Questers
01-05-2006, 03:41
[OOC: Well well. This is the start of my new battleship era: the still to be finished Renown will be the last ship I design over 1km. From now on, my battleship fleet willl be <1km in length. So enjoy the lineship of my pacific fleet.]
INVINCIBLE CLASS BATTLESHIP
PICTURE (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/MattShipwrighter/Questers/Ships/HMSIllustrious.png)
Overview
The ‘Invincible’ class battleship was created when the Royal Navy asked QAE Marine designers to create a design for a lineship designed to engage other battleships at long range with gun and missile fire. Eight different designs, labelled A-H where set forth and eventually F was chosen because of its high armour value. The first ‘Invincible’ was laid down in early 2006 and launched in March 06. After sea trials where a blade was thrown (and promptly replaced) she was commissioned by HM the Queen on the 1st of May as HMS Invincible. Her pennant number was B 142. Her Captain, John Wilkinson RN, DSC, took her from Portsmouth to Singapore where ‘Invincible’ was sworn into the Pacific Fleet and began her first patrol to Port Royal. ‘Royal Navy Monthly’ recalled a large number of the magazines most recent copies to print a picture of the Invincible on the front, and renamed that issue ‘INVINCIBLE!’
Specifications:
The ‘Invincible’ class is 542m long on the waterline, and 551m long overall. She has a beam of 58m and a draught of 22.3. Empty, she displaces 480,000 tonnes, with Low stores (brown water and ammunition) she displaces 498,000 tonnes, and with Full displacement (full ammo, long range stores and fuel) she displaces 532,000 tonnes. Her effective complement is 4,600 crewmen with a bunk for every four men and a room for every senior officer. Four large mess rooms, a gymn, and a cybercafé give the crew a means to relax when not in combat or on manoeuvres. Space is provided for 40 marines.The cost of production for the ‘Invincible’ class is 180 billion universal standard dollars – 100 billion, 286 million, and 533 thousand Questarian Pounds.
Weaponry
Guns
The ‘Invincible’s’ Main Armament are 12 686mm/62 rifled cannons. Each cannon is 41.91metres long and there are four turrets (A,B,X,Y) each with three cannons. Each turret is equipped with a pair of 40cm optical gunnery rangefinders running at 325 MHz that can scan and effectively engage targets up to 38,250m metres away. Using RADAR guidance from the Mark 94A gunnery directors the cannons can engage targets up to 121,241m away without rocket assist and 644,341m with rocket assist. Each cannon can be elevated from -3 degrees to +45 degrees. Each cannon is provided with 80 shells.Each turret is mounted on a barbette protected by 800mm of HSLA steel and the front face of each turret is protected by a layer of 650mm HSLA steel.
The secondary armament of the ‘Invincible’ class is 24 155mm dual purpose cannons, in dual turrets mounted equally port and starboard. These guns can be elavated from -5 degrees to +80 degrees and are used to shoot down missiles and aircraft using specialist airburst rounds. Each turret holds 240 shells in its magazine. The shells range from airburst rounds to armour piercing shells for anti shipping work. They are controlled by the Mark 97B Gun Control.
Furthermore, eight 'Sea Shield' class six-barreled-35mm close-in-weapons-system chainguns are located around the ship. They can track twenty targets at a time at engage at ranges around 1300m. Each gun can kill a pair of missiles before impact. They are controlled by the CPDC RADAR sensor and can shoot at up to 4000 RPM total. Alongside this sixty mounts for quad 40mm cannons are dotted around the ship for further anti air firepower.
Missiles
Missile firepower is provided in the form of three VLS boxes - 3 96 cell boxes. This provides the 'Invicible' with 288 vertical launch cells capable of handling anti air, anti submarine, and anti shipping missiles. Each cell is 9m deep, and 1 metre long and 1 metre wide. The missiles are controlled by the Mark105A Combined RADAR LADAR InfraRed Missile Director System that can track up to 2,500 different missiles and sixty different ships simultaenously. For short range air defence, twelve Hastings sextuple barrelled short range rolling airframe missiles are fitted around the ship. The Hastings is a fast, manoeuvrable missile that can reach ranges of 30km to hit incoming missiles and aircraft. They can be fired almost instantly at a moments notice as long as a target is available.
Armour
The 'Invincible' Class uses the Mark A Armour Scheme, [Link] (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/MattShipwrighter/Questers/ArmourSchemeA.png), capable of defeating shell sizes up to and including 600mm and even withstanding the infamous 635mm shell. During tests the Mark B Armour Scheme resisted 11 762mm AP shells to the vertical and 5 762mm AP shells to the horizontal. Protection against subsurface threats is provided in the form of six 'Sea Serpent' anti submarine/torpedo decoys launched from the ship and twelve 533mm CIWS TT. The 'Invincible' is full NBC protected and sealed.
