Hey guys,
I just wanted to say that I have just completed a new Springsharp design for a new liner that can take away the Blue Riband from the SS United States permanently ... also the ship will be fast enough to recover the eastbound record as well. I am calling her RMS Terra Nova
She will be the first Blue Riband liner built since the SS United States in 1952. She is also the first ship since the Queen Mary to combine size and speed into one ship.
Here is RMS Terra Nova for you guys to look at...
Gross Tonnage: 84,516 gross tons
Displacement: 49,083 t light; 50,373 t standard; 64,500 t normal; 75,802 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(1,028.00 ft / 1,000.00 ft) x 114.00 ft x (36.00 ft / 40.78 ft)
(313.34 m / 304.80 m) x 34.75 m x (10.97 m / 12.43 m)
Machinery:
• 4 x Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C Diesel Engines driving 4 propeller shafts (109,000 BHP each)
• Total Power: 436,000 BHP = 39 knots
• Cruising Power: 284,099 BHP = 35 knots
• Range 6,000 nautical miles @ 35.00 kts
• Bunker at normal / max displacement = 14,127 tons / 25,429 tons (diesel oil)
Complement: 1,011
Cost: £24.848 million / $99.391 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
• Machinery: 10,431 tons, 16.2 %
• Hull, Fittings & Equipment: 22,252 tons, 34.5 %
• Fuel & Stores: 15,417 tons, 23.9 %
• Miscellaneous Weights: 16,400 tons, 25.4 %
o Hull below water: 5,800 tons
o Hull void weights: 2,500 tons
o Hull above water: 3,900 tons
o On freeboard deck: 3,200 tons
o Above deck: 1,000 tons
Survivability and Seakeeping Ability:
• Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
o 14,026.2 lbs / 6,362.2 kg = 129.87 x 6 " / 152 mm shells or 0.61 torpedoes
• Stability (unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
• Metacentric Height 9.4 ft / 2.9 m
• Roll Period: 15.6 seconds
• Steadiness (average = 50 %): 96 %
• Seaboat Quality (average = 1.00): 2.00
Hull Form Characteristics:
• Hull has a flush deck, a normal bow and large transom stern
• Block Coefficient (normal/deep): 0.550 / 0.571
• Length to Beam Ratio: 8.77 : 1
• 'Natural speed' for length: 36.26 kts
• Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
• Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 48
• Bow Angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 8.75 degrees
• Stern Overhang: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
• Freeboard Breakdown
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 52.00 ft / 15.85 m, 48.00 ft / 14.63 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 48.00 ft / 14.63 m, 46.00 ft / 14.02 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 46.00 ft / 14.02 m, 44.00 ft / 13.41 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 44.00 ft / 13.41 m, 44.00 ft / 13.41 m
- Average Freeboard: 46.37 ft / 14.13 m
Ship Space, Strength and Comments:
• Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 69.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 358.3 %
• Waterplane Area: 82,834 square feet or 7,696 square meters
• Displacement Factor (displacement / loading): 173 %
• Structure weight / hull surface area: 156 lbs/sq ft or 761 kg/sq meter
• Hull Strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.91
- Longitudinal: 2.51
- Overall: 1.00
• She has excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
• She has excellent accommodation and workspace room
• She has a slow, easy roll period; she is a good steady ocean liner
• She is an excellent seaboat, comfortable; she rides out heavy weather easily