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To combat the silence, I decided to take a stab at creating some warship ideas with "oddities". Basically, every one has to have some sort of feature which is completely crazy-go-nuts. None of these designs should be taken seriously.

Let's start with this one.

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[SIZE=3]Citadel, Battleship laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
33,977 t light; 35,875 t standard; 40,762 t normal; 44,672 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
791.74 ft / 787.40 ft x 98.43 ft x 29.69 ft (normal load)
241.32 m / 240.00 m x 30.00 m x 9.05 m

Armament:
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x2 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x4 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline amidships
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 16,972 lbs / 7,699 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 11.91 ft / 3.63 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.91" / 150 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 132,072 shp / 98,526 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,797 tons

Complement:
1,433 - 1,864

Cost:
£20.051 million / $80.203 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,760 tons, 4.3 %
Armour: 13,322 tons, 32.7 %
- Belts: 3,370 tons, 8.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 2.9 %
- Armament: 2,124 tons, 5.2 %
- Armour Deck: 6,309 tons, 15.5 %
- Conning Tower: 342 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,450 tons, 8.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,095 tons, 37.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,786 tons, 16.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
59,820 lbs / 27,134 Kg = 35.4 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 9.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 6.1 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 16.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.60
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 67
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: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m (14.44 ft / 4.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.44 ft / 4.40 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.61 ft / 5.67 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 78.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138.1 %
Waterplane Area: 57,748 Square feet or 5,365 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 193 lbs/sq ft or 944 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.03
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

[SIZE=3]BFG, Floating Fortress laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
64,310 t light; 69,165 t standard; 71,921 t normal; 74,126 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
593.44 ft / 590.55 ft x 180.45 ft x 29.53 ft (normal load)
180.88 m / 180.00 m x 55.00 m x 9.00 m

Armament:
16 - 19.00" / 483 mm guns (4x4 guns), 3,429.50lbs / 1,555.60kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all amidships
16 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 12.87lbs / 5.84kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 55,660 lbs / 25,247 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 17.7" / 450 mm 393.70 ft / 120.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 17.7" / 450 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 14.8" / 375 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 7.87" / 200 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 9,469 shp / 7,064 Kw = 12.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,961 tons

Complement:
2,195 - 2,854

Cost:
£51.735 million / $206.939 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 6,957 tons, 9.7 %
Armour: 25,103 tons, 34.9 %
- Belts: 4,407 tons, 6.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 1.6 %
- Armament: 5,455 tons, 7.6 %
- Armour Deck: 13,566 tons, 18.9 %
- Conning Tower: 499 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 247 tons, 0.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 31,651 tons, 44.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,611 tons, 10.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
84,894 lbs / 38,507 Kg = 24.8 x 19.0 " / 483 mm shells or 18.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 17.0 ft / 5.2 m
Roll period: 18.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.99

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.800
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.27 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.30 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 25 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 71
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: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 84.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 132.6 %
Waterplane Area: 93,126 Square feet or 8,652 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 88 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 312 lbs/sq ft or 1,522 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.64
- Overall: 1.03
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

[SIZE=3]Eggshell (with hammer) laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
11,029 t light; 11,416 t standard; 13,077 t normal; 14,405 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
603.17 ft / 590.55 ft x 59.06 ft (Bulges 65.62 ft) x 19.69 ft (normal load)
183.85 m / 180.00 m x 18.00 m (Bulges 20.00 m) x 6.00 m

Armament:
2 - 13.39" / 340 mm guns in single mounts, 1,199.24lbs / 543.97kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
8 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (4x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
32 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
16 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2,709 lbs / 1,229 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 80

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 7.09" / 180 mm 366.80 ft / 111.80 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.94" / 100 mm 1.97" / 50 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm - -

- Armour deck: 2.95" / 75 mm, Conning tower: 5.91" / 150 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 81,124 shp / 60,519 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 8,500nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,990 tons

Complement:
610 - 794

Cost:
£6.155 million / $24.618 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 339 tons, 2.6 %
Armour: 2,769 tons, 21.2 %
- Belts: 1,076 tons, 8.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 169 tons, 1.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,452 tons, 11.1 %
- Conning Tower: 71 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 2,119 tons, 16.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,453 tons, 41.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,048 tons, 15.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 2.7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
19,982 lbs / 9,064 Kg = 16.7 x 13.4 " / 340 mm shells or 2.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.7 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 16.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.63
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.13

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 27.67 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 62
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.07 ft / 8.25 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 25.43 ft / 7.75 m
- Mid (50 %): 23.79 ft / 7.25 m (17.22 ft / 5.25 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.22 ft / 5.25 m
- Stern: 17.22 ft / 5.25 m
- Average freeboard: 21.21 ft / 6.47 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 75.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.3 %
Waterplane Area: 26,584 Square feet or 2,470 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 130 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 126 lbs/sq ft or 617 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.06
- Longitudinal: 1.71
- Overall: 1.11
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

[SIZE=3]Turret Farmer, Battleship laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
35,517 t light; 37,141 t standard; 42,114 t normal; 46,092 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
791.74 ft / 787.40 ft x 98.43 ft x 30.68 ft (normal load)
241.32 m / 240.00 m x 30.00 m x 9.35 m

Armament:
15 - 9.45" / 240 mm guns (5x3 guns), 421.80lbs / 191.32kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 9.45" / 240 mm guns (4x3 guns), 421.80lbs / 191.32kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 12,046 lbs / 5,464 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 11.91 ft / 3.63 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.91" / 150 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 134,517 shp / 100,350 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,952 tons

Complement:
1,469 - 1,910

Cost:
£19.040 million / $76.159 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,496 tons, 3.6 %
Armour: 15,381 tons, 36.5 %
- Belts: 3,370 tons, 8.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 2.8 %
- Armament: 4,176 tons, 9.9 %
- Armour Deck: 6,309 tons, 15.0 %
- Conning Tower: 349 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,514 tons, 8.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 14,776 tons, 35.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,597 tons, 15.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
67,131 lbs / 30,450 Kg = 159.2 x 9.4 " / 240 mm shells or 11.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 5.8 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 55 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.42
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.99

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
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: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m (14.44 ft / 4.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.44 ft / 4.40 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.61 ft / 5.67 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 70.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 134.7 %
Waterplane Area: 57,748 Square feet or 5,365 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 188 lbs/sq ft or 917 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.11
- Longitudinal: 0.96
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

[SIZE=3]Drunken Gunner, Battleship laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
38,150 t light; 40,358 t standard; 45,607 t normal; 49,807 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
798.15 ft / 787.40 ft x 100.07 ft x 31.17 ft (normal load)
243.28 m / 240.00 m x 30.50 m x 9.50 m

Armament:
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x4 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline amidships
3 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x3 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline forward
2 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (1x2 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline aft
1 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns in single mounts, 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading gun in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline aft, 1 raised gun
Weight of broadside 20,393 lbs / 9,250 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 511.81 ft / 156.00 m 12.01 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 511.81 ft / 156.00 m 26.80 ft / 8.17 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
4th: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm

- Armour deck: 6.30" / 160 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 5 shafts, 108,325 shp / 80,810 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,449 tons

Complement:
1,559 - 2,028

Cost:
£22.294 million / $89.175 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,109 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 14,735 tons, 32.3 %
- Belts: 3,632 tons, 8.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,199 tons, 2.6 %
- Armament: 2,869 tons, 6.3 %
- Armour Deck: 7,034 tons, 15.4 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 2,830 tons, 6.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,126 tons, 39.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,457 tons, 16.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
76,669 lbs / 34,777 Kg = 45.4 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 12.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 6.6 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 16.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.77
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.33

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.650
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.87 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 53
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Stern: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.80 ft / 6.65 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 71.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153.5 %
Waterplane Area: 60,359 Square feet or 5,608 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 216 lbs/sq ft or 1,057 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.35
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

[SIZE=3]Winging It, Battleship laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
39,858 t light; 42,134 t standard; 47,508 t normal; 51,807 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
830.96 ft / 820.21 ft x 100.07 ft x 31.17 ft (normal load)
253.28 m / 250.00 m x 30.50 m x 9.50 m

Armament:
6 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x3 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 15.00" / 381 mm guns (2x2 guns), 2,039.28lbs / 925.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side ends, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (7 mounts), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 20,975 lbs / 9,514 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 511.81 ft / 156.00 m 12.01 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 511.81 ft / 156.00 m 26.80 ft / 8.17 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
2nd: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 6.30" / 160 mm, Conning tower: 13.78" / 350 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 9 shafts, 109,303 shp / 81,540 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,673 tons

Complement:
1,608 - 2,091

Cost:
£23.086 million / $92.343 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,182 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 15,778 tons, 33.2 %
- Belts: 3,643 tons, 7.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,199 tons, 2.5 %
- Armament: 3,219 tons, 6.8 %
- Armour Deck: 7,327 tons, 15.4 %
- Conning Tower: 389 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 2,855 tons, 6.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,692 tons, 39.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,650 tons, 16.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
79,162 lbs / 35,907 Kg = 46.9 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 13.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 6.0 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.90
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.35