The armour values are as follows:
Horizontal
-425mm HSLA steel
-200mm Titanium/Tungsten layered mix
-200mm Ceramic/Boron/Silicon Composite
-Honeycomb network frame to add extra support for the deck armour and a 55mm thick DS steel layer on top and below to serve as a decapper and a support for snapping bolts, respectively.
Vertical
-600mm HSLA steel
-2x 150mm Titanium/Tungsten layered mix
-300mm Ceramic/Boron/Silicon Composite
-Foam layer
-250mm of HSLA steel behind the main armour layer to serve as extra added support for both structure and armour.
Propulsion and Sensors
The 'Invincible' uses the CODNAS propulsion system – Combined Diesel, Nuclear, and Steam. Four nuclear pressurised heavy water reactors alongside 8 steam turbines linked to two pairs of boilers operating smokestacks amidships supported by 4 12,000KW turbo GT generators provide a total of 2 GW of power to motivate the ships 4 shafts. Each shaft drives a pair of bladed props which move the ship to speeds of up to 36 knots maximum.
The sensors included on the 'Invincible' are:
Type 10 Air Search RADAR
Type 20 Sea Search RADAR
Type 30 Bow-Mounted Sub-Search SONAR
Type 40 General Search LADAR
Type 45 General Search LIDAR
Type 50 Communications Array
Type 55 RADAR Sweep Jammer
Type 56 RADAR Barrage Jammer
Type 58 Sensory Interference Resistance Device
Type 60 GPS Array
Mark 94A Gun Control
Mark 97A Gun Control
Mark 100 Over the Horizon Search RADAR
Mark105A Combined RADAR LADAR InfraRed Missile Director System
Mark106A Stand Off Missile Director System
Mark110A Mainmast Missile Director System
Specifications:
Length: 551 oa - 542m wl
Beam: 58m
Draught: 22.1m
Displacement Empty: 480,000 T
Displacement Low: 498,000 T
Displacement Full: 532,000 T
Complement: 4,640
Armament:
-4x3 686mm guns
-12x2 155mm guns
-8 CIWS 35mm chainguns
-240 40mm autocannons
-240VLS cells
-12 6 barrel RAM missiles
Armour:
-1050mm horizontal
-1450mm vertical
Propulsion:
-four PWR reactors
-8 steam turbines
-4 12,000Kw turbo GT generators
-4 shafts driving 8 bladed propellers
Performance
-30 knots cruise
-34 max
-36 dash
Price to Produce: 180 billion USD
INVINCIBLE CLASS BATTLESHIP
PICTURE (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/MattShipwrighter/Questers/Ships/HMSIllustrious.png)
Overview
The ‘Invincible’ class battleship was created when the Royal Navy asked QAE Marine designers to create a design for a lineship designed to engage other battleships at long range with gun and missile fire. Eight different designs, labelled A-H where set forth and eventually F was chosen because of its high armour value. The first ‘Invincible’ was laid down in early 2006 and launched in March 06. After sea trials where a blade was thrown (and promptly replaced) she was commissioned by HM the Queen on the 1st of May as HMS Invincible. Her pennant number was B 142. Her Captain, John Wilkinson RN, DSC, took her from Portsmouth to Singapore where ‘Invincible’ was sworn into the Pacific Fleet and began her first patrol to Port Royal. ‘Royal Navy Monthly’ recalled a large number of the magazines most recent copies to print a picture of the Invincible on the front, and renamed that issue ‘INVINCIBLE!’
Specifications:
The ‘Invincible’ class is 542m long on the waterline, and 551m long overall. She has a beam of 58m and a draught of 22.3. Empty, she displaces 480,000 tonnes, with Low stores (brown water and ammunition) she displaces 498,000 tonnes, and with Full displacement (full ammo, long range stores and fuel) she displaces 532,000 tonnes. Her effective complement is 4,600 crewmen with a bunk for every four men and a room for every senior officer. Four large mess rooms, a gymn, and a cybercafé give the crew a means to relax when not in combat or on manoeuvres. Space is provided for 40 marines.The cost of production for the ‘Invincible’ class is 180 billion universal standard dollars – 100 billion, 286 million, and 533 thousand Questarian Pounds.
Weaponry
Guns
The ‘Invincible’s’ Main Armament are 12 686mm/62 rifled cannons. Each cannon is 41.91metres long and there are four turrets (A,B,X,Y) each with three cannons. Each turret is equipped with a pair of 40cm optical gunnery rangefinders running at 325 MHz that can scan and effectively engage targets up to 38,250m metres away. Using RADAR guidance from the Mark 94A gunnery directors the cannons can engage targets up to 121,241m away without rocket assist and 644,341m with rocket assist. Each cannon can be elevated from -3 degrees to +45 degrees. Each cannon is provided with 80 shells.Each turret is mounted on a barbette protected by 800mm of HSLA steel and the front face of each turret is protected by a layer of 650mm HSLA steel.
