Ger/CB/1912, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1921)
Displacement:
35,716 t light; 37,095 t standard; 40,369 t normal; 42,988 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(822.00 ft / 820.00 ft) x 105.00 ft x (30.00 / 31.53 ft)
(250.55 m / 249.94 m) x 32.00 m x (9.14 / 9.61 m)
Armament:
6 - 15.00" / 381 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,650.00lbs / 748.43kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1912 Model
2 x Triple mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
2 raised mounts
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, 1912 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
2 raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 10,815 lbs / 4,905 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 75 % 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: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Protected deck - single deck: 6.00" / 152 mm For and Aft decks
- Conning towers: Forward 12.00" / 305 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 210,343 shp / 156,916 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,893 tons
Complement:
1,423 - 1,851
Cost:
£3.312 million / $13.249 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,964 tons, 4.9 %
Armour: 10,412 tons, 25.8 %
- Belts: 2,138 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 888 tons, 2.2 %
- Armament: 2,134 tons, 5.3 %
- Armour Deck: 4,947 tons, 12.3 %
- Conning Tower: 304 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 7,243 tons, 17.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,097 tons, 39.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,652 tons, 11.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
56,604 lbs / 25,675 Kg = 33.5 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 7.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 7.3 ft / 2.2 m
Roll period: 16.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.52
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.547 / 0.554
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.81 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 30.00 %, 38.00 ft / 11.58 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Aft deck: 25.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 27.76 ft / 8.46 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 101.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 211.5 %
Waterplane Area: 59,920 Square feet or 5,567 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 194 lbs/sq ft or 946 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.50
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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