GB/CB/1912 Super Lion, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1918)
Displacement:
41,153 t light; 43,216 t standard; 47,751 t normal; 51,378 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(823.00 ft / 815.00 ft) x 105.00 ft x (31.00 / 32.97 ft)
(250.85 m / 248.41 m) x 32.00 m x (9.45 / 10.05 m)
Armament:
10 - 15.00" / 381 mm 42.0 cal guns - 1,950.00lbs / 884.51kg shells, 90 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1912 Model
4 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
1 x Twin mount on centreline, aft deck forward
14 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 114.33lbs / 51.86kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1912 Model
14 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
14 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in heavy seas
Weight of broadside 21,101 lbs / 9,571 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 525.00 ft / 160.02 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 290.00 ft / 88.39 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 525.00 ft / 160.02 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
1.50" / 38 mm 525.00 ft / 160.02 m 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 72.00 ft / 21.95 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 3.00" / 76 mm
Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm Quarter deck: 3.00" / 76 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 12.00" / 305 mm, Aft 8.00" / 203 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 165,755 shp / 123,653 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,162 tons
Complement:
1,614 - 2,099
Cost:
£3.785 million / $15.142 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,838 tons, 5.9 %
- Guns: 2,838 tons, 5.9 %
Armour: 14,193 tons, 29.7 %
- Belts: 4,720 tons, 9.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 903 tons, 1.9 %
- Armament: 4,407 tons, 9.2 %
- Armour Deck: 3,596 tons, 7.5 %
- Conning Towers: 567 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 5,980 tons, 12.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,143 tons, 38.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,598 tons, 13.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
77,044 lbs / 34,946 Kg = 45.7 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 10.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.13
Metacentric height 6.8 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 16.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.94
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a ram bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.630 / 0.637
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.76 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.55 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 25.00 %, 31.00 ft / 9.45 m, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 30.00 ft / 9.14 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Aft deck: 18.00 %, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m, 29.00 ft / 8.84 m
- Quarter deck: 27.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 27.34 ft / 8.33 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 222.6 %
Waterplane Area: 64,359 Square feet or 5,979 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 209 lbs/sq ft or 1,020 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.29
- Overall: 1.00
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Another try at a Super Lion (GB/CB/1912)
This version of the Super Lion design is so good, there must be something wrong with the specification. This is a 30-knot battlecruiser with 10-15in/42 and 14-6in/50 QF guns, a 12in belt, 3in deck, and 7,500nm range:
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