GB/CB/Super Fast, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1921 (Engine 1950)
Displacement:
36,667 t light; 37,948 t standard; 39,546 t normal; 40,824 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
836.26 ft / 835.00 ft x 112.00 ft x 37.00 ft (normal load)
254.89 m / 254.51 m x 34.14 m x 11.28 m
Armament:
4 - 17.00" / 432 mm guns (2x2 guns), 2,456.50lbs / 1,114.25kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
16 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (8x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1921 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 10,826 lbs / 4,911 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 580.00 ft / 176.78 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 107 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 580.00 ft / 176.78 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 8 shafts, 377,615 shp / 281,701 Kw = 39.00 kts
Range 7,000nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,876 tons
Complement:
1,401 - 1,822
Cost:
£9.380 million / $37.518 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,353 tons, 3.4 %
Armour: 7,864 tons, 19.9 %
- Belts: 3,297 tons, 8.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 773 tons, 2.0 %
- Armament: 1,540 tons, 3.9 %
- Armour Deck: 2,130 tons, 5.4 %
- Conning Tower: 125 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 9,034 tons, 22.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,415 tons, 46.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,879 tons, 7.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
42,280 lbs / 19,178 Kg = 17.2 x 17.0 " / 432 mm shells or 5.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.09
Metacentric height 7.0 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 17.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.44
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.46 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.90 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 36.00 ft / 10.97 m
- Forecastle (45 %): 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
- Mid (45 %): 33.00 ft / 10.06 m (25.00 ft / 7.62 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- Average freeboard: 29.14 ft / 8.88 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 121.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 195.7 %
Waterplane Area: 57,567 Square feet or 5,348 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 210 lbs/sq ft or 1,027 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.93
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
My latest attempt at a Super Fast Battlecruiser using Springsharp
I took another shot a seeing if I could make the Super Fast Battlecruiser work in Springsharp. I wrote about this last October, and had my 1970's era drawing. I expended considerable effort to make the design have adequate seakeeping ability. The ship had to get wider, longer, and deeper. Even then, the best I could do was 39 knots. It at least captures the intent, although at a greater cost.
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