GB/CB/1921, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
32,346 t light; 34,134 t standard; 36,346 t normal; 38,115 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(813.39 ft / 800.00 ft) x 102.00 ft x (28.50 / 29.55 ft)
(247.92 m / 243.84 m) x 31.09 m x (8.69 / 9.01 m)
Armament:
10 - 15.00" / 381 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,950.00lbs / 884.51kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1921 Model
2 x Quad mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
1 x Twin mount on centreline, forward deck centre
1 raised mount
16 - 5.00" / 127 mm 50.0 cal guns - 65.00lbs / 29.48kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1921 Model
8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 20,540 lbs / 9,317 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 445.00 ft / 135.64 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 86 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4.00" / 102 mm 445.00 ft / 135.64 m 28.50 ft / 8.69 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7.00" / 178 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 3.00" / 76 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm Quarter deck: 3.00" / 76 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 7.00" / 178 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 171,431 shp / 127,887 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 17.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,980 tons
Complement:
1,316 - 1,711
Cost:
£8.667 million / $34.669 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,079 tons, 8.5 %
Armour: 8,859 tons, 24.4 %
- Belts: 1,656 tons, 4.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,877 tons, 5.2 %
- Armament: 1,853 tons, 5.1 %
- Armour Deck: 3,308 tons, 9.1 %
- Conning Tower: 165 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 4,101 tons, 11.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,307 tons, 44.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,000 tons, 11.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
53,072 lbs / 24,073 Kg = 31.5 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 7.2 ft / 2.2 m
Roll period: 16.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.80
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
an extended bulbous bow and large transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.547 / 0.553
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.84 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32.74 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 17.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 34.00 ft / 10.36 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Average freeboard: 24.96 ft / 7.61 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 98.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 204.7 %
Waterplane Area: 59,118 Square feet or 5,492 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 213 lbs/sq ft or 1,041 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.46
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
My concept for a fast battlecruiser with 10-15in guns
The GB/CB/1921 design study is my current concept for what a fast, lightly armoured battlecruiser should be. This is a flush-decked ship with a flared bow and a wide transom stern. The main armament is in two quadruple turrets and one superfiring twin turret. The armour is all-or-nothing style, but only a 5in inclined belt. I thought that the ship needed a 33 knot speed. This is the Springsharp report:
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