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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