GB/CB/1905, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1905 (Engine 1909)
Displacement:
20,474 t light; 21,583 t standard; 24,985 t normal; 27,707 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(642.00 ft / 634.00 ft) x 82.00 ft x (27.00 / 29.45 ft)
(195.68 m / 193.24 m) x 24.99 m x (8.23 / 8.98 m)
Armament:
8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1905 Model
16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 7,312 lbs / 3,317 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 114.00 ft / 34.75 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
100.00 ft / 30.48 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
2.00" / 51 mm 420.00 ft / 128.02 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 62.00 ft / 18.90 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 3.00" / 76 mm
Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm Quarter deck: 3.00" / 76 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 10.00" / 254 mm, Aft 7.00" / 178 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 58,942 shp / 43,971 Kw = 25.00 kts
Range 5,400nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 6,124 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
993 - 1,291
Cost:
£1.805 million / $7.219 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,320 tons, 5.3 %
- Guns: 1,320 tons, 5.3 %
Armour: 8,087 tons, 32.4 %
- Belts: 2,801 tons, 11.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 839 tons, 3.4 %
- Armament: 1,964 tons, 7.9 %
- Armour Deck: 2,170 tons, 8.7 %
- Conning Towers: 313 tons, 1.3 %
Machinery: 2,947 tons, 11.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,119 tons, 32.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,511 tons, 18.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
45,024 lbs / 20,422 Kg = 52.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 6.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 4.9 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 15.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.77
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.60
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.623 / 0.633
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.18 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
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 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Aft deck: 17.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Quarter deck: 28.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 23.86 ft / 7.27 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 193.7 %
Waterplane Area: 38,846 Square feet or 3,609 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 122 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 148 lbs/sq ft or 723 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.57
- Overall: 1.00
Adequate 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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Saturday, May 24, 2008
A well-protected battlecruiser: GB/CB/1905
I still do not see any reason why there could not be a well-protected British battlecruiser laid down in 1905. The ship has coal-fired boilers and direct-drive turbines. The belt is 10in and the deck in 3in. The four turrets are distributed on the centerline, with one forward and one aft. The 16-4in QF guns are stacked casemates with 4in protection. The speed is 25 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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