Ger/CB/1906, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1906 (Engine 1911)
Displacement:
26,585 t light; 27,623 t standard; 30,688 t normal; 33,140 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(807.00 ft / 800.00 ft) x 85.00 ft x (25.60 / 27.30 ft)
(245.97 m / 243.84 m) x 25.91 m x (7.80 / 8.32 m)
Armament:
8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 871.37lbs / 395.24kg shells, 90 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
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 114.33lbs / 51.86kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1906 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
Weight of broadside 7,886 lbs / 3,577 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 450.00 ft / 137.16 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 87 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
1.50" / 38 mm 450.00 ft / 137.16 m 25.60 ft / 7.80 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 58.00 ft / 17.68 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Protected 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 6.00" / 152 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 175,979 shp / 131,281 Kw = 32.80 kts
Range 6,500nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,517 tons
Complement:
1,159 - 1,507
Cost:
£2.677 million / $10.708 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,509 tons, 4.9 %
- Guns: 1,509 tons, 4.9 %
Armour: 6,597 tons, 21.5 %
- Belts: 1,305 tons, 4.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 639 tons, 2.1 %
- Armament: 1,703 tons, 5.6 %
- Armour Deck: 2,822 tons, 9.2 %
- Conning Tower: 127 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 7,142 tons, 23.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,337 tons, 36.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,103 tons, 13.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
38,555 lbs / 17,488 Kg = 44.6 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 5.2 ft / 1.6 m
Roll period: 15.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.69
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.617 / 0.625
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.41 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 27.00 %, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Aft deck: 14.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Quarter deck: 29.00 %, 19.00 ft / 5.79 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Average freeboard: 25.04 ft / 7.63 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 143.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 224.2 %
Waterplane Area: 50,528 Square feet or 4,694 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 160 lbs/sq ft or 781 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.02
- Overall: 1.00
Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
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Monday, June 09, 2008
My latest attempt at the Ger/CB/1906 design
This is my Ger/CB/1906 design that dates from 1971. The ship was a German battlecruiser of nominally 33 knots and 8-12in guns. The protection is light to achieve the speed with a decent armament. This is the Springsharp report:
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