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Thursday, February 07, 2008

A British super destroyer for 1908

One of my ongoing interest, since the late 1960's has been super destroyers from the period starting in 1905 and beyond. I think that I had been inspired by what I had found out about the big German destroyers from late in the Great War. My 1908 design is for a British ship with 6-4in QF guns and 4-18in TT. The designed speed is 35 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
GB/DL/1908, Great Britain Destroyer Leader laid down 1908 (Engine 1943)

Displacement:
 1,859 t light; 1,922 t standard; 2,149 t normal; 2,330 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (374.63 ft / 372.00 ft) x 36.00 ft x (12.00 / 12.73 ft)
 (114.19 m / 113.39 m) x 10.97 m  x (3.66 / 3.88 m)

Armament:
      6 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.27lbs / 14.64kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1908 Model
   2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
   4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 194 lbs / 88 kg
      4 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m torpedoes - 0.985 t each, 3.938 t total
 In 4 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes

Armour:
   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm  1.00" / 25 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 2 shafts, 58,041 shp / 43,298 Kw = 35.00 kts
 Range 4,200nm at 16.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 408 tons

Complement:
 157 - 205

Cost:
 £0.251 million / $1.003 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 57 tons, 2.7 %
    - Guns: 53 tons, 2.5 %
    - Torpedoes: 4 tons, 0.2 %
 Armour: 37 tons, 1.7 %
    - Armament: 37 tons, 1.7 %
 Machinery: 1,192 tons, 55.5 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 573 tons, 26.7 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 290 tons, 13.5 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   537 lbs / 244 Kg = 16.8 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.34
 Metacentric height 1.8 ft / 0.6 m
 Roll period: 11.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.07

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
   a normal bow and a round stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.468 / 0.478
 Length to Beam Ratio: 10.33 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 19.29 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 18.00 %,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m,  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Forward deck: 14.00 %,  23.00 ft / 7.01 m,  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Aft deck: 53.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m
    - Average freeboard:  17.70 ft / 5.40 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 187.0 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 168.1 %
 Waterplane Area: 8,673 Square feet or 806 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 67 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 32 lbs/sq ft or 157 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.44
  - Longitudinal: 2.27
  - Overall: 0.52
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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