One of my favorite ship drawings and designs: the Ger/CS/1905

The Ger/CS/1905 is one of my favorite ship designs. I also really like the drawing that I did back in 2005. Sadly, in Springsharp, the design cannot be realized completely. The issue seems to revolve around Springsharp requiring too much power for a given speed and not being able to specify light-enough machinery. The best I can get from Springsharp is about 49 SHP/ton of machinery. When you realize that the British leader Swift was designed in 1905 and had 60 SHP/ton machinery, you can see the nature of the problem. This is the Springsharp report:

Ger/CS/1905, Germany Scout Cruiser laid down 1905 (Engine 1950)

Displacement:
 1,888 t light; 1,946 t standard; 2,141 t normal; 2,297 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (372.10 ft / 370.00 ft) x 38.00 ft x (13.00 / 13.63 ft)
 (113.42 m / 112.78 m) x 11.58 m  x (3.96 / 4.15 m)

Armament:
      5 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1905 Model
   3 x Single mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
   2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
      Weight of broadside 160 lbs / 73 kg
      2 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m torpedoes - 0.865 t each, 1.729 t total
 In 2 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 180.00 ft / 54.86 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
 Upper: 2.00" / 51 mm 100.00 ft / 30.48 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 75 % of normal length
   Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 2.00" / 51 mm  3.00" / 76 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 2 shafts, 49,817 shp / 37,163 Kw = 34.00 kts
 Range 4,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 352 tons

Complement:
 156 - 204

Cost:
 £0.227 million / $0.906 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 54 tons, 2.5 %
    - Guns: 52 tons, 2.4 %
    - Torpedoes: 2 tons, 0.1 %
 Armour: 270 tons, 12.6 %
    - Belts: 204 tons, 9.5 %
    - Armament: 67 tons, 3.1 %
 Machinery: 1,017 tons, 47.5 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 547 tons, 25.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 253 tons, 11.8 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   678 lbs / 307 Kg = 21.2 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
 Metacentric height 1.8 ft / 0.5 m
 Roll period: 11.9 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.18
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
   a normal bow and a round stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.410 / 0.420
 Length to Beam Ratio: 9.74 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 19.24 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 53
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 16.00 %,  24.00 ft / 7.32 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Forward deck: 12.00 %,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Aft deck: 57.00 %,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m,  14.00 ft / 4.27 m
    - Average freeboard:  16.37 ft / 4.99 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 161.2 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 162.5 %
 Waterplane Area: 8,707 Square feet or 809 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 76 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 34 lbs/sq ft or 165 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.46
  - Longitudinal: 1.72
  - Overall: 0.52
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent