Deutschland Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
Source:
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/deutschland_class.htm
Hannover, laid down 1904
Schleswig-Holstein, laid down 1905
Schlesien, laid down 1905
Hannover, as refitted 1920-1921
Length, 125.9 m x Beam, 22.2 m x Depth, 8.2 m
13865 tonnes normal displacement (13105 tonnes standard)
Main battery: 4 x 28.0-cm (2 x 2)
Secondary battery: 14 x 15.0-cm
QF battery: 20 x 8.8-cm
Light battery: 4 x 3.7-cm
Weight of broadside: 2065 kg
6 TT, 45.0 cm (submerged)
Main belt, 24.0 cm; bow and stern, 10.0 cm
Upper belt, 20.0 cm
Armor deck, average 10.0 cm
Conning tower, 30.0 cm
Battery armor:
Main, 28.0 cm / secondary, 17.0 cm
QF, 10.0 cm / light guns, 2.5 cm shields
Maximum speed for 10993 indicated kw = 18.44 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 4800 nm / 10 knots
Typical complement: 639-831
Estimated cost, $4.882 million (£1.221 million)
Remarks:
Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.
Main deck secondary guns subject to being washed down
in a seaway.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 568 tonnes = 4 pct
Armor, total ..................... 5075 tonnes = 37 pct
Belt 2103 tonnes = 15 pct
Deck 1555 tonnes = 11 pct
C.T. 147 tonnes = 1 pct
Armament 1269 tonnes = 9 pct
Machinery ........................ 2199 tonnes = 16 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 4557 tonnes = 33 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 1416 tonnes = 10 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 50 tonnes = 0 pct
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13865 tonnes = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 1.1 m
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 12449 tonnes
Standard displacement: 13105 tonnes
Normal service: 13865 tonnes
Full load: 14418 tonnes
Loading submergence 2001 tonnes/metre
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.11
Shellfire needed to sink: 6344 kg = 20.8 x 28.0-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.8
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 73 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.53
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.51
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.60
Sharpness coefficient: 0.44
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.26
'Natural speed' for length = 20.3 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 48 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 90 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 103 percent
Displacement factor: 99 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.03
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 698 kg)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.43
(for 4.94 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +0.01 m)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.12
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
413.00 x 72.80 x 26.90; 16.20 -- Dimensions
0.60 -- Block coefficient
1903 -- Year laid down
18.44 / 4800 / 10.00; Reciprocating -- Speed / radius / cruise
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 11.02; 2; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring
:
14 x 5.91; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Main deck battery
:
20 x 3.46 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
:
4 x 1.46 -- Fourth (light) battery
6 / 6 / 17.72 -- TT / submerged / size
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9.45 / 3.94 / 7.87 / 0.00; 100 -- Belt armor; relative extent
3.94 / 11.81 -- Deck / CT
11.02 / 6.69 / 3.94 / 0.98 -- Battery armor
(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)
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As built, 1903-1905
Length, 125.9 m x Beam, 22.2 m x Depth, 8.2 m
13865 tonnes normal displacement (13098 tonnes standard)
Main battery: 4 x 28.0-cm (2 x 2)
Secondary battery: 14 x 17.0-cm
QF battery: 20 x 8.8-cm
Light battery: 4 x 3.7-cm
Weight of broadside: 2364 kg
6 TT, 45.0 cm (submerged)
Main belt, 24.0 cm; bow and stern, 10.0 cm
Upper belt, 20.0 cm
Armor deck, average 10.0 cm
Conning tower, 30.0 cm
Battery armor:
Main, 28.0 cm / secondary, 17.0 cm
QF, 10.0 cm / light guns, 2.5 cm shields
Maximum speed for 10993 indicated kw = 18.44 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 4800 nm / 10 knots
Typical complement: 639-831
Estimated cost, $5.149 million (£1.287 million)
Remarks:
Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
in the heaviest weather.
Main deck secondary guns subject to being washed down
in a seaway.
Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:
Armament ......................... 650 tonnes = 5 pct
Armor, total ..................... 5132 tonnes = 37 pct
Belt 2103 tonnes = 15 pct
Deck 1555 tonnes = 11 pct
C.T. 147 tonnes = 1 pct
Armament 1327 tonnes = 10 pct
Machinery ........................ 2199 tonnes = 16 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 4357 tonnes = 31 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 1477 tonnes = 11 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 50 tonnes = 0 pct
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13865 tonnes = 100 pct
Estimated metacentric height, 1.1 m
Displacement summary:
Light ship: 12387 tonnes
Standard displacement: 13098 tonnes
Normal service: 13865 tonnes
Full load: 14423 tonnes
Loading submergence 2001 tonnes/metre
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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Relative margin of stability: 1.09
Shellfire needed to sink: 5995 kg = 19.7 x 28.0-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)
Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.7
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
Relative steadiness as gun platform, 76 percent
(50 percent is 'average')
Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.65
Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.52
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Hull form characteristics:
Block coefficient: 0.60
Sharpness coefficient: 0.44
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.26
'Natural speed' for length = 20.3 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 48 percent
Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 94 percent
Relative accommodation and working space: 104 percent
Displacement factor: 94 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)
Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.95
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 666 kg)
Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.31
(for 5.00 m average freeboard;
freeboard adjustment +0.07 m)
Relative composite hull strength: 1.04
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
413.00 x 72.80 x 26.90; 16.40 -- Dimensions
0.60 -- Block coefficient
1903 -- Year laid down
18.44 / 4800 / 10.00; Reciprocating -- Speed / radius / cruise
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 11.02; 2; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring
:
14 x 6.69; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
Main deck battery
:
20 x 3.46 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
:
4 x 1.46 -- Fourth (light) battery
6 / 6 / 17.72 -- TT / submerged / size
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9.45 / 3.94 / 7.87 / 0.00; 100 -- Belt armor; relative extent
3.94 / 11.81 -- Deck / CT
11.02 / 6.69 / 3.94 / 0.98 -- Battery armor
(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)