King Edward VII, anachronistic, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1907 (Engine 1909)
Displacement:
14,175 t light; 15,000 t standard; 16,606 t normal; 17,890 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(451.75 ft / 450.00 ft) x 78.00 ft x (26.75 / 28.47 ft)
(137.69 m / 137.16 m) x 23.77 m x (8.15 / 8.68 m)
Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 850.00lbs / 385.55kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 9.20" / 234 mm 45.0 cal guns - 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts
10 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 100.00lbs / 45.36kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1907 Model
2 x Triple mounts on sides, forward deck aft
2 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck forward
Weight of broadside 5,920 lbs / 5,920 kg
4 - 18.0" / 457 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 160.00 ft / 48.77 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.50" / 38 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 26.75 ft / 8.15 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 7.00" / 178 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
3rd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 26,827 ihp / 20,013 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 4,500nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,889 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
730 - 950
Cost:
£1.377 million / $5.510 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,259 tons, 7.6 %
Armour: 5,420 tons, 32.6 %
- Belts: 2,211 tons, 13.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 431 tons, 2.6 %
- Armament: 1,685 tons, 10.1 %
- Armour Deck: 967 tons, 5.8 %
- Conning Tower: 126 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 2,064 tons, 12.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,986 tons, 36.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,431 tons, 14.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
23,439 lbs / 10,632 Kg = 27.1 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 4.4 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 15.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.76
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.47
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.619 / 0.627
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.77 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 4.00 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 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 23.00 ft / 7.01 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Average freeboard: 21.79 ft / 6.64 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 99.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 137.9 %
Waterplane Area: 26,130 Square feet or 2,428 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 152 lbs/sq ft or 745 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.90
- Longitudinal: 2.54
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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