Topic: Refit and Repair, Nemorland, Spring, 1890, Production & Deployment Phase. (Read 20655 times)

piratejoe · « **Reply #210 on:** November 23, 2019, 06:33:20 pm »

Winter, 1890, Design Phase.

Quote from: Madman198237 on November 11, 2019, 10:59:51 pm

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Resolute-class Armored Cruiser
Based on the Niflung, the Resolute-class armored cruiser is effectively just an evolution of the design to 7000 tons. Moving speed up to 21 knots with the increased room and improved efficiency of turbine engines being installed from the start, Bolstad Armor belt and deck capable of resisting its own main battery from 3000 out to 15000 yards, and a main battery of two twin 9" turrets fore and aft, with not one but TWO whole superfiring twin 6" turrets (one fore and one aft, of course) on the centerline, it provides a similar but noticeably different profile from the older Niflungs. A set of two additional twin 6" turrets and 8 shielded 4" guns per side of the superstructure round out the armament, providing us with a very capable combatant.

The main battery turrets are our standard twin turrets, the armored very heavily indeed, meant to resist 9" fire from the front and at any point on the barbette so that the magazines can't be easily taken out of action or set alight. The 6" turrets carry 4" of Bolstad Steel on the front, thinning to 2" at the back, providing comprehensive protection with lessened weight. Our rangefinders and advanced fire control is all integrated into protected positions, obviously with the option to just not use the Mark 2 'Eyeball' until it's fixed. Notably, the conning tower is also armored with 6" of Bolstad steel to resist incoming fire and prevent lighter HE from rendering the ship uncontrolled or destroying its ability to range on targets.

The armored citadel is not the only armor on the vessel: Being aware of the risks of high explosive shells fired at the present short battle ranges, an extended belt covers the rest of the areas of the ship with 1" of Bolstad Steel, capable of detonating a 6" shell early so that it cannot pierce deeper into the vessel. The armored deck, however, terminates with the citadel athwartships, as HE is not fired at extreme range because AP's capability to deal much more serious damage is desirable when very few hits can be achieved. The main belt covers the entirety of the ship's vitals, and the coal bunkers are focused on providing a form of torpedo protection---the firetight doors and walls of the coal bunkers are repurposed as watertight doors and a sort of simple torpedo bulkhead to prevent hits a few feet under the waterline from being immediately fatal. There is an additional inch-thick plate over the propeller shaft and aft machinery sections, deep in the ship, to provide a little bit of crucial extra protection for those sections to prevent things like hits that warp the propeller shaft and cause it to rip open large sections of the hull and flood all of the engine rooms and whatnot.

Obviously, the ship is built with our trademark durability. Our experience and design effort invested in increasing survivability allows us to have more and superior pumping arrangements and more comprehensive flooding protection and better-subdivided machinery compartments than other vessels without sacrificing as much in terms of displacement or size. Additional bulkheads, fire suppression, etc. are all combined to make the ship extremely durable, a necessity given they may end up facing off against larger opponents and trading body blows with bigger ships.

Effectiveness: 5 | Cost: 2 | Bugs: 3 | Time: 2=2

The Resolute class is a brand new cruiser. One that likely will be able to be made once we are finished finalizing the design and our newest dry dock finishes its expansion. We have gone over the entire design, and have a fairly good idea as to what the ship should be capable of when it is finished and what it has. As designed, like our coastal defense ship, it has nine inch guns, specifically 4 of them. Also like our coastal defense ship it has the armor to resist shots of the same gun it utilizes, 8 inches. The main difference between the two ships is the size and speed. While the Niflung is a squat and fairly slow ship, but one that can pack a good punch, the Resolute class should be able to reach a speed of 21 knots. Additionally, it has a decent secondary and tertiary battery, with eight six inch guns and eight four inch guns, in twin turrets and single turrets respectively.

This comes at a cost however. We found with its heavy armament, the ship might be overweight and top heavy, and with the size of the ship, combined with the layout and the extended belt armor, the ship is likely to cost much more than we would like and it is expected to take longer to finish than we'd like. Then again, generally speaking, we like things that are cheep but still effective, and it was expected to take longer to finish anyway so this point was somewhat to be expected. Regardless, we expect that the ship will cost a decent amount more than a Niflung, but it makes up for that in its much wider range of versatility.

Also, we made sure to keep a spot for the calculator once we actually fix the damn thing and get it into a decent working order. We just decided to put a simple table where the calculator will go for when we decide to replace it, which will be good as an extra spot for our rangefinders to note down what they need to...Or used for a card game whenever the ship isn't in combat and the men aren't on active duty.

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Main Battery Central Director Firing System (1 die spent, 0 die rushed)

5+2=7/6. 4 PP spent

Work has quickly been finalized on the Main Battery Central Director Firing System. We should be able to apply this to new designs fairly easily, and current designs can have it added as a fairly quick modernization refit as well. Of course, we already planned to apply this to our ships under construction, but those which were made without it will need some time for it to apply. Though, again, we already planned for everything relating to the finishing of this project. So, really nothing new to report other than now we can put certain things into motion.

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Aseaheru · « **Reply #211 on:** November 29, 2019, 08:33:43 am »

I am apparently the designated stater of generally agreed-upon plans. So, here goes.

Quote from: Eye Surgery

Revise Mk2 Eyeball to Mk3 Eyeball by mounting a series of them in a gang(to reduce errors from new data, as what machine gets new data will be one thats not currently processing data), optimizing the processes used(increasing speed), designing new housings protected somewhat from vibrations(to reduce breakage in general and not have metal cases that can be slapped apart(?!)), utilize better quality parts throughout and finally, instead of a unitary design(all the parts compose one single unit) moving to a modular design(with singular functions being a single unit, able to be replaced from stores or removed and repaired).

So:
>More than one unit in a setup, each unit running its own set of computations to decrease net time required.
>optimize machinery, reducing complexity and speeding it up
>better mounting, now including vibration shielding and metal that wont shatter when slapped
>modular construction
>Higher quality materials in return for more expensive is fine