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Chapter 1274
Woolwich Royal Dockyard on the banks of the Thames. There are two warships moored in this shipyard. One of the warships has been completed, and the other has just built its keel.

A sailing warship that has been built has a streamlined hull and a slender artillery deck, and the tail is decorated with intricate and resplendent gold-plated sculptures.The most striking thing is that there are 118 gun holes on the entire warship, but only 104 are actually used.

Although there were battleships with hundreds of guns in the past, those guns were mostly firecrackers and small firearms, not naval guns, and this one in front of me was a genuine one-hundred-gun warship.

Charles I was full of confidence in this sailing battleship that cost more than 6 pounds.

He took ministers and nobles to the Woolwich Shipyard to participate in the launching ceremony of this expensive sailing battleship to declare the majesty of his king.

Many aristocrats, merchants and even citizens from the city of London and its surroundings came to the banks of the Thames to watch the launch of the king's new battleship.Small country with few people, even commoners have many chances to meet their king.

"It's like a golden devil!" Many nobles and citizens were amazed when they saw the tall warships, sacred and luxurious reliefs, and hundreds of cannons.

"If our navy adds two or three more warships like this, the Dutch and Spaniards will not dare to ignore our presence in the English Channel and start a war, and the Barbary pirates will not invade the southeastern counties and Ireland."

"This is a battleship built with ship tax? Maybe it can lead us to restore the glory of Queen Elizabeth's era!"

Under the protection of the royal guard, Charles I heard the discussions of the crowd watching the King of the Seas. Many people were full of confidence that Britain would go to glory.

If history has not been deflected, the King of the Seas can indeed be regarded as the beginning of the British Royal Navy's journey to dominate the oceans.

"Sir Pennington, the ship tax was collected to build a three-decker warship that frightened the enemy, all thanks to your strong support." Charles I said to a nobleman beside him.

"As an admiral, you should always share the worries of His Majesty the King, not to mention that His Majesty's tax collection is for our navy to build warships." Sir Pennington said.

"With this warship, we will definitely be able to promote the name of our country beyond the seas! In another 20 years, both the Dutch and the Spaniards will give up the English Channel." Charles I looked at the [-]-pound building with fiery eyes. The King of the Seas, this ship has high hopes for him.

The reason why he agreed to join forces with the Fourth Fleet to enter the Mediterranean to fight was not only to promote his prestige, but also to let the hard-built King of the Seas go to sea to fight.

Only after truly experiencing sea battles can the Royal Navy truly take shape!

Sun Xu took several naval officers of the Fourth Fleet to attend the launching ceremony of the King of the Seas at the invitation of Charles I.

They were indeed a little surprised when they saw the luxurious and tall Sea King, but it was far from shocking.

In the local Zhili Fleet, the sailing battleship Victory is a circle larger than this Sea King, and its displacement is twice that of it.This means that the sailing battleship Victory has stronger protection.

Therefore, in the eyes of Sun Xu and others, the Sea King can only be regarded as a first-class sailing battleship, but it is not the world's number one battleship.

"There are too many unnecessary decorations on the hull. I heard that the gold-plated sculpture on the hull alone cost their king more than 6000 pounds."

"The number of cannons is not as good as possible. This warship is too bloated. The position of many gun ports is irrelevant. Its limit is 100 cannons. If you insist on changing the number of gun ports to 118, you will sacrifice reliability. sex and flexibility.”

"Maybe our 70-gun Shuhan sailing battleship will defeat it."

Sun Xu and other naval officers have been baptized by several years of experience in sailing battleships, and they are no longer sailors in the era of sampan ships.

King of the Seas was considered by Charles I to be the most powerful sailing warship in the world today. However, in the eyes of Sun Xu and other naval officers who have seen technology beyond this era, it is okay, but not the strongest. It has the strongest firepower, tonnage, and protection. The sailing battleship and the Victory are in the front.

The Shuhan sailing battleship does not have that many artillery pieces, but the Shuhan sailing battleship uses a more advanced hull design, and the performance of the naval guns is more reliable, and it is not timid in a real contest.

"The Dalian Shipyard seems to be producing an iron-clad ship. I don't know if it's finished now." When Sun Xu and others mentioned the battleship, they couldn't help but think of the steel monster that was still crouching in the Dalian Shipyard when they left the capital.

When the Fourth Fleet set off for the City of London, Admiral Fubo was far from being completed.

"I really want to see what the ironclad ship will look like after it is completed. How does it compare with the sailing warship? It would be great if the newly built ironclad ship can be assigned to our Fourth Fleet." As the commander of the Fourth Fleet, Sun Xu is naturally It is hoped that the Admiralty will assign the ironclads to the Fourth Fleet.

There is also a secret rivalry between the fleets, and each wants to be allocated the latest warships.

"Sir, you think too much. Even if the ironclad ship is produced, it will definitely be transferred to the Zhili Fleet to defend the capital. Even if the minister did not stop the ironclad ship, there are Nanyang Fleet and Beiyang Fleet. They are all fighting, and they have more resources than us. The reason is to ask for an ironclad ship." The officers of the Fourth Fleet said that it is impossible for the ironclad ship to be assigned to their own fleet.

They also want to have ironclad ships, but they have no hope that the ironclad ships will be assigned to them.They are too far away from the capital, and their words are not enough.

"Colonel Sun, I've heard from people from Western Company that you found Li Jinde in Algiers..."

Lord Greenville also attended the launching ceremony of the King of the Seas.

He came to where Sun Xu and the others were, and asked Sun Xu about Li Jinde.

"Nine times out of ten, this matter is true." Sun Xu said.

"I suggest using money to redeem him. Barbary pirates usually don't kill captives if they are valuable. They just ask for a ransom. If the other party asks for no more than 5000 pounds, I should be able to take it out " Sir Greenville said to Sun Xu.

"I'm afraid the other party is just hating, not as simple as asking for a ransom. But Sir Greenville, you don't have to worry, we already have a countermeasure, just wait patiently for a while, and we will do our best to rescue Li Jinde back." Sun Xu said .

(End of this chapter)