Another attempt at the GB/BB/1914 design

My friend Cliff had conceived of the GB/BB/1914 design as what he would mass produce, at the outbreak of war in our wargame, in the early 1970's. The ship had a distinctly modern look, seeming more like a WWII battleship than a ship laid down in 1914. This is a photograph of one of the ships:

The original concept was for a 45,000 ton ship, but that was unrealistically small. I am sure that the intent was to use lighter weight machinery, when Cliff designed the ship. The speed is rather low, by WWII standards, for a Great War ship, 25 knots seems adequate. This is the Springsharp report:

GB/BB/1914, Great Britain Battleship laid down 1914 (Engine 1921)

Displacement:
 54,101 t light; 56,823 t standard; 59,685 t normal; 61,974 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (808.07 ft / 800.00 ft) x 120.00 ft x (34.00 / 35.10 ft)
 (246.30 m / 243.84 m) x 36.58 m  x (10.36 / 10.70 m)

Armament:
      9 - 18.00" / 457 mm 45.0 cal guns - 3,150.00lbs / 1,428.82kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1914 Model
   3 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
  1 raised mount - superfiring
      20 - 5.00" / 127 mm 50.0 cal guns - 66.16lbs / 30.01kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1914 Model
   10 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  6 raised mounts - superfiring
 Weight of broadside 29,673 lbs / 29,673 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
   Main Belt covers 106 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 34.00 ft / 10.36 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 10.0" / 254 mm  18.0" / 457 mm
 2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm  5.00" / 127 mm

   - Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm, Conning tower: 18.00" / 457 mm

Machinery:
 Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, 
 Geared drive, 4 shafts, 96,227 shp / 71,786 Kw = 25.00 kts
 Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 5,151 tons

Complement:
 1,909 - 2,482

Cost:
 £6.317 million / $25.269 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 4,433 tons, 7.4 %
 Armour: 24,072 tons, 40.3 %
    - Belts: 6,834 tons, 11.5 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,384 tons, 2.3 %
    - Armament: 5,825 tons, 9.8 %
    - Armour Deck: 9,437 tons, 15.8 %
    - Conning Tower: 592 tons, 1.0 %
 Machinery: 3,314 tons, 5.6 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 23,614 tons, 39.6 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,583 tons, 9.4 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   98,682 lbs / 44,761 Kg = 33.8 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 17.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
 Metacentric height 8.5 ft / 2.6 m
 Roll period: 17.3 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.44

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a straight bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.640 / 0.644
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.67 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 28.28 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 9.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 20.00 %,  32.00 ft / 9.75 m,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  25.00 ft / 7.62 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Aft deck: 35.00 %,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m,  23.00 ft / 7.01 m
    - Average freeboard:  23.69 ft / 7.22 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 69.6 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.0 %
 Waterplane Area: 72,869 Square feet or 6,770 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 242 lbs/sq ft or 1,182 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.97
  - Longitudinal: 1.37
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily