Bardiche, Maoria Battleship laid down 1906 (Engine 1902)
Displacement:
29,774 t light; 31,329 t standard; 33,119 t normal; 34,551 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
708.38 ft / 705.38 ft x 98.43 ft x 22.97 ft (normal load)
215.92 m / 215.00 m x 30.00 m x 7.00 m
Armament:
6 - 11.81" / 300 mm guns (3x2 guns), 823.82lbs / 373.68kg shells, 1906 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority aft
4 - 11.81" / 300 mm guns (2x2 guns), 823.82lbs / 373.68kg shells, 1906 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
16 - 5.91" / 150 mm guns in single mounts, 102.98lbs / 46.71kg shells, 1906 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
16 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
16 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns in single mounts, 12.87lbs / 5.84kg shells, 1906 Model
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 10,092 lbs / 4,578 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 423.23 ft / 129.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: 5.91" / 150 mm 282.12 ft / 85.99 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Upper: 3.94" / 100 mm 705.38 ft / 215.00 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Main Belt covers 92 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.57" / 40 mm 423.23 ft / 129.00 m 22.18 ft / 6.76 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 10.8" / 275 mm
2nd: 13.8" / 350 mm 9.84" / 250 mm 10.8" / 275 mm
3rd: 5.91" / 150 mm - -
4th: 2.36" / 60 mm - -
- Armour deck: 2.36" / 60 mm, Conning tower: 13.78" / 350 mm
Machinery:
Coal and oil fired boilers, reciprocating cruising steam engines plus steam turbines,
Direct drive, 4 shafts, 21,801 ihp / 16,263 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 4,800nm at 11.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,222 tons (90% coal)
Complement:
1,226 - 1,595
Cost:
£2.581 million / $10.326 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,261 tons, 3.8 %
Armour: 12,282 tons, 37.1 %
- Belts: 5,879 tons, 17.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 547 tons, 1.7 %
- Armament: 3,059 tons, 9.2 %
- Armour Deck: 2,491 tons, 7.5 %
- Conning Tower: 306 tons, 0.9 %
Machinery: 3,426 tons, 10.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12,279 tons, 37.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,346 tons, 10.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 525 tons, 1.6 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
61,534 lbs / 27,911 Kg = 74.7 x 11.8 " / 300 mm shells or 8.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 7.1 ft / 2.2 m
Roll period: 15.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 77 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.46
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.54
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.727
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.17 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26.56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 31 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.54 ft / 0.47 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.89 ft / 8.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Stern: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Average freeboard: 24.87 ft / 7.58 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 217.9 %
Waterplane Area: 56,993 Square feet or 5,295 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 162 lbs/sq ft or 790 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.16
- 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
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
250 tons assorted unplanned weights
25 tons long-range radio installation
250 tons fire control system and paraphenalia
Wing turrets are cross-decked.
Class of three:
Bardiche
Raging Heart
Reinforce
Sorry, but i kind of fail to see the point?
Is it a design you feel you should have built instead of the ones you got?
Yeah, pretty much. Three guns more per broadside, superior armor, a torpedo belt (I kick myself every time I think about that), nearly as tough, and yet equal or greater in their other qualities... a better design all around, I feel.
Shift it's year laid down, and start making new battleships it an improved version of this design then.