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Chapter 833
A year later, the Royal No. [-] Shipyard in Dalian Port.

The grand launching ceremony is underway, and celebrities and officials from Dalian Port, Jinzhou City and other places have been invited by the shipyard to witness this historic moment.

After several years of construction in Dalian Port, the number of residents has exceeded 10, and it has become one of the best prosperous cities in southern Liaoning from a small fishing village.Originally, Jinzhou City was Chu Yun's original base camp, but after Chu Yun left here with the high-level officials of the Kyushu Army, Jinzhou City was about to be annexed by the emerging Dalian Port.In the age of the ocean, cities that are close to the ocean, have excellent harbors, and a vast hinterland can often obtain the best development opportunities.

Tens of thousands of residents of Dalian Port gathered on the embankments on both sides of the dock, looking forward to it.They could see the huge slipway from a distance.This slipway adopts a horizontal structure with side launching, which is unique in this era!And inside the horizontal berth, there is a behemoth lying quietly inside, with four huge chimneys leading straight to the sky.

"It's scary, there are such big ships in this world!"

"The construction started a few years ago. It seems that it has only started to be launched now. It is said that 2000 workers were invested at one time. At the peak, the number of workers was 5000. cheaper Korean workers and Japanese workers.”

"This is the largest ship we have built in China, and it is said that the hull is made of metal plates, which can withstand big storms at sea!"

"Won't such a large ship break in the middle? And it uses a lot of metal. I'm really worried that it will sink into the water, and I hope it can go into the water smoothly."

The residents on the embankment were talking about this boat that had never been launched.

Because the hull is too large and the hull is made of metal, people always worry that it will sink in the water!

The director of the Royal Shipyard and the officials from the Ministry of Industry who came to supervise the construction were even closer. Looking at such a giant, their hearts were as excited as the residents of Dalian Port who were watching.

Their Royal No. [-] Shipyard invested a lot of money, manpower, and material resources in order to manufacture this giant ship, and a lot of steel produced in Anshan was consumed here.If it weren't for the steel produced in Liaodong, it might not be possible to produce such a work of art in industrial history.

"This is the second-generation steamship developed on the basis of the technology of the first-generation steamship 'Yongchang', which has reached the acme of our current technology. It uses three propulsion devices and six sail masts at the same time. , two side paddle wheels, and propellers, the normal speed can reach 14 knots." The factory manager introduced the huge ship to Nelson, the special envoy sent by Chu Yun.

Nelson is the commander of the navy, and he is very obsessed with ships. After hearing that the giant ship in Dalian Port was about to be launched, he immediately asked Chu Yun to be the special envoy for the acceptance of the giant ship, and brought the teachers and students from the naval lecture hall to watch!

The birth of this giant ship will mean that ships have entered the era of steam iron ships!

Sail wooden boats can still be active for decades, but there will be more and more steam iron boats, and the era of mixing sail and steam is quietly coming!

"With such a huge hull, the normal speed can reach 14 knots. Is it a bit exaggerated? The speed of the Victory is only 8-9 knots, and the faster Constitution is only about 12 knots." Nelson squinted his eyes Looking at the tall giant ship, it is a little hard to believe.

In the era of sailing battleships, the speed of the Victory can be said to be quite normal. If the Victory had a speed of 14 knots, it would not be against the sky.If you want to hit others, you can't run away, if you want to run away, you can't catch up with others.

"Four large steam engines, 3 generators, 100 workers are required to add fuel to it day and night while sailing, the full load displacement can reach 10000 tons, and there are 6 waterproof compartments, safety is not a problem. Originally planned to build The larger ship was more than 200 meters long, but due to economic benefits, there is currently no demand for ocean transportation, so the original plan was cut in half, and it was only 125 meters long." The factory manager said to Nelson.

"125 meters... is long enough. The Victory is only 69 meters long. The length of this giant ship is nearly twice that of the Victory." Nelson was shocked when he heard that the original plan of the shipyard was a 200-meter-long giant ship.

The displacement of the 125-meter-long giant ship is already three times that of the Victory. Wouldn't the displacement of the 3-meter-long giant ship reach a terrifying tens of thousands of tons?
Such a ship is incredible in this world!It even made Nelson feel impractical!

"The current positioning is to be used as a cable ship, and the submarine cables from the capital to Nagasaki and Edo Castle will be built, as well as the submarine cables from Xiamen to Yizhou, Guangzhou City to Shenglong City, and Shenglong City to Batavia. Cables. After all, it is not a coastal area, and the required submarine cables weigh several thousand tons, and such a large ship cannot carry all the cables. In the future, after the task of arranging submarine cables is over, it is very likely that they will serve as oil tankers or passenger ships.” said the captain.

When Chu Yun built such a huge ship, it was not for military use at first, because there is no force in the entire East Asian waters that can shake the three major fleets!The demand for passenger transportation is not very great, and the current sailing ships can barely meet the transportation between Japan, Ryukyu, Southeast Asia and the mainland.

What is needed now is to lay submarine cables and bring all the territory into the communication range. If there is a problem in any place, Chu Yun can be notified in the capital and send a fleet to suppress it immediately!

The second is the needs of large-scale industry, which requires stable large ships to transport the oil from the Nanyang Borneo refinery back.

This is why Chu Yun is obsessed with building big ships!Whether it is used to lay submarine cables, or to transport oil in the future, such a giant ship can serve for 20-30 years, absolutely no loss!

"Another important point is that in order to manufacture this giant ship, we are also improving our shipbuilding technology. This project has brought us two benefits. One benefit is to promote the technology of our first factory, and the second benefit is A large number of skilled workers have been trained! After several years of training, these workers will become more skilled in the production of steamships in the future, which will indirectly reduce the cost of manufacturing steamships in the future.” The captain continued to introduce the benefits of this large order.

Naturally, he wanted to try his best to explain the power of the steamship. In front of him was the Minister of the Admiralty. If the Admiralty decided to upgrade the existing sailing battleship in the future, how many big orders could the Royal Dockyard get!For three fleets, it is not too much to build 10 steam ironclad ships for each fleet, that is 30 ironclad ships!If each ship is 5000 tons, the displacement will be 15 tons, which is enough for the shipyard to start construction for ten years!
(End of this chapter)