GB/BB/1906, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1906 (Engine 1911)
Displacement:
19,696 t light; 20,703 t standard; 24,948 t normal; 28,343 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(635.00 ft / 628.00 ft) x 82.00 ft x (27.00 / 30.07 ft)
(193.55 m / 191.41 m) x 24.99 m x (8.23 / 9.17 m)
Armament:
8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 871.37lbs / 395.24kg shells, 120 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1906 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.27lbs / 14.64kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1906 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 7,487 lbs / 3,396 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
2.00" / 51 mm 410.00 ft / 124.97 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 56.00 ft / 17.07 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 9.00" / 229 mm 11.0" / 279 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 11.00" / 279 mm, Aft 8.00" / 203 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 50,568 shp / 37,724 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,640 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
992 - 1,290
Cost:
£1.681 million / $6.724 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,331 tons, 5.3 %
- Guns: 1,331 tons, 5.3 %
Armour: 7,625 tons, 30.6 %
- Belts: 2,694 tons, 10.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 819 tons, 3.3 %
- Armament: 2,323 tons, 9.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,439 tons, 5.8 %
- Conning Towers: 349 tons, 1.4 %
Machinery: 2,257 tons, 9.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,483 tons, 34.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,251 tons, 21.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
50,065 lbs / 22,709 Kg = 57.9 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 8.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.09
Metacentric height 4.4 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 16.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 81 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.95
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.63
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.628 / 0.641
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.66 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
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: 25.00 %, 28.00 ft / 8.53 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Aft deck: 14.00 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Quarter deck: 31.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Average freeboard: 23.12 ft / 7.05 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 188.1 %
Waterplane Area: 38,657 Square feet or 3,591 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 134 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 157 lbs/sq ft or 765 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.57
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
My 1906 British fast battleship
I have had a concept for a British fast battleship for 1906. The boilers are coal-fired and the machinery is direct-drive turbines. I like to use a good bit of length to achieve speed, to keep other characteristics in check. This is a ship with 8-12in/45 and 16-4in QF guns. The armour basis is 10in with a 2in deck. Since the tiny Michigan and South Carolina had superfiring guns, I figure that the ships should have them as well. The "all-or-nothing" armour scheme is rather edgy, I admit. This is the Springsharp report:
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