Super Chief

Viewed from the side, the steel battleship, which was somewhat square, was sitting on the keel and side piers of this huge dry dock at this time.

　　 There is no water in the dry dock at this time, and some workers are still busy below, seeming to be doing the final inspection of the steel battleship.

　　 The dry dock is very big. At least when Shi Xiong saw this dry dock for the first time, the thought that came to his mind was-what a big pit!

　　 In fact, in the past and present life, although Shi Xiong has seen many ships, even super freighters and oil tankers above 100,000 tons, he has never seen a real shipyard with his own eyes.

　　 In his previous life, he just heard from the computer about this kind of place specially used for ship building or ship maintenance.

　　 It’s just that whether it’s the pictures of dry docks seen on the computer network or the pictures of dry docks seen in some military magazines, it’s hard to catch up with the shock of seeing a dry dock with my own eyes.

　　 Even if this dry dock is actually not very big, it is still a "super giant pit" with a length of more than 80 meters, a width of more than 12 meters, and a depth of 7 meters.

　　 Yes, this dry dock is actually a big pit, a square pit!

Arrived here, even if he arrived at the site of Adrian Carlos, he said with a slight excitement on his face at this time: "Respected Chief, this dry dock is built by more than 300 people in more than three months. Good dry dock. However, at the beginning, this dry dock often sees water or even leaks. We lay the keel while checking for missing leaks. It was not until half a year later that the dock was completely completed."

　　 Ishikuma nodded in satisfaction.

　　In Europe, there were docks as early as the end of the fifteenth century. After nearly three hundred years of development, docks have long been popular in European countries. As a ship designer and construction engineer in the Kingdom of Spain, Adrian Carlos naturally knows how to build docks.

　　 However, after all, this dock is dedicated to the construction of steel battleships, and it is naturally different from the dock used to build sail battleships.

　　 No matter how well the dock is repaired, the battleship that sits quietly on the keel and side piers is more attractive when it is not.

　　 Judging from the classification standards of warships in later generations, this ship is a typical flat-deck destroyer. Four thick black chimneys are located in the center of the hull, and cannons can be seen on the front and rear decks.

　　 From the side, the whole ship is square, without bulbous bow, and without the smoothness of the modern warships of later generations. However, in this age, it is really not easy to be able to build such a steel battleship.

　　 This is an ironclad ship that uses steam to power it!

　　 If it were in the original historical time and space, it would take thirty full years for the first ship to be powered by steam to appear. And the "Clermont" that was on trial on the Hudson River was nothing more than a wooden boat.

　　 And the world's first ironclad ship powered by steam will not be born in France for nearly a century. However, the "Glory" is not a full-iron armored ship in the true sense, but simply nailed the armor to the outside of the wooden hull.

　　No matter from which aspect, as long as the steel warship in front of us can be launched and the sea trial is successful, this warship will be close to a century ahead of Europe's most powerful naval power.

"Master Chief, the idea and design of this ship is really a genius idea. How did you think of using steel as a hull? God is here, if it were not for your guidance, I would never have thought of building a ship in my life. Steel is used as the hull and steam engine is used as the power of the warship." Carlos looked very excited, but at the same time he was a little nervous.

　　 "I just don't know whether this ship can float as designed and can really sail on the water after launching..."

　　 This steel battleship can be said to have been built by him alone, and all his hard work is condensed in it.

　　 The most important thing is that the design concept of this ship has surpassed this era for more than a century, and the impact on Carlos is naturally extremely huge.

　　 And when this steel battleship with a displacement of less than a thousand tons was really built successfully, the excitement in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

　　 Ishikuma can understand this feeling. He patted Carlos on the shoulder and said softly, "Ade, I think this ship will definitely meet the design requirements."

　　 Ishikuma naturally would not tell him that almost all military warships in later generations are made of steel...

　　 Carlos clenched his fist tightly, as if to cheer himself up.

　　 Ishikuma said with a smile: "Ade, now let’s talk about some data of this ship. Although I have also participated in the design of this ship, I am not sure about some specific parameters."

Mentioning this, Carlos was in a good mood immediately, and he immediately said like a few treasures: "Master Chief, when this ship was being built, I slightly modified the data. I think the previous length of 90 meters is too long, and 9.5 meters. The width is too narrow, so after strict calculations, I reduced the length of the ship by 8 meters and increased the width by 1.5 meters. In this way, if the ship can really sail on the ocean, it will be seaworthy. Sex will be better."

　　 Ishikuma nodded, but said nothing.

Carlos continued: “In other words, the final length of the ship is 82 meters ~ www.readwn.com ~ width is 11 meters, and the height from deck to bottom is 8.4 meters. According to the design, the hull of this ship is made of Approximately 20 mm steel plates are constructed using riveting technology, and a total of about 400 tons of steel plates are used. If it can be floated successfully, the designed draft is about 3.8 meters, and the full load displacement should be able to reach 2,000 tons."

"In terms of power, we have installed four steam boilers with the highest power that we can produce for this ship, and every two boilers corresponds to one turbine. As for the efficiency, to be honest, I don't have any idea in my heart. After all, I have never designed a ship powered by a steam engine...well, but I think the power of this ship should be excellent."

"As for weapons, we have two single-barreled 105mm guns on the bow and stern. These are our four main guns. There are six 76mm guns as secondary guns, in addition to sixteen 76mm guns. Mortars are used as auxiliary firepower. Although the number of artillery on this ship is very small, our artillery is very powerful, and our artillery has an effective range and accuracy far beyond the current British. , French artillery, so we should have an absolute advantage in weapons."

　　 "As for other parameters, it is still unclear. That can only be determined after launching a sea trial."

These data sounds good, but Shixiong knows that these data are only design data that stays on paper. As for how this ship is, it really is as Carlos said, everything has to wait until after launching. To know.

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