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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

An ridiculously large German battlecruiser: Ger/CB/1941 (Corrected)

Springsharp 3.0b1 does not prevent us from designing extremely large ships. This is the sort of ship that I had envisioned a long time ago, except that the armament here is lighter than I would have liked. Still, this is a 33 knot battlecruiser with good characteristics, so I would say that the design works well. The ship has 9-21in guns. This is the corrected Springsharp report:
Ger/CB/1941 Large, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1941

Displacement:
 140,002 t light; 146,346 t standard; 154,092 t normal; 160,288 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (1,261.34 ft / 1,250.00 ft) x 185.00 ft x (39.00 / 40.23 ft)
 (384.46 m / 381.00 m) x 56.39 m  x (11.89 / 12.26 m)

Armament:
      9 - 21.00" / 533 mm 50.0 cal guns - 5,000.00lbs / 2,267.96kg 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
      16 - 6.00" / 152 mm 55.0 cal guns - 115.00lbs / 52.16kg shells, 180 per gun
   Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mount , 1941 Model
   1 x Twin mount on sides amidships
      24 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
   Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1941 Model
   12 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  12 raised mounts
      64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 1.70lbs / 0.77kg shells, 240 per gun
   Breech loading guns in deck mounts , 1941 Model
   32 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
  24 raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 47,717 lbs / 47,717 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 835.00 ft / 254.51 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  8.00" / 203 mm 835.00 ft / 254.51 m 38.00 ft / 11.58 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 12.0" / 305 mm  18.0" / 457 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: 8.00" / 203 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 8 shafts, 386,417 shp / 288,267 Kw = 33.00 kts
 Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 13,942 tons

Complement:
 3,888 - 5,055

Cost:
 £69.283 million / $277.134 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 7,789 tons, 5.1 %
 Armour: 56,831 tons, 36.9 %
    - Belts: 9,821 tons, 6.4 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 9,392 tons, 6.1 %
    - Armament: 10,465 tons, 6.8 %
    - Armour Deck: 26,039 tons, 16.9 %
    - Conning Tower: 1,115 tons, 0.7 %
 Machinery: 10,212 tons, 6.6 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 67,152 tons, 43.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 14,090 tons, 9.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   356,188 lbs / 161,564 Kg = 76.9 x 21.0 " / 533 mm shells or 117.7 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
 Metacentric height 20.5 ft / 6.3 m
 Roll period: 17.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 65 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.33
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.31

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a normal bow and small transom stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.598 / 0.603
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.76 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 41.22 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 9.00 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 %,  40.00 ft / 12.19 m,  35.00 ft / 10.67 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  35.00 ft / 10.67 m,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m,  35.00 ft / 10.67 m
    - Average freeboard:  33.68 ft / 10.26 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 57.4 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 281.8 %
 Waterplane Area: 175,937 Square feet or 16,345 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 125 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 313 lbs/sq ft or 1,526 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.99
  - Longitudinal: 1.04
  - 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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