GB/CB/1915, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1915 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
33,175 t light; 34,959 t standard; 36,852 t normal; 38,366 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(807.00 ft / 800.00 ft) x 104.00 ft x (26.50 / 27.38 ft)
(245.97 m / 243.84 m) x 31.70 m x (8.08 / 8.35 m)
Armament:
10 - 15.00" / 381 mm 45.0 cal guns - 1,920.00lbs / 870.90kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1915 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
1 x Twin mount on centreline, aft deck forward
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, 1915 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 20,240 lbs / 9,181 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 575.00 ft / 175.26 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: 3.00" / 76 mm 200.00 ft / 60.96 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
25.00 ft / 7.62 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 111 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 575.00 ft / 175.26 m 26.50 ft / 8.08 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 2.00" / 51 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, 182,116 shp / 135,859 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,407 tons
Complement:
1,329 - 1,728
Cost:
£5.047 million / $20.188 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,141 tons, 8.5 %
Armour: 9,321 tons, 25.3 %
- Belts: 2,304 tons, 6.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,128 tons, 3.1 %
- Armament: 2,368 tons, 6.4 %
- Armour Deck: 3,355 tons, 9.1 %
- Conning Tower: 167 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 4,357 tons, 11.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,355 tons, 44.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,677 tons, 10.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
54,224 lbs / 24,596 Kg = 32.1 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 7.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 7.1 ft / 2.2 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.87
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.585 / 0.589
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.69 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 30.00 %, 32.00 ft / 9.75 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Forward deck: 37.00 %, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Aft deck: 18.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 26.28 ft / 8.01 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 99.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 221.2 %
Waterplane Area: 60,003 Square feet or 5,574 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 210 lbs/sq ft or 1,023 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.32
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
A radical GB/CB/1915 design
This design for a GB/CB/1915 battlecruiser seems inspired by the Super Lion concept. The ship has 10-15in/45 guns (as originally specified, not the real 15in/42 guns) and 16-5in/50 QF guns in shields, mounted on the deck. The armour is light, the machinery is a light as is possible. The speed is 32 knots. The original specification had a beam of 90ft, but a viable design is not possible in Springsharp with such a narrow beam. This is the Springsharp report:
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