

The Ger/BB/1943 monster battleship is the battleship analog of the Ger/CB/1943 design. The battleship has a speed of 29 knots and carries 12-22in guns. The armour basis is 22 inches with a 10 inch deck. I don't believe that the ship would really resist 915.4 torpedoes, but that is what Springsharp 3.0b1 claims. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1943 Very Large, Germany Battleship laid down 1943

Displacement:
 283,527 t light; 294,499 t standard; 309,156 t normal; 320,882 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (1,514.57 ft / 1,500.00 ft) x 285.00 ft x (39.00 / 40.20 ft)
 (461.64 m / 457.20 m) x 86.87 m  x (11.89 / 12.25 m)

Armament:
      12 - 22.00" / 559 mm 50.0 cal guns - 5,650.00lbs / 2,562.80kg shells, 120 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1943 Model
   9 x 4-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
  3 raised mounts - superfiring
      16 - 6.00" / 152 mm 55.0 cal guns - 116.57lbs / 52.88kg shells, 180 per gun
   Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mount , 1943 Model
   1 x Twin mount on sides amidships
      24 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 33.88lbs / 15.37kg shells, 150 per gun
   Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1943 Model
   12 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  12 raised mounts
      64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 1.69lbs / 0.77kg shells, 240 per gun
   Breech loading guns in deck mounts , 1943 Model
   32 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  24 raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 70,586 lbs / 70,586 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 22.0" / 559 mm 960.00 ft / 292.61 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  9.00" / 229 mm 960.00 ft / 292.61 m 39.00 ft / 11.89 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 22.0" / 559 mm 15.0" / 381 mm  22.0" / 559 mm
 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  6.00" / 152 mm
 3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm       -   1.00" / 25 mm

   - Armour deck: 10.00" / 254 mm, Conning tower: 22.00" / 559 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 8 shafts, 394,209 shp / 294,080 Kw = 29.00 kts
 Range 12,000nm at 16.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 26,383 tons

Complement:
 6,555 - 8,522

Cost:
 £122.136 million / $488.543 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 13,388 tons, 4.3 %
 Armour: 117,737 tons, 38.1 %
    - Belts: 15,255 tons, 4.9 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 12,468 tons, 4.0 %
    - Armament: 24,698 tons, 8.0 %
    - Armour Deck: 63,149 tons, 20.4 %
    - Conning Tower: 2,167 tons, 0.7 %
 Machinery: 10,181 tons, 3.3 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 146,905 tons, 47.5 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 25,629 tons, 8.3 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   1,289,468 lbs / 584,893 Kg = 242.2 x 22.0 " / 559 mm shells or 915.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.65
 Metacentric height 55.4 ft / 16.9 m
 Roll period: 16.1 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.09
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.18

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a normal bow and small transom stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.649 / 0.653
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.26 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 45.94 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 36 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 5.00 ft / 1.52 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 20.00 %,  45.00 ft / 13.72 m,  39.00 ft / 11.89 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  39.00 ft / 11.89 m,  37.00 ft / 11.28 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  37.00 ft / 11.28 m,  37.00 ft / 11.28 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  37.00 ft / 11.28 m,  38.00 ft / 11.58 m
    - Average freeboard:  38.26 ft / 11.66 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 36.0 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 371.6 %
 Waterplane Area: 341,347 Square feet or 31,712 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 149 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 395 lbs/sq ft or 1,929 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 1.15
  - Longitudinal: 0.95
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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