well hears my cheats for my nelson calss BBs the first one is for the new papers second ones what the Admiralty is going with shes 1,823 tons over the TC limit and a 1 kts fraster
Nelson, UK AUST Battleship laid down 1929
Displacement:
37,806 t light; 40,000 t standard; 43,192 t normal; 45,573 t full load
Loading submergence 1,659 tons/feet
Dimensions:
726.81 ft x 106.50 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
221.53 m x 32.46 m x 9.14 m
Armament:
9 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (3 Main turrets x 3 guns, 1 superfiring turret)
Main turrets are grouped together
12 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (6 2nd turrets x 2 guns)
10 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
15 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 15,960 lbs / 7,239 kg
Armour:
Belt 15.00" / 381 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 89 % of normal area
Main belt does not fully protect magazines and engineering spaces
Main turrets 15.00" / 381 mm, 2nd turrets 4.00" / 102 mm
AA gun shields 1.00" / 25 mm, Light gun shields 1.00" / 25 mm
Armour deck 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower 15.00" / 381 mm
Torpedo bulkhead 2.50" / 64 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 160,240 shp / 119,539 Kw = 29.66 kts
Range 24,000nm at 10.00 kts
Complement:
1,498 - 1,947
Cost:
£14.752 million / $59.009 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,995 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 14,800 tons, 34.3 %
Belts: 3,346 tons, 7.7 %, Armament: 4,373 tons, 10.1 %, Armour Deck: 5,370 tons, 12.4 %
Conning Tower: 400 tons, 0.9 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 1,311 tons, 3.0 %
Machinery: 4,921 tons, 11.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,090 tons, 37.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,386 tons, 12.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Metacentric height 5.5
Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.00
Shellfire needed to sink: 45,912 lbs / 20,825 Kg = 27.2 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 6.5
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 67 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.64
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.00
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.651
Sharpness coefficient: 0.43
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6.34
'Natural speed' for length: 26.96 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim: 67
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 90.1 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 176.4 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 106 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.96
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 200 lbs / square foot or 976 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.41
(for 23.90 ft / 7.28 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 3.61 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00
Nelson, UK AUST Battleship laid down 1929
Displacement:
39,591 t light; 41,823 t standard; 45,091 t normal; 47,525 t full load
Loading submergence 1,723 tons/feet
Dimensions:
726.81 ft x 109.50 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
221.53 m x 33.38 m x 9.14 m
Armament:
9 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (3 Main turrets x 3 guns, 1 superfiring turret)
Main turrets are grouped together
12 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (6 2nd turrets x 2 guns)
10 - 1.56" / 40 mm AA guns
15 - 0.80" / 20 mm guns
Weight of broadside 15,960 lbs / 7,239 kg
Armour:
Belt 15.00" / 381 mm, ends unarmoured
Belts cover 89 % of normal area
Main belt does not fully protect magazines and engineering spaces
Main turrets 15.00" / 381 mm, 2nd turrets 4.00" / 102 mm
AA gun shields 1.00" / 25 mm, Light gun shields 1.00" / 25 mm
Armour deck 5.00" / 127 mm, Conning tower 15.00" / 381 mm
Torpedo bulkhead 2.50" / 64 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 174,666 shp / 130,300 Kw = 30.02 kts
Range 24,000nm at 10.00 kts
Complement:
1,547 - 2,011
Cost:
£15.250 million / $61.000 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,995 tons, 4.4 %
Armour: 15,308 tons, 33.9 %
Belts: 3,406 tons, 7.6 %, Armament: 4,601 tons, 10.2 %, Armour Deck: 5,578 tons, 12.4 %
Conning Tower: 411 tons, 0.9 %, Torpedo bulkhead: 1,311 tons, 2.9 %
Machinery: 5,364 tons, 11.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,924 tons, 37.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,500 tons, 12.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Metacentric height 6.4
Remarks:
Hull space for machinery, storage & compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation & workspaces is excellent
Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.06
Shellfire needed to sink: 51,233 lbs / 23,239 Kg = 30.4 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells
(Approx weight of penetrating shell hits needed to sink ship excluding critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 7.1
(Approx number of typical torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform: 61 %
(Average = 50 %)
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam: 0.57
Relative quality as seaboat: 1.02
Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.661
Sharpness coefficient: 0.44
Hull speed coefficient 'M': 6.25
'Natural speed' for length: 26.96 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim: 60
(Maximise stabilty/flotation = 0, Maximise steadiness/seakeeping = 100)
Estimated hull characteristics & strength:
Underwater volume absorbed by magazines and engineering spaces: 89.8 %
Relative accommodation and working space: 192.3 %
(Average = 100%)
Displacement factor: 107 %
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.95
(Structure weight / hull surface area: 202 lbs / square foot or 986 Kg / square metre)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.54
(for 25.90 ft / 7.89 m average freeboard, freeboard adjustment 5.43 ft)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.00
Thursday, April 18th 2024, 9:02am
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