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Saturday, August 09, 2008

My 1905 British fast battleship

Instead of building 21 knot battleships and 25 knot armoured cruisers, why not just build 24 knot fast battleships? That is the premise of my GB/BB/1905 design that has 8-12in/45 and 16-4in QF guns and a 11in belt. "Just for fun," I have a photograph of one, as well! This is the Springsharp report:
GB/BB/1905, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1905 (Engine 1909)

Displacement:
 19,173 t light; 20,005 t standard; 22,462 t normal; 24,429 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (613.00 ft / 605.00 ft) x 84.00 ft x (26.00 / 27.86 ft)
 (186.84 m / 184.40 m) x 25.60 m  x (7.92 / 8.49 m)

Armament:
      8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 849.99lbs / 385.55kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1905 Model
   4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
  2 raised mounts - superfiring
      16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in deck and hoist 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: 11.0" / 279 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 180.00 ft / 54.86 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
   25.00 ft / 7.62 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 102 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
  1.50" / 38 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
 Beam between torpedo bulkheads 58.00 ft / 17.68 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  11.0" / 279 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 3.00" / 76 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, 47,823 shp / 35,676 Kw = 24.00 kts
 Range 4,800nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 4,424 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 916 - 1,192

Cost:
 £1.706 million / $6.826 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,382 tons, 6.2 %
    - Guns: 1,382 tons, 6.2 %
 Armour: 7,774 tons, 34.6 %
    - Belts: 3,108 tons, 13.8 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 599 tons, 2.7 %
    - Armament: 2,362 tons, 10.5 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,378 tons, 6.1 %
    - Conning Towers: 326 tons, 1.5 %
 Machinery: 2,391 tons, 10.6 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,626 tons, 33.9 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,290 tons, 14.6 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   39,707 lbs / 18,011 Kg = 46.0 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 6.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.06
 Metacentric height 4.3 ft / 1.3 m
 Roll period: 16.9 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.90
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.51

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has low quarterdeck ,
   a ram bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.595 / 0.604
 Length to Beam Ratio: 7.20 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 24.60 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
 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 %,  27.00 ft / 8.23 m,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Aft deck: 22.00 %,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Quarter deck: 28.00 %,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m,  17.00 ft / 5.18 m
    - Average freeboard:  22.92 ft / 6.99 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 91.5 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 192.3 %
 Waterplane Area: 36,996 Square feet or 3,437 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 161 lbs/sq ft or 788 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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