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Chapter 834 Selling Steam Ironclad Ships (Part [-])

"Although ironclad ships are very good, the current cost of steamships is much higher than that of sailing battleships. Your shipyard's bid for a 36-gun ironclad frigate is twice that of a 90-gun class sailing battleship. This price allows us to It’s hard to afford. Even replacing some of the warships is an expensive outlay.”

Since Ling'er was born, Nelson helped Chu Yun care about everything.He knew that Chu Yun was often struggling with finances. A major project at present was the laying of submarine cables. For this reason, several factories that produced submarine cables were working day and night, and a considerable part of the finances were invested in it.

"But Lord Nelson, think about it. Steam ironclad ships have advantages that sailing battleships cannot at all. For example, defense, unless the paddle wheels and propellers are hit by enemy shells, otherwise the solid bullets propelled by black powder of this era will not be able to at all. Ironclads do effective damage. That is, steam ironclads are invulnerable in this era!"

"Also, when the sail battleship reaches the equatorial windless zone or the temperate windless zone, it is difficult to drive at all, but with steam as auxiliary power, it can come and go freely. In a similar situation, when fighting in inland rivers, steam ironclad ships can easily sail against the current. Come on, completely crushing ordinary sailing warships!"

The master of the Royal Dockyard was trying to sell his steamship.

"Master Nelson, please take a look. This is the blueprint of the ironclad ship we envisioned." The factory manager clapped his hands and asked an engineer to show Nelson the blueprint.

When Nelson looked at the blueprint, his eyes lit up.

This is a structural diagram of an ironclad ship, with a top-view dialysis diagram and a side-view dialysis diagram, and there are various annotations on it, which are obviously carefully thought out and designed by engineers.And the captain has reached an astonishing 115 meters!You must know that this is not a giant ship for loading, but a warship!There is no such warship in this era!The size alone is amazing!

"Our designers had enough energy to design iron-clad warships in the late stage of manufacturing the giant ship, so after two hundred days of design by more than a dozen engineers, this steam iron-clad warship came into being. The estimated length is 115.2 meters, fully loaded The displacement can reach 9200 tons, and if the angle of attack is added, the length can reach 126 meters. We call this type of steam warship the 'Secret Class' armor-piercing."

"Although there is only one deck, it is planned to load 36 guns, but in our plan, these 36 guns are no longer the commonly used 24-pound guns and 32-pound guns, but 10 110-pound rifled breech-loading guns and 26 68-pound smoothbore muzzle-loading gun. Lord Nelson, you should know the difference. Although the Victory has more than 100 guns, the heaviest gun on the Victory is only 32 pounds, which is not as good as the 68-pound and 110-pound guns. It is worth mentioning. Once the existing sailing battleship is hit by a 110-pound artillery, it will basically suffer heavy damage. Therefore, although the ironclad ship is called a frigate by the Ministry of the Navy, it is actually enough firepower to replace the sailing battleship in the battle line. In addition In addition to its defensive capabilities, its combat effectiveness is simply unimaginable."

"Another important point is that the design speed of the 'Secret Class' is 15 knots. It is equipped with a full set of sails and has the ability to cruise around the world. Even if it is involved in a war across oceans in the future, it will not lag behind. The speed of reaching the battlefield is faster than Victory is nearly twice as fast, enough to serve for more than [-] years."

The factory director continued to seduce Nelson with all his might.

Nelson felt itchy when he heard the 110-pound artillery, the speed of 15 knots, and the iron armor with amazing defense. For the Admiralty, such a temptation is more deadly than a woman!

Even if the three major fleets of the Ministry of the Navy are invincible in the Pacific Ocean, they want to replace them with more powerful warships!

Larger hulls, heavier artillery, this is the romance of an iron-blooded man!
"What's the estimated cost?" Nelson couldn't help swallowing when he saw the design drawing and the prospect described by the factory manager.

If the Admiralty's budget is sufficient, he really wants to build a full steam ironclad ship that has never been seen in history to support the Admiralty!

"This is the estimated cost list." The factory manager handed over a quotation to Nelson.

Nelson looked at the cost list, and it was like pouring a basin of cold water: "My God, it's too expensive, too expensive."

"The price I listed is already the cost price. Just 36 cannons are a sky-high price. All the budgets of our shipyard are manufactured according to the approval from the above. Private individuals will not profit from it except for salaries and bonuses. I It is thinking that if our first batch of 'secret-class' ironclad ships is manufactured by our first factory, our first factory will be famous in history, and the engineers and workers who participated in the construction will be promoted." The factory manager said to Nelson.

"The 110-pound gun is planned to use the Armstrong rifled breech gun under development, right? As far as I know, the 110-pound naval gun has not been developed yet." Nelson saw that the 110-pound gun listed in the cost list was the Kyushu Army. The top-secret artillery currently under development - the Armstrong rifled rear-loading gun with higher power, range, and accuracy!
"That's right, only 110-pound guns are eligible to be equipped with our steam ironclad ships. The secret-class ironclad ships with a standard displacement of 6000 tons can make 110-pound guns useful. In addition to 110-pound guns, 68-pound smoothbore front-loading guns If you want to produce it, the production capacity of the artillery factory is enough to produce it. Even after our steam iron-clad ship is successfully researched, the 110-pound cannon can be replaced by a 68-pound cannon." The factory manager Said.

"Thirty-six 36-pound guns, iron-clad hull..." Nelson was a little moved.

However, thinking of Chu Yun's financial troubles and his grandson not being able to lose his father so soon, Nelson still resisted the urge to order dozens of ships: "After all, the expensive price is here. Our fleet is already enough to control In the western Pacific, wait until some time before thinking about building a steam ironclad."

"Well...Master Nelson, take this design back and have a look at it first. Our shipyard has a backup. Maybe the Admiralty will change its mind." The director of the Royal First Shipyard handed over the design to Nelson.

Nelson took the blueprint carefully and handed it to the accompanying soldiers.Even if you don't have the money to build a ship now, if you have a design drawing of a steam ironclad ship to look at, you can look forward to plum blossoms and quench your thirst.

"Get ready to launch the giant ship, and let everyone see the style of the [-]-ton giant ship we built in China!" The shipyard knew that the Admiralty would be interested in the ironclad ship he was promoting, and shouted at the workers on the berth.

The second-generation steamship developed by the Kyushu Army is about to go to sea!

(End of this chapter)