As the cruiser passed the review, eleven patrol ships followed closely behind, passing the review stand on the Royal Clipper in turn.
Every ship passing by fired a salute in salute to their lord.
Finally, there were seven early-built clipper ships, and they passed last. The tonnage of these ships was more than 500 tons and less than 1,000 tons. They were the experiments of gradually exploring the structure of large warships under the original small steps and fast strategy.
After completing the experimental mission, it will basically be used as a second-line training ship.
These seven ships vary in size and performance. Each one has been redesigned.
These seven training ships belong to the Jeju Island Naval Academy and are used to train naval recruits and military academy cadets.
The largest cruiser in the Navy is only 1,500 tons. Compared with the Royal Clipper, which has a standard displacement of 5,000 tons, it is very small. This also makes the naval officers worship the ship from the bottom of their hearts.
Such a huge sailing ship was something they had never seen in their dreams.
I heard from the chief that he is developing a fast sailing ship with a standard displacement of 5,000 tons and a load capacity of 8,000 tons. It will be used for sailing around the world. I wonder how majestic that kind of all-metal hull sailing ship will be once it is built.
I guess that ship will be as big as the master's ship.
In fact, this ship is the design plan of the Prussia sailing ship. This is a large ocean-going cargo sailing ship. Preliminary research has already begun.
In 1902, Germany built the world's first five-masted steel sailing ship, the Prussia.
The five masts of the Prussia are all made of steel pipes. The main mast is 68 meters high from the keel to the top of the mast. All masts are hung with square sails. There are 47 sails on the ship, including 30 square sails on the five masts.
It has 12 staysails, 4 bow jibs and 1 small mizzen mast, with a total sail area of 6806 square meters. It is a pure full-sail sailboat.
Its two small boilers and steam engines are only used to drive four steam sail winches, a steam anchor windlass, hydraulic steering gear, water pumps and generators. Of course, Yang Fan will not simply copy it, and will definitely install it on this ship.
Triple expansion steam engine.
With the assistance of these steam powers, only 45 crew members were needed to sail and maneuver such a behemoth, instead of the previous 245. It was called the "Queen of Queens of the Sea". This ship was the pinnacle of human sailing.
Since then, large sailing ships have withdrawn from the stage of history. The Prussia has become a lost cause.
The Prussia has a hull length of 131.9 meters, a width of 16.4 meters, a draft of 8.3 meters, a load capacity of 8,100 tons, a full load displacement of 11,330 tons, a maximum speed of 20.5 knots, and can sail in level 9 winds.
This data is not as big as the Royal Scissor. The Royal Scissor is 135 meters long and 16.5 meters wide. If Yang Fan used the Royal Scissor as a model to build a cargo ship, it would definitely not be smaller than the Prussia.
From February 2 to May 1, 1903, the Prussia set a sailing record of only 57 days from Lizard Point in Cornwall in the south of England to the Pacific port of Iquique in northern Chile.
The American Standard Oil Company also rented it to transport oil from New York to Japan, arriving in Yokohama in only 112 days. It is undoubtedly the largest and fastest cargo sailing ship since the era of clipper ships.
All naval officers and soldiers know that the master has a grand navy development blueprint. I heard that the cruiser is not the final battleship. There are also battlecruisers and battleships. The displacement of the top battleships in the future will not be less than 5,000 tons.
As the first batch of naval officers and soldiers, as long as they work hard, everyone has broad room for advancement.
After passing the inspection in separate columns, all warships turned around and lined up in three rows.
The next step in the exercise is the artillery training. Yang Fan and his wives boarded the ship to provide personal guidance.
A small steamer barge, carrying Yang Fan and his wife, as well as navy and army officers, sailed along this cruiser street.
They boarded the cruiser Huashan next to them.
The small steamer raised a distinguished guest flag, indicating that there were important people on the ship. There were also two rear admiral flags with one star, indicating that there were two rear admirals on the ship. As the barge passed by, the officers and soldiers on the battleship saluted.
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After Yang Fan boarded the ship, he came to the bridge and sat down on the prepared chair. The ladies stood behind him. Captain Zhou Shan of the Huashan ship stepped forward to ask for orders.
"The bombardment drill has officially begun." Yang Fan ordered solemnly.
"Here! The artillery training of the special mixed formation will begin immediately." Zhou Shan stood at attention, saluted, and shouted loudly. Then he turned around and issued an order.
The Huashan ship immediately sailed out of the formation, and then hoisted the flag command.
After receiving the order, the other ships immediately followed and sailed to the southeast. An hour later, they entered the exercise area. In the distance, the pirate ship captured by the pirate group was spreading its sails and sailing at full speed in the southeast direction.
"Boss, the exercise fleet is coming up. Shall we retreat?" Li Sidi, a cadet from the Naval Academy, shouted loudly from the lookout post on the main mast.
"Retreat, everyone retreat, get on the boat." squad leader Sun Youtang shouted. He used a wooden pole to pin the steering wheel to keep the ship on course. Then everyone ran to the middle side of the ship.
"Hurry up and put the boat down. Everyone get on the boat. Be quick and don't waste time. We'll start firing soon."
Everyone got on the boat one by one. Sun Youtang began to count the number of people. After confirming that there were enough people, he lit the smoke barrel. A thick black smoke rose into the sky. Then he cut off the connecting cable with an axe.
As soon as the cable was broken, the small boat immediately broke away from the big ship. The big ship sailed away into the distance with black smoke.
That chimney is actually gasoline mixed with fuel oil. When ignited, black smoke billows and the stench fills the sky.
"Raise the sails." Sun Youtang shouted loudly. "Let's go back to school. The task is completed. All four credits have been obtained."
As the junk sail was raised on the only mast of the boat, the boat flexibly used the wind to turn around and sail towards Jeju Island. Junk boat is a Chinese sailing ship. It is the international name.
The Chinese sail is an irregularly shaped hard sail that uses wind very efficiently, especially in headwinds and light winds, far more than soft sails.
Soft sails can be blown into a C-shape by the wind. The wind-receiving area is large, so the thrust is large. However, Chinese-style hard sails have higher propulsion efficiency and are especially suitable for chaotic winds.
In light wind conditions, Western sailing ships will move very slowly or even stop.
In history, there were incidents where the ship was parked for several months when crossing the equatorial windless zone, and the entire crew starved to death.
As for Chinese sailboats, as long as there is a little wind, they can be used almost everywhere. This will never happen.
"Sir, the people on the target boat have retreated. We can start the drill." Zhoushan pointed to the boat sailing away in the distance and said.
"Well, let's get started. Let's experiment with chain bombs and stick bombs first." Yang Fan ordered. "Each ship fires three guns, and each ship fires in sequence. One hit is qualified, two hits are excellent, and all three hits are rewarded."
Following Yang Fan's order, the Huashan immediately issued the order in semaphore.
The Huashan immediately raised all the sails, and with a bang, the entire hull outline seemed to expand in a circle. All the horizontal sails were opened. The wind was full, and the ship immediately increased its speed and rushed forward like an arrow.
The ships behind were also under full sail, and they formed a column and cut diagonally towards the target ship.
This chapter has been completed!