Ger/CA/1937, Germany Heavy Cruiser laid down 1937
Displacement:
17,022 t light; 17,813 t standard; 20,050 t normal; 21,839 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(757.84 ft / 745.00 ft) x 82.00 ft x (21.00 / 22.47 ft)
(230.99 m / 227.08 m) x 24.99 m x (6.40 / 6.85 m)
Armament:
9 - 9.40" / 239 mm 55.0 cal guns - 450.00lbs / 204.12kg 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
16 - 4.10" / 104 mm 55.0 cal guns - 36.00lbs / 16.33kg shells, 150 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1937 Model
8 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
8 raised mounts
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm 65.0 cal guns - 1.71lbs / 0.78kg shells, 150 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1937 Model
16 x Twin mounts on sides amidships
16 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 4,681 lbs / 2,123 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 490.00 ft / 149.35 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 490.00 ft / 149.35 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 2.00" / 51 mm For and Aft decks
- Conning towers: Forward 6.00" / 152 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 139,837 shp / 104,318 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,025 tons
Complement:
842 - 1,095
Cost:
£9.137 million / $36.549 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,276 tons, 6.4 %
Armour: 3,713 tons, 18.5 %
- Belts: 1,219 tons, 6.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 381 tons, 1.9 %
- Armament: 797 tons, 4.0 %
- Armour Deck: 1,220 tons, 6.1 %
- Conning Tower: 95 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,876 tons, 19.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,158 tons, 40.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,027 tons, 15.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
30,442 lbs / 13,808 Kg = 73.3 x 9.4 " / 239 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 5.2 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 15.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.46
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.13
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
an extended bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.547 / 0.557
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.09 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.29 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 33.00 ft / 10.06 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Aft deck: 30.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Quarter deck: 20.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Average freeboard: 24.71 ft / 7.53 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 115.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 228.4 %
Waterplane Area: 42,514 Square feet or 3,950 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 141 lbs/sq ft or 690 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.16
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Friday, July 06, 2007
A large German heavy cruiser: the Ger/CA/1937
This is my design for an outsized German heavy cruiser with 9-9.4in BLR, 12-4.1in AA, and 32-37mm AA guns. The belt is 5in and the deck is 2in. The speed is 33 knots and the range is 12,000nm at 15 knots. I had an idea that this would be a commerce raider. This is the Springsharp report:
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