The secondary armament of the ‘Invincible’ class is 24 155mm dual purpose cannons, in dual turrets mounted equally port and starboard. These guns can be elavated from -5 degrees to +80 degrees and are used to shoot down missiles and aircraft using specialist airburst rounds. Each turret holds 240 shells in its magazine. The shells range from airburst rounds to armour piercing shells for anti shipping work. They are controlled by the Mark 97B Gun Control.
Furthermore, eight 'Sea Shield' class six-barreled-35mm close-in-weapons-system chainguns are located around the ship. They can track twenty targets at a time at engage at ranges around 1300m. Each gun can kill a pair of missiles before impact. They are controlled by the CPDC RADAR sensor and can shoot at up to 4000 RPM total. Alongside this sixty mounts for quad 40mm cannons are dotted around the ship for further anti air firepower.
Missiles
Missile firepower is provided in the form of three VLS boxes - 3 96 cell boxes. This provides the 'Invicible' with 288 vertical launch cells capable of handling anti air, anti submarine, and anti shipping missiles. Each cell is 9m deep, and 1 metre long and 1 metre wide. The missiles are controlled by the Mark105A Combined RADAR LADAR InfraRed Missile Director System that can track up to 2,500 different missiles and sixty different ships simultaenously. For short range air defence, twelve Hastings sextuple barrelled short range rolling airframe missiles are fitted around the ship. The Hastings is a fast, manoeuvrable missile that can reach ranges of 30km to hit incoming missiles and aircraft. They can be fired almost instantly at a moments notice as long as a target is available.
Armour
The 'Invincible' Class uses the Mark A Armour Scheme, [Link] (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/MattShipwrighter/Questers/ArmourSchemeA.png), capable of defeating shell sizes up to and including 600mm and even withstanding the infamous 635mm shell. During tests the Mark B Armour Scheme resisted 11 762mm AP shells to the vertical and 5 762mm AP shells to the horizontal. Protection against subsurface threats is provided in the form of six 'Sea Serpent' anti submarine/torpedo decoys launched from the ship and twelve 533mm CIWS TT. The 'Invincible' is full NBC protected and sealed.
The armour values are as follows:
Horizontal
-425mm HSLA steel
-200mm Titanium/Tungsten layered mix
-200mm Ceramic/Boron/Silicon Composite
-Honeycomb network frame to add extra support for the deck armour and a 55mm thick DS steel layer on top and below to serve as a decapper and a support for snapping bolts, respectively.
Vertical
-600mm HSLA steel
-2x 150mm Titanium/Tungsten layered mix
-300mm Ceramic/Boron/Silicon Composite
-Foam layer
-250mm of HSLA steel behind the main armour layer to serve as extra added support for both structure and armour.
Propulsion and Sensors
The 'Invincible' uses the CODNAS propulsion system – Combined Diesel, Nuclear, and Steam. Four nuclear pressurised heavy water reactors alongside 8 steam turbines linked to two pairs of boilers operating smokestacks amidships supported by 4 12,000KW turbo GT generators provide a total of 2 GW of power to motivate the ships 4 shafts. Each shaft drives a pair of bladed props which move the ship to speeds of up to 36 knots maximum.
The sensors included on the 'Invincible' are:
Type 10 Air Search RADAR
Type 20 Sea Search RADAR
Type 30 Bow-Mounted Sub-Search SONAR
Type 40 General Search LADAR
Type 45 General Search LIDAR
Type 50 Communications Array
Type 55 RADAR Sweep Jammer
Type 56 RADAR Barrage Jammer
Type 58 Sensory Interference Resistance Device
Type 60 GPS Array
Mark 94A Gun Control
Mark 97A Gun Control
Mark 100 Over the Horizon Search RADAR
Mark105A Combined RADAR LADAR InfraRed Missile Director System
Mark106A Stand Off Missile Director System
Mark110A Mainmast Missile Director System
Specifications:
Length: 551 oa - 542m wl
Beam: 58m
Draught: 22.1m
Displacement Empty: 480,000 T
Displacement Low: 498,000 T
Displacement Full: 532,000 T
Complement: 4,640
Armament:
-4x3 686mm guns
-12x2 155mm guns
-8 CIWS 35mm chainguns
-240 40mm autocannons
-240VLS cells
-12 6 barrel RAM missiles
Armour:
-1050mm horizontal
-1450mm vertical
Propulsion:
-four PWR reactors
-8 steam turbines
-4 12,000Kw turbo GT generators
-4 shafts driving 8 bladed propellers
Performance
-30 knots cruise
-34 max
-36 dash
Price to Produce: 180 billion USD