Chapter 428: Fisher's new toy one

"This is the foundation of the British Empire. Even if the opponent can have a temporary advantage in design, the strong foundation of the British Empire can still steadily overwhelm any opponent." Lord Hamilton would sincerely admire every time he comes to Armstrong Shipyard. These broods that gave birth to the battleships of the British Empire! Amid the roar of machinery, tens of thousands of workers were working, the noisy voices, busy figures, and the hulls that had begun to take shape all demonstrated the power of the empire.

"According to the advice provided by Armstrong and the timetable you provided, they can only complete one of the two tiers of warships within the specified time. Therefore, you must choose. If the Italians need it, you are ready to let them use Which boat!" Lieutenant Colonel Hood reminded him.

Before coming, Fisher selected two classes of warships from all the warships under construction, among which the first class warships are for the Royal Navy's own use. The other tier of warships are export ships.

"Can you give me a brief introduction?" Sir Hamilton asked.

"Of course you can. Please come with me. We can observe these two warships up close." Under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Hood, the group came to the two warships being outfitted without any hindrance.

"The battleship in Berth 3 is our next generation armored cruiser—Warrior-class armored cruiser. It was first designed very early. At that time, construction of the Asama-class battleship ordered by the Japanese had started, but it was not launched. Although we know about the new German armor All the data of the cruiser, but because the design error of the Qiangsheng-class warship still covers the entire Royal Naval Design Institute, we are not greedy for everything. Although this class of warship is not enough to suppress the opponent in terms of performance, it is at least cheap."

Lieutenant Colonel Hood pointed to the huge hull of 150 meters long, 23 meters wide and 7.5 meters draft. "Although the Warrior-class armored cruiser was not designed to overwhelm the opponent, with the outbreak of the Philippine War, we suddenly felt that the original design could no longer meet our needs, plus the new generation of Mainz-class armored cruisers. The news has been released, so the design institute has strengthened the original performance."

"Now, this warship with a displacement of up to 13,500 tons has two twin-mounted 9.2-inch main guns, four twin-mounted 7.5-inch guns at the four corners of the hull, and as many as 20 6-pound guns. The area covered by the 6-inch armor belt has expanded. The armor thickness of the main turret and the secondary main turret has also reached more than 6 inches. After the weight of the artillery increases, the speed of the warship cannot reach the designed 23 knots. The maximum output power of the warship is now 20,000 horsepower. The speed is up to 21 knots. The coal loading has also decreased."

"According to our speculation, this warship has at least 80% of the firepower of the Asama-class armored cruiser, moderate speed, and good armor protection. Overall, I think this warship still meets the needs of the British Empire." Lieutenant Colonel Hood paused. Dun continued: "But it may not meet the needs of Italians."

As a global navy, the United Kingdom must consider warships for ocean navigation and operations when designing warships, so their coal carrying capacity will be relatively large, and the living environment of the crew will be better, for example, the average space of the crew will be relatively large. To achieve these performances, you must pay the tonnage price, plus the need for sufficient quantity, not quality, so the British-designed battleship on the battleship of the same tonnage is worse than the Germans in terms of firepower and defense. This is not only It is a question of design level, but also a question of demand.

Although the warrior-class armored cruiser was stimulated by the excellent performance of the Asama-class armored cruiser in the Philippine naval battle and greatly improved its firepower and defense, it still regards the sea trial of the warship, personnel requirements and endurance as very important reference standards, and these are in the British The empire’s extremely important data is of little use in the Mediterranean battlefield, because the Mediterranean is too small... These data are not available!

"Then talk about the battleship next to you!" Lord Hamilton pointed to another battleship adjacent to the Warrior. This battleship is slightly shorter than the former, but it has more weapons on it! From the standpoint of deterrence, this warship is even more terrifying than the former!

"This is the battleship we designed for Chile. In order to satisfy the Chileans' demands on firepower and defense, Sir Watts didn't take much care." Lieutenant Colonel Hood said jokingly.

If Prince Rupresit were here, I'm afraid this warship could be recognized at a glance! Because this battleship being outfitted is almost exactly the same as the two second-class battleships sold by Britain to Chile in history! Although it has not yet been finalized, the long 7.5-inch secondary gun and the two-story secondary gun gallery on this battleship have revealed its identity! This is the second-class agile battleship that was bought by the Japanese and Russians in history and was eventually acquired by the Royal Navy!

This warship was originally bought by Chile to deal with Argentina’s Garibaldi-class armored cruiser. In history, when Argentina’s fourth Garibaldi-class armored cruiser was finally in service, the Chilean navy was already at a disadvantage because Chile was able to compete with it. The equivalent warships were only 2 armored belted armored cruisers and 1 old iron armored ship~www.wuxiaspot.com~, and when Argentina ordered two other Garibaldi-class armored cruisers, the Chileans finally could not bear the unprecedented pressure. , They decided to overwhelm the opponent once and for all!

As a result, the Agile Class 2 battleship was born. The battleship with a displacement of only 11,000 tons was equipped with 2 twin 10-inch guns and as many as 14 7.5-inch guns! Let this warship have the strongest projection capacity among the contemporaries! And it has 7-inch armor and a maximum speed of 20 knots! With so many artillery, this class of warships may even suppress two Garibaldi class armored cruisers at the same time.

However, the two warships did not join the Chilean Navy in the end. Under the coordination of the United Kingdom, Chile and Argentina gave up their confrontation. Chile gave up two second-class battleships, and Argentina gave up two newly ordered warships from Italy. The two warships abandoned by Argentina were eventually bought by the Japanese.

And on this plane, the two warships were also ordered by Chile, and also to counter the Munich-class armored cruisers purchased by Argentina from Germany. Chile originally planned to purchase the Asama-class armored cruisers, but they gave up because the latter was a bit too expensive. In the end, like history, they chose Sir Watts’ agile second-class battleship.

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