GB/BB/1876, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1876 Displacement: 10,604 t light; 11,044 t standard; 11,996 t normal; 12,757 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (358.00 ft / 345.00 ft) x 72.00 ft x (27.00 / 28.43 ft) (109.12 m / 105.16 m) x 21.95 m x (8.23 / 8.67 m) Armament: 4 - 12.50" / 318 mm 25.0 cal guns - 785.00lbs / 356.07kg shells, 90 per gun Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turret mounts, 1876 Model 2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread 6 - 6.00" / 152 mm 26.0 cal guns - 87.43lbs / 39.66kg shells, 150 per gun Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1876 Model 6 x Single mounts on sides amidships Weight of broadside 3,665 lbs / 1,662 kg Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 270.00 ft / 82.30 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 120 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 270.00 ft / 82.30 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 7.00" / 178 mm - 2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm - Armoured deck - multiple decks: 3.00" / 76 mm For and Aft decks Forecastle: 4.00" / 102 mm Quarter deck: 4.00" / 102 mm - Conning towers: Forward 14.00" / 356 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 2 shafts, 5,796 ihp / 4,324 Kw = 14.00 kts Range 4,200nm at 9.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 1,712 tons (100% coal) Complement: 573 - 745 Cost: £0.727 million / $2.908 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 423 tons, 3.5 % Armour: 4,746 tons, 39.6 % - Belts: 2,645 tons, 22.0 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 270 tons, 2.2 % - Armament: 538 tons, 4.5 % - Armour Deck: 1,136 tons, 9.5 % - Conning Tower: 158 tons, 1.3 % Machinery: 1,271 tons, 10.6 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,163 tons, 34.7 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,392 tons, 11.6 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 22,047 lbs / 10,000 Kg = 28.6 x 12.5 " / 318 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.37 Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m Roll period: 13.1 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.58 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00 Hull form characteristics: Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck , a ram bow and a cruiser stern Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.626 / 0.632 Length to Beam Ratio: 4.79 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 18.57 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 41 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -4.00 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 %, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m, 14.00 ft / 4.27 m - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Aft deck: 25.00 %, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Quarter deck: 25.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m - Average freeboard: 17.90 ft / 5.46 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68.9 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 136.1 % Waterplane Area: 18,613 Square feet or 1,729 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 134 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 157 lbs/sq ft or 767 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.87 - Longitudinal: 3.74 - 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 Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
How about an 1876 battleship?
Just for fun, I thought that I would try an 1876 battleship: the GB/BB/1876. This is intended to be a sort of breastwork monitor type, similar to the Devastation type. My freeboard may actually be higher than than the Devastation. My ship has 4-12.5in and 6-6in guns. The armour basis is 14 inches with unarmoured ends. They have 4in deck protection, only. My main battery is in Coles turrets. The speed is 14 knots, which I would think would be reasonable for the date. This is the Springsharp report:
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