Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1904 (Engine 1908)
Displacement:
19,739 t light; 20,673 t standard; 21,800 t normal; 22,702 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
513.00 ft / 510.00 ft x 85.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
156.36 m / 155.45 m x 25.91 m x 9.14 m
Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns in single mounts, 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, evenly spread
12 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1904 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
6 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns in single mounts, 3.17lbs / 1.44kg shells, 1904 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 10,549 lbs / 4,785 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 510.00 ft / 155.45 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 12.0" / 305 mm 185.00 ft / 56.39 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Main Belt covers 154 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 335.00 ft / 102.11 m 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
3rd: 12.0" / 305 mm 7.00" / 178 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
4th: 6.00" / 152 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 50,606 shp / 37,752 Kw = 24.00 kts
Range 4,800nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,029 tons
Complement:
896 - 1,166
Cost:
£2.156 million / $8.625 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,319 tons, 6.0 %
Armour: 7,743 tons, 35.5 %
- Belts: 3,075 tons, 14.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 372 tons, 1.7 %
- Armament: 2,987 tons, 13.7 %
- Armour Deck: 1,159 tons, 5.3 %
- Conning Tower: 151 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 2,556 tons, 11.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,121 tons, 37.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,061 tons, 9.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
23,359 lbs / 10,596 Kg = 27.0 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00
Metacentric height 3.9 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 18.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.587
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.58 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m (15.00 ft / 4.57 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 19.74 ft / 6.02 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 108.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.5 %
Waterplane Area: 31,313 Square feet or 2,909 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 93 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 177 lbs/sq ft or 863 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.12
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
I just got out my 1903 Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships
I got out my copy of the 1903 Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, so that I could try putting Colonel Cuniberti's Ideal Battleship for the British Navy into Springsharp. I was able to do better today. The main compromise is that the displacement is considerably greater than whan Colonel Cuniberti had thought would work. He specified 17,000 tons, while my design, based on his, is 21,800 tons normal displacement. This is as close as I have come to achieving his specification:
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