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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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:
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