Ger/CB/1937 16.5in guns, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1937
Displacement:
54,846 t light; 58,021 t standard; 61,805 t normal; 64,832 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(873.61 ft / 864.00 ft) x 120.00 ft x (32.00 / 33.33 ft)
(266.28 m / 263.35 m) x 36.58 m x (9.75 / 10.16 m)
Armament:
9 - 16.50" / 419 mm 50.0 cal guns - 2,377.77lbs / 1,078.54kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1937 Model
3 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
1 raised mount - superfiring
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm 55.0 cal guns - 116.57lbs / 52.88kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1937 Model
6 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
12 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.27lbs / 14.64kg shells, 150 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mount , 1937 Model
1 x Single mount on sides amidships
48 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 1.69lbs / 0.77kg shells, 150 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts , 1937 Model
24 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
16 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 23,267 lbs / 23,267 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 570.00 ft / 173.74 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 11.0" / 279 mm 570.00 ft / 173.74 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
6.00" / 152 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 10.0" / 254 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armour deck: 6.00" / 152 mm, Conning tower: 14.00" / 356 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 194,859 shp / 145,365 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,811 tons
Complement:
1,959 - 2,547
Cost:
£27.704 million / $110.817 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4,394 tons, 7.1 %
Armour: 22,837 tons, 36.9 %
- Belts: 4,924 tons, 8.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 4,049 tons, 6.6 %
- Armament: 4,560 tons, 7.4 %
- Armour Deck: 8,832 tons, 14.3 %
- Conning Tower: 471 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 5,401 tons, 8.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 23,748 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,959 tons, 11.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
102,946 lbs / 46,695 Kg = 45.8 x 16.5 " / 419 mm shells or 20.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 9.5 ft / 2.9 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.652 / 0.657
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.20 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 11.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 34.00 ft / 10.36 m, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Aft deck: 30.00 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Average freeboard: 26.98 ft / 8.22 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 77.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 201.2 %
Waterplane Area: 79,571 Square feet or 7,392 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 221 lbs/sq ft or 1,079 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.24
- 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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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
A version of the Ger/CB/1937 family of designs
I decided to try a larger size version of the Ger/CB/1937 family of designs. This version had dimensions of 864ft x 120ft x 32ft. I decided to use 16.5in guns, as they were not specified in the minimal specs that I had from early 1999. I went ahead and included a LAA armament to supplement what I had been using. The resulting ship seems to work quite well, although the displacement had to be much greater that I had forseen. This is the Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta report:
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