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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

I have this German-looking battleship design from March 1999

One of the small sketches a specifications in my record book, dating from early March 1999, is a large battleship with 9-21in guns and a speed of 31 knots. This is a 115,000 ton ship with a 17in armour basis and a 7in deck. This design, which I am calling the Ger/BB/1941, is a more complete specification that includes an AA armament. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1941, Germany Battleship laid down 1941

Displacement:
 98,464 t light; 103,005 t standard; 114,651 t normal; 123,968 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (1,108.93 ft / 1,100.00 ft) x 150.00 ft x (38.00 / 40.60 ft)
 (338.00 m / 335.28 m) x 45.72 m  x (11.58 / 12.38 m)

Armament:
      9 - 21.00" / 533 mm 45.0 cal guns - 4,670.00lbs / 2,118.28kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1941 Model
   3 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
  1 raised mount - superfiring
      12 - 6.00" / 152 mm 55.0 cal guns - 116.00lbs / 52.62kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1941 Model
   6 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
      8 - 4.00" / 102 mm 60.0 cal guns - 35.00lbs / 15.88kg shells, 150 per gun
   Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1941 Model
   4 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  4 raised mounts
      44 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 2.00lbs / 0.91kg shells, 150 per gun
   Breech loading guns in deck mounts , 1941 Model
   5 x 2 row quad mounts on centreline, evenly spread
  2 raised mounts
   6 x 2 row quad mounts on sides amidships
  4 raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 43,790 lbs / 43,790 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 670.00 ft / 204.22 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  7.00" / 178 mm 670.00 ft / 204.22 m 38.00 ft / 11.58 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 12.0" / 305 mm  17.0" / 432 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: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 17.00" / 432 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 297,825 shp / 222,177 Kw = 31.00 kts
 Range 15,000nm at 18.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 20,963 tons

Complement:
 3,114 - 4,049

Cost:
 £53.585 million / $214.341 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 6,537 tons, 5.7 %
 Armour: 40,125 tons, 35.0 %
    - Belts: 7,979 tons, 7.0 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 6,594 tons, 5.8 %
    - Armament: 8,469 tons, 7.4 %
    - Armour Deck: 16,219 tons, 14.1 %
    - Conning Tower: 864 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 7,871 tons, 6.9 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 45,564 tons, 39.7 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 16,187 tons, 14.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   231,824 lbs / 105,153 Kg = 50.1 x 21.0 " / 533 mm shells or 57.9 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
 Metacentric height 14.0 ft / 4.3 m
 Roll period: 16.9 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 74 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.49

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   an extended bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.640 / 0.648
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.33 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 33.17 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 20.00 %,  42.00 ft / 12.80 m,  33.00 ft / 10.06 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  33.00 ft / 10.06 m,  31.00 ft / 9.45 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  31.00 ft / 9.45 m,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m,  33.00 ft / 10.06 m
    - Average freeboard:  32.82 ft / 10.00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 63.7 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 243.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 125,243 Square feet or 11,635 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 273 lbs/sq ft or 1,332 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.98
  - Longitudinal: 1.18
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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