A Pre-Dread design that I made for a project. SS report and a drawing
California, WAC Battleship laid down 1890
Displacement:
9,600 t light; 10,303 t standard; 11,002 t normal; 11,561 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(360.00 ft / 360.00 ft) x 69.00 ft x (24.00 / 25.03 ft)
(109.73 m / 109.73 m) x 21.03 m x (7.32 / 7.63 m)
Armament:
4 - 13.00" / 330 mm 35.0 cal guns - 1,000.00lbs / 453.59kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1890 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 8.00" / 203 mm 40.0 cal guns - 245.35lbs / 111.29kg shells, 200 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1890 Model
2 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
8 - 4.00" / 102 mm 40.0 cal guns - 30.67lbs / 13.91kg shells, 300 per gun
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1890 Model
4 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
4 x Single mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
Weight of broadside 5,227 lbs / 2,371 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 234.00 ft / 71.32 m 9.97 ft / 3.04 m
Ends: 3.50" / 89 mm 125.98 ft / 38.40 m 9.97 ft / 3.04 m
Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 234.00 ft / 71.32 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 13.0" / 330 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 7.00" / 178 mm
3rd: 3.00" / 76 mm - 3.00" / 76 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 7,921 ihp / 5,909 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 9.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,258 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
536 - 698
Cost:
£0.933 million / $3.731 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 787 tons, 7.1 %
- Guns: 787 tons, 7.1 %
Armour: 3,786 tons, 34.4 %
- Belts: 2,543 tons, 23.1 %
- Armament: 956 tons, 8.7 %
- Armour Deck: 287 tons, 2.6 %
Machinery: 1,467 tons, 13.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,550 tons, 32.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,402 tons, 12.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 0.1 %
- Hull below water: 10 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,413 lbs / 6,084 Kg = 12.2 x 13.0 " / 330 mm shells or 2.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.31
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 13.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.53
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.56
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a cruiser stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.646 / 0.651
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.22 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.97 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 46
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 %, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m, 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
- Average freeboard: 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 91.0 %
Waterplane Area: 18,961 Square feet or 1,762 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 146 lbs/sq ft or 713 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.36
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Adequate accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
The first true class of battleships commissoned by the WAC goverment. The design is a logical outgroath of the Beaver Republics but includes several revolutionary features. It is the first ship designed that uses a turret on barbette. The guns are upgraded to 4 13" 35 caliber breach-loaders. The primary purpose of the class is to replace the Beaver Republic class ironclads as the main ships of the line for the WAC Navy. They are part of the 1885-1900 naval modernization and expantion program.
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