Ok, I was going to wait until this was finished, but I haven't worked on it in a while and thought I would post it to see what you say.
This is my idea for a Personal Battlecruiser, laid down 1912. It is largely based on the Lexington Battlecruiser by Chuck Ship Art.
Sorry, for the yellow background and green lines. Like I said, I haven't finished it yet and I still need to add details to it.
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Here is the the Spring Sharp data sheet.
United States of Denton Battlecruiser laid down 1912 (Engine 1913)
Displacement:
142,367 t light; 146,910 t standard; 152,190 t normal; 156,414 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,400.00 ft / 1,358.84 ft x 140.00 ft x 40.00 ft (normal load)
426.72 m / 414.17 m x 42.67 m x 12.19 m
Armament:
4 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1,372.00lbs / 622.33kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 14.00" / 356 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1,372.00lbs / 622.33kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all aft, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all forward
8 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all aft
6 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns (4 mounts), 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1913 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 12,785 lbs / 5,799 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
8 - 24.0" / 609.6 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 800.00 ft / 243.84 m 40.00 ft / 12.19 m
Ends: 10.0" / 254 mm 558.00 ft / 170.08 m 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
Upper: 6.00" / 152 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
6.00" / 152 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 14.0" / 356 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 14.0" / 356 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
3rd: 8.00" / 203 mm 8.00" / 203 mm -
4th: 8.00" / 203 mm 8.00" / 203 mm -
- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 294,917 shp / 220,008 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 7,500nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,504 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
3,852 - 5,008
Cost:
£8.105 million / $32.420 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,598 tons, 1.1 %
Armour: 41,725 tons, 27.4 %
- Belts: 23,106 tons, 15.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,664 tons, 1.8 %
- Armament: 3,934 tons, 2.6 %
- Armour Deck: 11,283 tons, 7.4 %
- Conning Tower: 737 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 12,712 tons, 8.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 83,832 tons, 55.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,823 tons, 6.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,500 tons, 1.6 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
435,715 lbs / 197,637 Kg = 317.6 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 98.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 11.8 ft / 3.6 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 69 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.20
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.38
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.700
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.71 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 36.86 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 37 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 41.16 ft / 12.55 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 35.50 ft / 10.82 m
- Mid (50 %): 35.50 ft / 10.82 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 26.00 ft / 7.92 m (35.50 ft / 10.82 m before break)
- Stern: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Average freeboard: 34.53 ft / 10.52 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 45.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 257.5 %
Waterplane Area: 152,479 Square feet or 14,166 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 185 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 398 lbs/sq ft or 1,943 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.98
- Longitudinal: 1.27
- Overall: 1.42
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
-EZ-
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