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.650
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.20 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 52
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Stern: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.80 ft / 6.65 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 70.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 155.1 %
Waterplane Area: 62,874 Square feet or 5,841 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 214 lbs/sq ft or 1,046 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.22
- Overall: 1.02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

[SIZE=3]Super-Cruiser laid down 1942[/SIZE]

Displacement:
16,336 t light; 17,298 t standard; 19,268 t normal; 20,845 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
732.40 ft / 721.78 ft x 75.46 ft x 24.28 ft (normal load)
223.23 m / 220.00 m x 23.00 m x 7.40 m

Armament:
12 - 9.45" / 240 mm guns (4x3 guns), 551.16lbs / 250.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (4x2 guns), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 6,858 lbs / 3,111 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 6.69" / 170 mm 459.32 ft / 140.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: 1.18" / 30 mm 164.04 ft / 50.00 m 10.43 ft / 3.18 m
98.43 ft / 30.00 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.57" / 40 mm 447.83 ft / 136.50 m 23.33 ft / 7.11 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7.09" / 180 mm 3.15" / 80 mm 4.33" / 110 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm

- Armour deck: 3.54" / 90 mm, Conning tower: 3.94" / 100 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 61,442 shp / 45,836 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 11,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,547 tons

Complement:
817 - 1,063

Cost:
£8.613 million / $34.454 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 663 tons, 3.4 %
Armour: 5,639 tons, 29.3 %
- Belts: 1,767 tons, 9.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 609 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 802 tons, 4.2 %
- Armour Deck: 2,401 tons, 12.5 %
- Conning Tower: 61 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 1,605 tons, 8.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,078 tons, 41.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,933 tons, 15.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 1.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
38,645 lbs / 17,529 Kg = 91.6 x 9.4 " / 240 mm shells or 6.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 58 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.38

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.510
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.57 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.87 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 42
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.47 ft / 3.80 m (19.69 ft / 6.00 m before break)
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 19.36 ft / 5.90 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 77.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.3 %
Waterplane Area: 36,622 Square feet or 3,402 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 133 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 148 lbs/sq ft or 723 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.12
- Overall: 1.02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Turret Farmer might be interesting.
That's a large enough shell to get out to 30,000 yards in a decent time frame, and enough barrels to try for a 'soft kill', while still being large enough to hard kill CAs. Hmm how about a 16x12" for anti-BC work ?

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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
Turret Farmer might be interesting.
That's a large enough shell to get out to 30,000 yards in a decent time frame, and enough barrels to try for a 'soft kill', while still being large enough to hard kill CAs. Hmm how about a 16x12" for anti-BC work ?

Voila.

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Battlekiller, laid down 1942

Displacement:
35,193 t light; 36,928 t standard; 41,900 t normal; 45,877 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
791.74 ft / 787.40 ft x 100.07 ft x 30.02 ft (normal load)
241.32 m / 240.00 m x 30.50 m x 9.15 m

Armament:
16 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (4x4 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1942 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
48 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x6 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 14,482 lbs / 6,569 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 110

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 11.91 ft / 3.63 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 96 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 490.49 ft / 149.50 m 27.44 ft / 8.36 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.4" / 340 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 11.8" / 300 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 5.91" / 150 mm, Conning tower: 13.39" / 340 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 134,603 shp / 100,414 Kw = 29.00 kts
Range 12,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,949 tons

Complement:
1,463 - 1,903

Cost:
£20.597 million / $82.387 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,801 tons, 4.3 %
Armour: 14,451 tons, 34.5 %
- Belts: 3,377 tons, 8.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,176 tons, 2.8 %
- Armament: 3,136 tons, 7.5 %
- Armour Deck: 6,414 tons, 15.3 %
- Conning Tower: 348 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 3,516 tons, 8.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 15,074 tons, 36.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,707 tons, 16.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 350 tons, 0.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
66,679 lbs / 30,245 Kg = 77.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 10.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 6.0 ft / 1.8 m
Roll period: 17.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 61 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.64
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.10

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.620
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.87 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 55
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: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.44 ft / 4.40 m (21.33 ft / 6.50 m before break)
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 21.02 ft / 6.41 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 76.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.9 %
Waterplane Area: 58,711 Square feet or 5,454 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 187 lbs/sq ft or 912 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.04
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Turned out as a sort of super-Scharnhorst

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