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Continues the story of the world's oil-producing battleships Germany.

This article goes the story of the third series of the German battleship and the first armed with cannons of 280 mm.

This armadillos type "Wittelsbach". Were built from 1900 to 1904 a series of five ships, "Wittelsbach» (Wittelsbach), «Wettin» (Wenin), «Zähringen» (Zahringen), «Schwaben» (Schwaben) and "Mecklenburg» (Mecklenburg).

As the ships of the previous series, these armadillos are 6 main caliber guns in three turrets and powerful medium caliber.

Wittelsbach, Germani Enter ship type laid down 1900 (Engine 1901)



Displacement:

15 089 t light; 16 393 t standard; 17 372 t normal; 18 155 t full load



Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)

(449,48 ft / 449,48 ft) x 75,46 ft x (26,25 / 27,27 ft)

(137,00 m / 137,00 m) x 23,00 m x (8,00 / 8,31 m)



Armament:

6 - 11,02" / 280 mm 40,0 cal guns - 641,94lbs / 291,18kg shells, 150 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model

4 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread

18 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 98,69lbs / 44,77kg shells, 250 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread

10 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm 30,0 cal guns - 19,17lbs / 8,70kg shells, 400 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread

12 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 45,0 cal guns - 1,56lbs / 0,71kg shells, 1 500 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread

Weight of broadside 5 838 lbs / 2 648 kg

6 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 1 673,23 ft / 510,00 m torpedoes - 55,067 t each, 330,400 t total

In 1 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes



Armour:

- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)

Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 295,28 ft / 90,00 m 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

Ends: 5,91" / 150 mm 154,20 ft / 47,00 m 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

Upper: 2,56" / 65 mm 295,28 ft / 90,00 m 9,84 ft / 3,00 m

Main Belt covers 101% of normal length



- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)

Main: 11,8" / 300 mm 3,94" / 100 mm 7,87" / 200 mm

2nd: 5,91" / 150 mm - -

3rd: 0,98" / 25 mm - -

4th: 0,98" / 25 mm - -



- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 2,56" / 65 mm For and Aft decks

Forecastle: 2,56" / 65 mm Quarter deck: 2,56" / 65 mm



- Conning towers: Forward 9,84" / 250 mm, Aft 0,00" / 0 mm



Machinery:

Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,

Direct drive, 3 shafts, 15 739 ihp / 11 742 Kw = 18,10 kts

Range 5 000nm at 10,00 kts

Bunker at max displacement = 1 762 tons (100% coal)



Complement:

756 - 983



Cost:

£1,157 million / $4,627 million



Distribution of weights at normal displacement:

Armament: 1 006 tons, 5,8%

- Guns: 676 tons, 3,9%

- Torpedoes: 330 tons, 1,9%

Armour: 6 982 tons, 40,2%

- Belts: 5 288 tons, 30,4%

- Armament: 275 tons, 1,6%

- Armour Deck: 1 278 tons, 7,4%

- Conning Tower: 142 tons, 0,8%

Machinery: 2 761 tons, 15,9%

Hull, fittings & equipment: 4 339 tons, 25,0%

Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 283 tons, 13,1%

Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0%



Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):

32 931 lbs / 14 937 Kg = 49,2 x 11,0 " / 280 mm shells or 3,1 torpedoes

Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,43

Metacentric height 6,1 ft / 1,9 m

Roll period: 12,8 seconds

Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %

- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,46

Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00



Hull form characteristics:

Hull has low quarterdeck ,

a normal bow and a cruiser stern

Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0,683 / 0,687

Length to Beam Ratio: 5,96 : 1

'Natural speed' for length: 21,20 kts

Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %

Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50

Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0,00 degrees

Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m

Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):

Fore end, Aft end

- Forecastle: 20,00%, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

- Forward deck: 30,00%, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

- Aft deck: 35,00%, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m, 26,25 ft / 8,00 m

- Quarter deck: 15,00%, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m, 13,12 ft / 4,00 m

- Average freeboard: 24,28 ft / 7,40 m



Ship space, strength and comments:

Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 68,0%

- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 79,0%

Waterplane Area: 26 774 Square feet or 2 487 Square metres

Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 117%

Structure weight / hull surface area: 115 lbs/sq ft or 563 Kg/sq metre

Hull strength (Relative):

- Cross-sectional: 0,93

- Longitudinal: 2,54

- Overall: 1,03

Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent

Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped

Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Hi alternathistory,

Looks very nice, but I do have a query - would the aft casemates not be a little crowded with the barbette for the aft turret right behind them? Obviously, without knowing the beam at that point, difficult for someone of my modest experience to know for sure, I'd just figured that with the hull tapering by that point (it's already past the point where the shafts exit the hull) you may come up short on the beam.

Regards,
Adam

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Just do not understand English very well. But after careful consideration of the ship he noticed some errors. First of all, high center of gravity, the ship will be inclined to overturn. That's decided to eliminate them.

I have a Question ? Have you changed the guns numbers when copying it over ? At the moment I see 6 x main guns with 4 x single mounts ? This will probably mean that you only show the weight of 4 unless you have just deleted them post sim when you copyed it here ? (all the 2,3,4,etc guns also have the same issue) armament:

6 - 11,02" / 280 mm 40,0 cal guns - 641,94lbs / 291,18kg shells, 150 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1900 Model

4 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread = -2 guns ?

18 - 5,91" / 150 mm 40,0 cal guns - 98,69lbs / 44,77kg shells, 250 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread = -17 guns ?

10 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm 30,0 cal guns - 19,17lbs / 8,70kg shells, 400 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread = -9 guns ?

12 - 1,46" / 37,0 mm 45,0 cal guns - 1,56lbs / 0,71kg shells, 1 500 per gun

Breech loading guns in deck mount, 1900 Model

1 x Single mount on sides, evenly spread = -11 guns ?

Weight of broadside 5 838 lbs / 2 648 kg

6 - 17,7" / 450 mm, 1 673,23 ft / 510,00 m torpedoes - 55,067 t each, 330,400 t total

In 1 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes

Hope this makes sense,
JSB

Once again radically altered Wittelsbach: