GB/CB/1905 Extreme, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1905 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
29,713 t light; 30,600 t standard; 32,089 t normal; 33,280 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(776.00 ft / 770.00 ft) x 85.00 ft x (33.00 / 33.94 ft)
(236.52 m / 234.70 m) x 25.91 m x (10.06 / 10.34 m)
Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
9 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1905 Model
8 x Single mounts on centreline, aft deck forward
1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck centre
1 raised mount
Weight of broadside 4,300 lbs / 1,950 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 380.00 ft / 115.82 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 33.00 ft / 10.06 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: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Protected deck - multiple decks: 2.00" / 51 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 6.00" / 152 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 8 shafts, 489,072 shp / 364,847 Kw = 42.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,680 tons
Complement:
1,198 - 1,558
Cost:
£3.111 million / $12.446 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 923 tons, 2.9 %
Armour: 4,838 tons, 15.1 %
- Belts: 1,238 tons, 3.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 989 tons, 3.1 %
- Armament: 826 tons, 2.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,654 tons, 5.2 %
- Conning Tower: 131 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 11,700 tons, 36.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12,252 tons, 38.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,376 tons, 7.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
24,803 lbs / 11,250 Kg = 28.7 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 2.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 5.3 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 15.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.520 / 0.524
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.06 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.75 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 39.00 ft / 11.89 m, 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 36.00 ft / 10.97 m, 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Aft deck: 17.00 %, 36.00 ft / 10.97 m, 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Quarter deck: 33.00 %, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Average freeboard: 33.60 ft / 10.24 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 170.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 254.2 %
Waterplane Area: 44,416 Square feet or 4,126 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 155 lbs/sq ft or 757 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.90
- Longitudinal: 2.62
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The "extreme sports" version of the GB/CB/1905
I thought it would be an amusing exercise to see how much more I might squeeze out of the basis GB/CB/1905 design. This assumes using a destroyer-like plant, but on a large scale, with eight shafts to get the maximum possible power at a very light weight and relatively small size. I raised the freeboard and increased the draft. Those are my usual Springsharp hacks for getting increased performance. This allows the design to make 42 knots. I actually was able to have a range of 6,500nm, as increased range increases seakeeping. This is the Springsharp report:
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