Expanded "Super Lion", Great Britain Battleship laid down 1916 (Engine 1937) Displacement: 48,833 t light; 51,083 t standard; 55,033 t normal; 58,192 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (863.00 ft / 855.00 ft) x 110.00 ft x (32.00 / 33.55 ft) (263.04 m / 260.60 m) x 33.53 m x (9.75 / 10.23 m) Armament: 10 - 16.00" / 406 mm 45.0 cal guns - 2,065.00lbs / 936.67kg shells, 90 per gun Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1916 Model 4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread 2 raised mounts - superfiring 1 x Twin mount on centreline, aft deck forward 14 - 6.00" / 152 mm 45.0 cal guns - 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 150 per gun Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1916 Model 8 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft 8 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas 6 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward 6 hull mounts in lower casemates- Limited use in heavy seas Weight of broadside 22,050 lbs / 10,002 kg Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m 15.00 ft / 4.57 m Unarmoured ends Upper: 11.0" / 279 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Main Belt covers 97 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 4.00" / 102 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 32.00 ft / 9.75 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 15.0" / 381 mm 2nd: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm - Armoured deck - multiple decks: 4.00" / 102 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: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 4 shafts, 178,635 shp / 133,262 Kw = 30.00 kts Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 7,109 tons Complement: 1,796 - 2,335 Cost: £7.199 million / $28.797 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 3,609 tons, 6.6 % Armour: 19,959 tons, 36.3 % - Belts: 5,759 tons, 10.5 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 2,557 tons, 4.6 % - Armament: 5,889 tons, 10.7 % - Armour Deck: 5,317 tons, 9.7 % - Conning Tower: 436 tons, 0.8 % Machinery: 4,951 tons, 9.0 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 20,315 tons, 36.9 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,199 tons, 11.3 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 95,929 lbs / 43,513 Kg = 46.8 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 16.7 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10 Metacentric height 6.9 ft / 2.1 m Roll period: 17.5 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.84 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21 Hull form characteristics: Hull has low quarterdeck , a ram bow and a cruiser stern Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.640 / 0.645 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.77 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 29.24 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length): Fore end, Aft end - Forecastle: 25.00 %, 32.00 ft / 9.75 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m - Forward deck: 25.00 %, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m - Aft deck: 20.00 %, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m - Quarter deck: 30.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Average freeboard: 26.90 ft / 8.20 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.4 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 219.6 % Waterplane Area: 71,389 Square feet or 6,632 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 215 lbs/sq ft or 1,052 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.98 - Longitudinal: 1.20 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Monday, October 29, 2007
An "expanded" version of a "Super Lion" fast battleship
I have a photograph of my "Super Lion" design hanging on the wall, and I was thinking that a version with 10-16in guns would be interesting. A length of 855ft is sort of a classic dimension, so I decided that would work for this ship. This is very much a early WWI-style ship, with the older look, rather than the 1921 look. The displacement is quite large, but the power needed is not excessive. I much prefer the William Hovgaard style "battleship-cruiser" over the lightly protected Fisher battlecruiser. This is the Springsharp report:
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