Now for something... Ridiculous...
In February, I had posted a challenge to LordBlaidame in his H45 thread, saying that if he worked at it and took it seriously, he could draw it in 4 weeks or less. So, I decided to prove it to him, meaning that, yes, I have drawn an H45-esque battleship. In all, it took me about 3 weeks to finish it. I was in the second week when real-life hit me and the project came to a stop, but I'm tired of this, so I somewhat hastily finished it up. But total time was just under 3 weeks, I think, so I proved my point.
Now as you know, and has been discussed in numerous threads, the original H45 'concept' was to have 8x 80cm Dora guns in 4 turrets as the primary armament. Since this is just silly, I decided to go a different route. Instead, I have 2x turrets with 2x 30" guns each, primarily as a 'specialty weapon.' As the 'primary weapon' I have 4x 16" Quad turrets along the center line, and 4x 16" Double Turrets as wing turrets. This means that the 16" guns will be taking on any threats in the area, while the 30" guns will be working against any larger targets. There is also a complement of 5" Dual Purpose mounts, and a large complement of 40mm Quad ack acks.
Some other things include the addition of a carrier deck wrapping the superstructure. The area in the center contains the elevators going down to a small hangar deck, with space for 20 planes or so. In the rear is an internal dock for MTBs and other small craft.
The large Radar on the mast is a contribution from Apdsmith of NSWE, acquired before the war breaks out. Also, another big thanks to Apdsmith for his encouragement and help in this crazy project.
A couple of other points: The ship was designed as slightly smaller and shallower so that it could traverse Denton's waters, as well as the English Channel and most other places in the world.
For construction of the ship, it would be built in modules in a shipyard in Scipio Bay (which has a deep natural harbor). The modules would then be floated out into the Harbor and joined with the other modules in the water. Once completed, the ship would be floated next to the deepest dock and outfitting would be completed.
So, uhh.. Yeah. Here it is:
Mammut, Denton Battleship laid down 1941
Displacement:
437,276 t light; 459,666 t standard; 501,145 t normal; 534,328 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,887.00 ft / 1,837.00 ft x 263.00 ft x 53.00 ft (normal load)
575.16 m / 559.92 m x 80.16 m x 16.15 m
Armament:
4 - 30.00" / 762 mm guns (2x2 guns), 13,500.00lbs / 6,123.50kg shells, 1941 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
16 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (4x4 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1941 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 16.00" / 406 mm guns (4x2 guns), 2,048.00lbs / 928.96kg shells, 1941 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
60 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (30x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, evenly spread
180 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (45x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 107,253 lbs / 48,649 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 1,090.00 ft / 332.23 m 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 747.00 ft / 227.69 m 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
Upper: 12.0" / 305 mm 1,090.00 ft / 332.23 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
Main Belt covers 91 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4.00" / 102 mm 1,090.00 ft / 332.23 m 45.00 ft / 13.72 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 30.0" / 762 mm 24.0" / 610 mm 24.0" / 610 mm
2nd: 16.0" / 406 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
3rd: 16.0" / 406 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 14.0" / 356 mm
4th: 5.00" / 127 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 5.00" / 127 mm
5th: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
- Armour deck: 16.00" / 406 mm, Conning tower: 30.00" / 762 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 8 shafts, 475,909 shp / 355,028 Kw = 28.00 kts
Range 30,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 74,663 tons
Complement:
9,416 - 12,242
Cost:
£175.113 million / $700.451 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 13,407 tons, 2.7 %
Armour: 213,472 tons, 42.6 %
- Belts: 50,809 tons, 10.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 7,259 tons, 1.4 %
- Armament: 38,233 tons, 7.6 %
- Armour Deck: 113,092 tons, 22.6 %
- Conning Tower: 4,078 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 12,577 tons, 2.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 195,821 tons, 39.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 63,869 tons, 12.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,000 tons, 0.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
2,079,747 lbs / 943,357 Kg = 154.1 x 30.0 " / 762 mm shells or 1,058.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
Metacentric height 33.1 ft / 10.1 m
Roll period: 19.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 83 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.31
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.65
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low forecastle, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.685
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 42.86 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 29 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 50.00 ft / 15.24 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m (60.00 ft / 18.29 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 60.00 ft / 18.29 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 50.00 ft / 15.24 m (60.00 ft / 18.29 m before break)
- Stern: 50.00 ft / 15.24 m
- Average freeboard: 56.50 ft / 17.22 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 34.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 463.7 %
Waterplane Area: 382,067 Square feet or 35,495 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 144 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 404 lbs/sq ft or 1,972 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.01
- Longitudinal: 1.06
- Overall: 1.01
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
Call me crazy, but this was kinda fun. Enjoy!
This was fun to help with too! Although "egging each other on" may have been a better description of the process 
