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Friedrich der Große Class Battleship (1943)

UPDATE: 1948 version here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1336547896

I've had reservations about putting this one on the workshop for a number of reasons. This was the first ship that I made when I came back to the game in July and I didn't make most of it myself. The external appearence is an exact copy of the DW Bismarck aside from some minor lengthening I did when I was stiching together the hull. Most of the internals not including the engines are original though. I also did about most of the superstructure myself, still heavily inspired using the same style This particular ship has gone through numerous overhauls, refits, and makeovers, and I'm pretty happy with current version. Alas, here it is:

A rivial to Iowa and Yamato in size, breadth of armament, and capability, "Großer Friedrich" is a testament to the scale and firepower of the battleship. Armed with 12x 40.6cm guns, she can output a huge broadside on anything unfortunate enough to be on the other end of her guns. She carries a massive AA armament, capable of laying down a cloud of mixed caliber flak. Radar laid gunnery allows for highly accurate fire up to a maximum of 25 miles out, while multiple fire directors and radar pieces make her dectection equipment hard to destroy. Her armor is in a "V" belt simmilar to Iowa layered thickest above the water. She is loosely inspired by the H-Class battleships planned by the Kriegsmarine, themselves being upscaled Bismarcks with 16 inch armament. I used the WoWS Friedrich der Große as reference material when creating the superstructure and other externalities. Liberties have been taken in other aspects (shields, amount of AA, propulsion) to make sure that she is a force to be reckoned with in game.

Armament:
12x 40.6cm SK C/38 (Primary, 3x4, Centerline mounted)
32x 14.6cm SK C/43 (Secondary, 4x8, Amidships)
12x 10.5cm SK C/32 (Tertiary, 2x6, 4 bow-facing, 8 stern-facing)
32x 5cm SK C/42 (AA, 2x16, Various)
10x 2 cm Flakvierling 38 (AA, Various)
12x 2 cm Flak 30 (AA, 2x6 Various)

Statistics:
Friedrich der Große, German Battleship laid down 1939

Displacement:
53,586 t light; 57,303 t standard; 65,764 t normal; 72,533 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
881.08 ft / 836.61 ft x 131.23 ft x 32.81 ft (normal load)
268.55 m / 255.00 m x 40.00 m x 10.00 m

Armament:
12 - 15.98" / 406 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,041.96lbs / 926.22kg shells, 1938 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
32 - 5.75" / 146 mm guns (8x4 guns), 94.96lbs / 43.07kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
12 - 4.13" / 105 mm guns (6x2 guns), 35.32lbs / 16.02kg shells, 1932 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
32 - 1.97" / 50.0 mm guns (16x2 guns), 3.81lbs / 1.73kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
62 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (16 mounts), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised guns
Weight of broadside 28,103 lbs / 12,747 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15.0" / 380 mm 410.24 ft / 125.04 m 13.75 ft / 4.19 m
Ends: 11.0" / 280 mm 307.84 ft / 93.83 m 13.75 ft / 4.19 m
118.54 ft / 36.13 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 5.71" / 145 mm 410.24 ft / 125.04 m 8.01 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 75 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.36" / 60 mm 410.24 ft / 125.04 m 32.02 ft / 9.76 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 8.66" / 220 mm 15.0" / 380 mm
2nd: 5.91" / 150 mm 3.94" / 100 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 1.18" / 30 mm 1.18" / 30 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
5th: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Armour deck: 3.94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 13.78" / 350 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 3 shafts, 199,554 shp / 148,868 Kw = 30.90 kts
Range 10,000nm at 22.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 15,230 tons

Complement:
2,052 - 2,669

Cost:
£32.478 million / $129.914 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3,513 tons, 5.3 %
Armour: 19,916 tons, 30.3 %
- Belts: 6,579 tons, 10.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,148 tons, 1.7 %
- Armament: 5,380 tons, 8.2 %
- Armour Deck: 6,325 tons, 9.6 %
- Conning Tower: 484 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 5,399 tons, 8.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 24,758 tons, 37.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 12,178 tons, 18.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
83,744 lbs / 37,986 Kg = 41.0 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 14.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00
Metacentric height 7.5 ft / 2.3 m
Roll period: 20.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.47
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.75

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.639
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.38 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.74 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 79
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 23.62 ft / 7.20 m (22.97 ft / 7.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (23 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Quarterdeck (17 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Stern: 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Average freeboard: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 159.4 %
Waterplane Area: 86,846 Square feet or 8,068 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 112 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 232 lbs/sq ft or 1,134 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.01
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather