Got bored today and have spent a while on the Hood Association Website, and have come up with this sim for HMS Hood using the info avaliable there.
HMS Hood, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid down 1916 (Engine 191
Displacement:
41,126 t light; 43,458 t standard; 46,473 t normal; 48,884 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
854.91 ft / 850.41 ft x 95.00 ft (Bulges 104.20 ft) x 31.92 ft (normal load)
260.58 m / 259.21 m x 28.96 m (Bulges 31.76 m) x 9.73 m
Armament:
8 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1,920.00lbs / 870.90kg shells, 1916 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 82.01lbs / 37.20kg shells, 1916 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 31.40lbs / 14.24kg shells, 1916 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 16,595 lbs / 7,528 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes, 2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 522.00 ft / 159.11 m 9.50 ft / 2.90 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 160.00 ft / 48.77 m 9.50 ft / 2.90 m
168.41 ft / 51.33 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 550.00 ft / 167.64 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
4.50" / 114 mm 500.00 ft / 152.40 m 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 11.0" / 279 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
- Armour deck: 3.50" / 89 mm, Conning tower: 11.00" / 279 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 144,000 shp / 107,424 Kw = 29.39 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5,426 tons
Complement:
1,582 - 2,057
Cost:
£6.081 million / $24.322 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,844 tons, 4.0 %
Armour: 14,394 tons, 31.0 %
- Belts: 4,823 tons, 10.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,331 tons, 5.0 %
- Armament: 3,196 tons, 6.9 %
- Armour Deck: 3,738 tons, 8.0 %
- Conning Tower: 306 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 5,195 tons, 11.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 19,293 tons, 41.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,347 tons, 11.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 400 tons, 0.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
62,424 lbs / 28,315 Kg = 37.0 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 10.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.9 m
Roll period: 17.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 54 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.575
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.16 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.16 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25.50 ft / 7.77 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 25.50 ft / 7.77 m
- Mid (60 %): 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Quarterdeck (25 %): 15.00 ft / 4.57 m (18.00 ft / 5.49 m before break)
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 20.06 ft / 6.12 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 139.7 %
Waterplane Area: 57,723 Square feet or 5,363 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 229 lbs/sq ft or 1,117 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.19
- Longitudinal: 1.05
- Overall: 1.08
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Any thoughts?