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Saturday, July 15, 2006

This is very close to my concept for the Ger/BB/1905 from 1973

I had the idea, in the summer of 1973, that the Ger/BB/1905 design could be expanded by using light-weight, high-power machinery. Instead of a 23-knot ship, it becomes a 289 knot ship. This is a nominally 22,000 ton ship with 8-12in BLR and 12-4in QF guns, with a 10in armour basis. I also have several recent photos of ships of this type:

This is of one of the ships in the South Atlantic, taken from a boat.

This is actually a more useful photo, as you can see detail. This is the Springsharp report:
Ger/BB/1905 Extended Version, Germany Battleship laid down 1905 (Engine 1923)

Displacement:
 21,580 t light; 22,430 t standard; 24,000 t normal; 25,256 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
 580.00 ft / 580.00 ft x 90.00 ft x 27.00 ft (normal load)
 176.78 m / 176.78 m x 27.43 m  x 8.23 m

Armament:
      8 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1905 Model
   Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
   on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
      12 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts 
   on side, all amidships
 Weight of broadside 7,296 lbs / 3,309 kg
 Shells per gun, main battery: 90

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 190.00 ft / 57.91 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 390.00 ft / 118.87 m 27.00 ft / 8.23 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  10.0" / 254 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armour deck: 3.00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 95,111 shp / 70,953 Kw = 28.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,826 tons

Complement:
 963 - 1,253

Cost:
 £1.966 million / $7.866 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 912 tons, 3.8 %
 Armour: 8,324 tons, 34.7 %
    - Belts: 3,157 tons, 13.2 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 779 tons, 3.2 %
    - Armament: 2,097 tons, 8.7 %
    - Armour Deck: 2,111 tons, 8.8 %
    - Conning Tower: 179 tons, 0.7 %
 Machinery: 3,179 tons, 13.2 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 9,165 tons, 38.2 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,420 tons, 10.1 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   38,106 lbs / 17,285 Kg = 44.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 6.0 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
 Metacentric height 5.0 ft / 1.5 m
 Roll period: 17.0 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.11

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak
 Block coefficient: 0.596
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.44 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 24.08 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
 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 (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
    - Stem:  30.00 ft / 9.14 m
    - Forecastle (20 %): 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
    - Mid (72 %):  28.00 ft / 8.53 m (20.00 ft / 6.10 m aft of break)
    - Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Stern:  20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Average freeboard: 25.92 ft / 7.90 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.5 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 198.6 %
 Waterplane Area: 38,036 Square feet or 3,534 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 163 lbs/sq ft or 797 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.93
  - Longitudinal: 2.01
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

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