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I have decided to join in on the current Royal Navy battleship joy fest. My contribution, though a personal design based on CanisD`s Queen Victoria from here: http://wolfsshipyard.com/Misc/WolfsDen/ ... /queen.htm

I have taken some liberties, changin a few things here and there to make it slightly more unique.



HMS Queen Victoria, Great Britain, Battleship, laid down 1913

Displacement:
36 106 t light; 38 095 t standard; 39 219 t normal; 40 118 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
735,51 ft / 723,50 ft x 105,00 ft x 28,50 ft (normal load)
224,18 m / 220,52 m x 32,00 m x 8,69 m

Armament:
10 - 15,00" / 381 mm guns (5x2 guns), 1 937,86lbs / 879,00kg shells, 1912 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 6,00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108,00lbs / 48,99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
2 - 6,00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108,00lbs / 48,99kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
2 - 3,00" / 76,2 mm guns in single mounts, 16,09lbs / 7,30kg shells, 1914 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 21 355 lbs / 9 686 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
2 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13,0" / 330 mm 477,00 ft / 145,39 m 21,00 ft / 6,40 m
Ends: 3,00" / 76 mm 99,50 ft / 30,33 m 17,50 ft / 5,33 m
147,00 ft / 44,81 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 101 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
6,00" / 152 mm 576,50 ft / 175,72 m 13,00 ft / 3,96 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 13,0" / 330 mm 4,00" / 102 mm 10,0" / 254 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm -
3rd: 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm -

- Armour deck: 3,00" / 76 mm, Conning tower: 11,00" / 279 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 76 530 shp / 57 091 Kw = 25,00 kts
Range 5 500nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 022 tons

Complement:
1 393 - 1 811

Cost:
£3,995 million / $15,981 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 356 tons, 6,0 %
Armour: 14 119 tons, 36,0 %
- Belts: 5 840 tons, 14,9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1 664 tons, 4,2 %
- Armament: 3 159 tons, 8,1 %
- Armour Deck: 3 183 tons, 8,1 %
- Conning Tower: 274 tons, 0,7 %
Machinery: 2 999 tons, 7,6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16 132 tons, 41,1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 113 tons, 7,9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 500 tons, 1,3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
56 940 lbs / 25 827 Kg = 33,7 x 15,0 " / 381 mm shells or 9,3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,11
Metacentric height 6,6 ft / 2,0 m
Roll period: 17,2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,95
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,45

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, rise aft of midbreak, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0,634
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,89 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 26,90 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 18,45 degrees
Stern overhang: 2,00 ft / 0,61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30,00 ft / 9,14 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 28,50 ft / 8,69 m (19,00 ft / 5,79 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 19,00 ft / 5,79 m (28,50 ft / 8,69 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 19,00 ft / 5,79 m (28,50 ft / 8,69 m before break)
- Stern: 20,00 ft / 6,10 m
- Average freeboard: 24,42 ft / 7,44 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 90,0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 189,1 %
Waterplane Area: 57 345 Square feet or 5 328 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 205 lbs/sq ft or 1 003 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,96
- Longitudinal: 1,43
- Overall: 1,00
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
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Looks good Karle94, but I think the propellers are a little small, for a ship this size.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

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It`s the same propellers as the Courageous Class. Those are actually bigger than the ones on the QE and Revenge classes. Not as much paddle like as the QE, but larger nonetheless.

looking forward to this one .

Would they get modernized, and if so would they keep the turrets or lose one and gain speed ?

JSB

add - is that bow likely that early ?

Perhaps some gets completely rebuilt ala QE/Valiant and Warspite, and others merely get refitted ala Barham/Malaya.

I wonder a bit how you get another turret and another knot of speed with less power and a longer hull, on the same dispacement. (using canisD's specs)
also, where does the turbine room go? you should have about the same machinery as the QE class, but I do not see space for it on this design.
that said, it is interesting, but it just looks cramped right now.

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The bow looks 'unbritish' to me compare to other british BB or BC from the same periode.

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The bow is inspired by the Hood.

Hood is much later not in time but in war experience and speed so unless its a later rebuild its unlikely ?

JSB

I could remove the turret, and increase the ship complement three fold. Or make her slightly longer, perhaps even a little wider to make more space for all necessery machinery, so it won`t be very cramped.