Ger/CS/1905, Germany Scout Cruiser laid down 1905 (Engine 1945)
Displacement:
2,304 t light; 2,368 t standard; 2,542 t normal; 2,681 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(371.75 ft / 370.00 ft) x 38.00 ft x (14.00 / 14.54 ft)
(113.31 m / 112.78 m) x 11.58 m x (4.27 / 4.43 m)
Armament:
3 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mount , 1905 Model
2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck centre
2 raised mounts
2 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1905 Model
1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck forward
1 raised mount
1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck aft
1 raised mount
Weight of broadside 160 lbs / 160 kg
2 - 18.0" / 457 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 160.00 ft / 48.77 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 2.00" / 51 mm 100.00 ft / 30.48 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 67 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 64,846 shp / 48,375 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 313 tons
Complement:
178 - 232
Cost:
£0.291 million / $1.163 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 52 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 201 tons, 7.9 %
- Belts: 195 tons, 7.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 6 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,371 tons, 53.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 710 tons, 27.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 238 tons, 9.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
611 lbs / 277 Kg = 19.1 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 12.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.25
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.452 / 0.459
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.24 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 70 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 62
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 35.00 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Aft deck: 20.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m, 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 18.08 ft / 5.51 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 180.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 133.8 %
Waterplane Area: 8,983 Square feet or 835 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 70 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs/sq ft or 180 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.48
- Longitudinal: 2.58
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
My first attempt at the Ger/CS/1905 design in Springsharp 3.0b Beta
I went ahead got a Ger/CS/1905 scout cruiser design done with Springsharp 3.0b Beta. The main problem is that too much power is required for the size ship. I always tell myself the HMS Swift, a similar ship, could achieve up to 60 SHP/ton of machinery. This is the Springsharp report:
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