GB/CL/1918, Great Britain Light Cruiser laid down 1918 (Engine 1927)
Displacement:
9,280 t light; 9,624 t standard; 10,678 t normal; 11,522 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(598.32 ft / 595.00 ft) x 58.00 ft x (19.00 / 20.20 ft)
(182.37 m / 181.36 m) x 17.68 m x (5.79 / 6.16 m)
Armament:
12 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 114.33lbs / 51.86kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1918 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 raised mounts - superfiring
2 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
8 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 0 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1918 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,628 lbs / 738 kg
12 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 22.00 ft / 6.71 m torpedoes - 1.413 t each, 16.958 t total
In 4 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 2.00" / 51 mm 340.00 ft / 103.63 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
0.70" / 18 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Protected deck - single deck: 2.00" / 51 mm For and Aft decks
Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 4.00" / 102 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 90,392 shp / 67,433 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,897 tons
Complement:
524 - 682
Cost:
£1.787 million / $7.146 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 413 tons, 3.9 %
- Guns: 396 tons, 3.7 %
- Torpedoes: 17 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 1,980 tons, 18.5 %
- Belts: 612 tons, 5.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 192 tons, 1.8 %
- Armament: 220 tons, 2.1 %
- Armour Deck: 914 tons, 8.6 %
- Conning Tower: 42 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 2,853 tons, 26.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,033 tons, 37.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,399 tons, 13.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,915 lbs / 6,312 Kg = 128.8 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 2.7 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.65
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.17
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.570 / 0.578
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.26 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.39 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 7.00 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 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Forward deck: 25.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Aft deck: 21.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Quarter deck: 29.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Average freeboard: 21.50 ft / 6.55 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 154.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 203.5 %
Waterplane Area: 24,540 Square feet or 2,280 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 103 lbs/sq ft or 503 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.48
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The GB/CL/1918 design
My GB/CL/1918 design has 12-6in guns in twin mounts. Four mounts are on the centerline, with two superfiring twin mounts. The other two mounts are on the side, so that there is a ten gun broadside. There is now an 8-4in QF gun secondary battery that could be converted to AA guns. The torpedo armament is 12-21in TT in four triple mounts. The speed is 32 knots, which requires fairly lightweight machinery. This is the Springsharp report:
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