Unapproachable, Great Britain Armoured Cruiser laid down 1904 (Engine 1909) Displacement: 14,711 t light; 15,446 t standard; 18,283 t normal; 20,552 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (572.00 ft / 565.00 ft) x 78.00 ft x (24.00 / 26.45 ft) (174.35 m / 172.21 m) x 23.77 m x (7.32 / 8.06 m) Armament: 4 - 9.20" / 234 mm 50.0 cal guns - 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 150 per gun Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1904 Model 2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread 12 - 7.50" / 191 mm 50.0 cal guns - 200.00lbs / 90.72kg shells, 150 per gun Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1904 Model 6 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread 6 raised mounts 16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1904 Model 16 x Single mounts on sides amidships 16 raised mounts Weight of broadside 4,432 lbs / 2,010 kg Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 155.00 ft / 47.24 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Main Belt covers 112 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 3rd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm - Armoured deck - multiple decks: 2.00" / 51 mm For and Aft decks Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm - Conning towers: Forward 6.00" / 152 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 50,795 shp / 37,893 Kw = 25.00 kts Range 5,400nm at 16.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 5,105 tons (100% coal) Complement: 785 - 1,021 Cost: £1.346 million / $5.386 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 1,170 tons, 6.4 % Armour: 5,064 tons, 27.7 % - Belts: 2,020 tons, 11.0 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 364 tons, 2.0 % - Armament: 1,382 tons, 7.6 % - Armour Deck: 1,208 tons, 6.6 % - Conning Tower: 90 tons, 0.5 % Machinery: 2,540 tons, 13.9 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,938 tons, 32.5 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,571 tons, 19.5 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 29,620 lbs / 13,435 Kg = 76.1 x 9.2 " / 234 mm shells or 4.5 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17 Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m Roll period: 15.2 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 66 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.33 Hull form characteristics: Hull has low quarterdeck , a ram bow and a cruiser stern Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.605 / 0.617 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.24 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 23.77 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 % 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: 20.00 %, 24.00 ft / 7.32 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Aft deck: 35.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m - Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m - Average freeboard: 21.63 ft / 6.59 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.8 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 168.6 % Waterplane Area: 32,383 Square feet or 3,008 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 125 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 138 lbs/sq ft or 671 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.96 - Longitudinal: 1.49 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
"HMS Unapproachable": a new attempt
After looking at this photograph again, I decided to see if I could make a reasonable Springsharp design for the original concept: 4-9.2in, 12-7.5in, and possibly 16-4in guns. The ship is based on the sketch in Dr. Oscar Parkes' book British Battleships. The ship can fire 2-9.2 and 8-7.5 guns forward and aft, if blast effects are accepted. The broadside is 4-9.2in and 6-7.5in guns. A not-so minor detail is that the original concept may have had reciprocating engines,but I don't think that it is too great a stretch to use steam turbines. This is the Springsharp report:
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