Federal Republic of Denton

[odysseus1980]

Very interesting design. And I first discovered about the blau-gas.

[eswube]

Nice work.

[ezgo394]

Thanks guys! Up next will most likely be... a blimp, based on the K class patrol blimps of the USN.

[ezgo394]

... or not. Up next we have a General Cargo Vessel.


The E-Class General Cargo Ships were a class of 6 ships built from 1916 to 1917. The ship depicted here, SS Eitu, is famous for accompanying the RV Moturoa and the HLK research ship* on the joint Hellenic-Denton 1937-1938 Antarctic expedition.
*Name not known at this time.

Length: 266ft
Beam: 44ft
Draught: 19ft
Displacement: 3950 tons
Service Speed: 10kt
Propulsion: 1x Vertical Triple Expansion Steam Engine, producing 1500hp
Crew: 19

Edit: Forgot to mention that this is based on a ship called the War Mingan, which was a WWI WEP standard ship.
Image is from 'The Encyclopedia of Ships'

-Ethan

[Novice]

A very nice cargo ship Ethan. You might want to consider making the War Mingan, for the Real Life merchant ships thread.

[ezgo394]

Thanks Novice. As for the War Mingan, I don't have enough information on the underwater hull, so if I did, it would only be a waterline drawing.

[ezgo394]

Next, I decided to go ahead and complete the 1900s Destroyer Class, so here we have the Zumwalt class of Torpedo Boat Destroyers, built 1899-1900 and launched 1901-1903.

Primarily the design takes from the Truxtun Class Destroyers, with some influences from the Bainbridge and Smith classes.

DNS Zumwalt DD-1
Laid Down: 1899
Launched: 1901

Length OA: 257ft
Length Water: 255.5ft
Draught: 7.5ft
Beam: 23.25ft
Max Speed: 30kts

Armament:
3x 3in/50 guns
4x 2.2in 6-pounder guns
2x 18in torpedo tubes

[Blackbuck]

Ooh, pretty turtleback! She seems plausible enough.

[ezgo394]

Thanks Blackbuck .

Now, for the moment I've been waiting for *drumroll*
It's the Denton Navy's first 'battleship,' the DNS St. Catherine BM-1. While it's technically a monitor, it is still considered a 'battleship.' It is designated either way, BM-1 or BB-1.


Laid Down: August 9th, 1881
Launched: August 21st, 1883
Overall, it is similar to the BM-2 Amphitrite class Monitors, but has a shallower draft and wider beam.
Oh, and no, it wasn't built in Denton. It was built in Delaware by William Cramp & Sons, and then it was transported to Denton (I almost typed in 'via the Panama Canal'...).
A quick style note, the ends of the main structure in the middle is not angled, but actually curves from the turrets towards the middle. With the shading I did, does it look like that?

DNS St. Catherine, Denton Breastwork Monitor laid down 1881

Displacement:
3,200 t light; 3,428 t standard; 3,998 t normal; 4,453 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
262.00 ft / 258.00 ft x 58.25 ft x 14.00 ft (normal load)
79.86 m / 78.64 m x 17.75 m x 4.27 m

Armament:
4 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (2x2 guns), 432.50lbs / 196.18kg shells, 1881 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 2.25" / 57.2 mm guns in single mounts, 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1881 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0.45" / 11.4 mm guns in single mounts, 0.04lbs / 0.02kg shells, 1881 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 1,766 lbs / 801 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 142.00 ft / 43.28 m 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 116.00 ft / 35.36 m 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Main Belt covers 85 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 4.00" / 102 mm -

- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,292 ihp / 1,710 Kw = 12.80 kts
Range 3,400nm at 11.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,025 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
250 - 326

Cost:
£0.362 million / $1.449 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 220 tons, 5.5 %
Armour: 989 tons, 24.7 %
- Belts: 501 tons, 12.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 239 tons, 6.0 %
- Armour Deck: 216 tons, 5.4 %
- Conning Tower: 33 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 467 tons, 11.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,524 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 798 tons, 20.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,527 lbs / 1,600 Kg = 8.2 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 1.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.53
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 11.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 29 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.33

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.665
Length to Beam Ratio: 4.43 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Mid (50 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Stern: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Average freeboard: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 35.6 %
Waterplane Area: 11,672 Square feet or 1,084 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 114 lbs/sq ft or 558 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.03
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability
Note: In the SS report it lists the ship as having 250 - 326 crew, however, the actual number would be around 160-170.

If you see any other glaring issues with the SS report, let me know.

-EZ

[JSB]

Looks nice,
- about the shading it ok but would having the steps in 3D make it more obvious ? (and maybe switch the stern stairs ?)
- gun wise cant see the correct number of 2nd guns ? (what's missing the MGs or 57mm)