"Gentlemen [ www.biqugew.me], this time I brought the warship plan I designed."
As Bran, the chief designer of the Venice Naval Shipyard, spoke, the venue immediately fell silent. Everyone, including Admiral Gorek, stared at this outstanding warship designer. Because Bran has this prestige and ability
Showing one's own works is definitely the navy's only choice.
Bran opened his design drawing, hung it up and said, "This is a new warship I designed for the navy. The ship's design displacement is 14,650 tons. The full load is 15,720 tons. The ship is 121.3 meters long and 121.3 meters wide.
22.9 meters, and the maximum draft reaches 9 meters."
Following Bran's words, the navy personnel looked in the direction of his finger.
"This ship is a high-freeboard warship with a compact chimney. The two chimneys are located side by side behind the command platform. This type of warship uses a sloped armored deck, which can provide additional protection for the new warship.
As for the armor, I used nickel-chromium steel armor. The main armor belt on the side is about 79 meters long and 2.95 meters high. It extends 1.55 meters below the waterline. The thickest part of the main armor belt in the middle of the side reaches 410 mm.
, and then decrease forward and rearward respectively by 381 mm and 346 mm. The inside is a 102-203 mm thick teak support layer. The upper side armor is 127 mm thick (49 meters long x about 2 meters high), and the side armor is
The total height is approximately 4.95 meters (1.6 meters below the waterline, 3.35 meters above the waterline).”
Hearing this, the navy, including Admiral Golek, couldn't help but nodded. Of course, except for the people from the Andoshar Shipyard who had not introduced the plan, the faces of the other shipyards became ugly.
Because as soon as the expert takes action, he will know whether it is there or not. Although designer Bran has not finished speaking, many people can feel that this is definitely a good battleship.
But for Bran, he hadn't finished speaking yet, and he continued to introduce.
"In addition, in terms of power, I use two 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines with a 4-axis dual-rudder design. Under normal ventilation conditions, the power can reach 14,000 indicated horsepower, and under forced ventilation, it can reach 16,000 indicated horsepower, which can make the battleship
Reaching a speed of 18.1 knots.
The designed coal reserve is 1,000 tons, the normal capacity is 1,200 tons, and the maximum loading capacity is 1,560 tons. The endurance is 2,980 nautical miles/14 knots, 3,386 nautical miles/13 knots, and 4,920 nautical miles/10 knots. It is enough for the warship to sail directly from the East African colonies to
Fanglan Colony.”
After talking about power and range, he introduced the most important force of the warship.
"The warship uses four 356mm main guns, with a two-gun layout of two in the front and two in the back. The main gun weighs 72 tons in total and uses a front inclined turret. The turret is hydraulically rotated and can shoot at enemies at an angle of 280 degrees.
In addition, for the secondary main gun, I used a 152 mm secondary main gun, and arranged three twin turrets on both sides of the island, bringing the number of secondary main guns to 12. In addition, taking into account the role of the new torpedoes
, I installed two triple 406mm torpedo launch tubes in the middle of the ship, which can launch 6 blackhead torpedoes at one time."
After Bran finished telling the various data of his warship, Admiral Golek, as the Minister of the Navy, couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded. Because compared with the previous Italian warships, this new design given by Bran's designer
The battleship is too powerful. Although it slightly exceeds the standard by more than 100 tons, this is nothing serious. Compared with the excellent performance of the battleship, this tonnage is nothing.
Except for the Lord of the Admiralty, everyone else applauded, because everyone must admit that this is a very excellent design.
Of course, as the representative of Andosaar Shipyard, his old rival Benedetto Brin can’t help but give a thumbs up, because this is indeed an amazing design. If you design it by yourself, you may not be able to compete with it.
Its outstanding.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the young Vittorio next to him. He was young and had such great talent. He was simply a natural designer born for the navy.
Here, Admiral Golek, who is the Minister of the Navy, sighed with emotion. "The plan proposed by designer Bran is very attractive. It is simply a perfect masterpiece. It is very amazing."
The praise from the Minister of the Navy made the person in charge of the Venice Naval Shipyard smile broadly, because what the Admiral meant in his words was that if the Andoshar Shipyard in the end could not come up with a better plan, then the Admiral
I will definitely choose Bran's plan.
As for the Andoshar Shipyard, the expression on the leader's face became very unnatural after the admiral finished speaking, because he also understood the meaning of the admiral's words, and now he can only
I place my hope on Mr. Brin.
Facing the person in charge's look of help, Brin patted his shoulder to reassure him.
Then the Navy reported to the Andoshar Shipyard, and this time Brin came on the scene in person, preparing to compete with the new warships of his old rival.
"Everyone, this is the new battleship plan I brought."
As Brin opened his plan drawing, it immediately caused an uproar in the venue, because this battleship drawing was somewhat similar to Brin's previous designer. Of course, this is not that one stole the other's idea, both of them were
It is impossible for a highly respected person in Italy to do something so tasteless. It is such a coincidence that people are surprised.
Facing the situation in the venue, Brin had already been mentally prepared. Because when Bryn opened his design, he knew it would look like this. The two were indeed very similar. Of course, there were still differences, because he didn't use
Instead of placing two chimneys side by side, they are arranged vertically and compactly.
However, the people now are still very qualified, and they quickly calmed down. After the venue was quiet, Brin began to explain his plan.
"This is a new warship designed by our Andoshar Shipyard for the navy. The ship has a design displacement of 14,900 tons and a full load of 16,150 tons. The ship is 124.3 meters long, 22.1 meters wide, and has a maximum draft of 8.9 meters.
.The ship is a high-freeboard battleship with a compact chimney, and the two chimneys are located behind the command platform in a vertical arrangement."
"In terms of armor, I also use nickel-chromium steel armor. The main armor belt on the side is about 81 meters long and 2.85 meters high, of which 1.5 meters extends below the waterline. The thickest part of the main armor belt in the middle of the side reaches 400 meters
mm, and then decrease forward and aft respectively at 356 mm and 331 mm. The inner side is a steel support layer 57-105 mm thick. The upper side armor is 127 mm thick (51 meters long x 2.1 meters high), and the side armor
The total height is about 4.95 meters (1.5 meters below the waterline, 3.45 meters above the waterline).
In addition, in terms of power, I use two 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines, 3 shafts and 4 propellers. The maximum output horsepower is 17,500 horsepower, and the maximum speed is 19.1 knots. The designed coal reserve is 1,050 tons, normal 1,300 tons, the maximum
The loading capacity is 1,600 tons. The endurance is 2,850 nautical miles/15 knots, 3,470 nautical miles/13 knots, and 5,250 nautical miles/10 knots.”
Next, designer Brin talked about the layout of the artillery. There is actually nothing controversial about this aspect. The layout of two in the front and two in the back started from the Venice class. However, Brin’s plan reduced the number of new warships by one
Instead of a set of 152mm secondary guns, eight 57mm secondary guns were added to attack small warships.
After Brin finished speaking, the scene was quiet. This was not because they were dissatisfied with Brin's designer, but because the design was so amazing. The battleship outran the speed of the cruiser. How could they not be surprised?
Don't underestimate the fact that the speed is only one knot higher, but it requires a lot of effort. Then many designers couldn't help but whisper that they really deserved to be the designers of armored cruisers.
The one who is most troubled among them is Admiral Golek. He is stumped by these two plans. He wants both, but it is possible to think about it, but it is impossible in practice. The Navy does not have so much money.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say. "Except for the people from the Andoshar Shipyard and the Venice Shipyard, everyone else can go out first."
Following the Admiral's words, the others could only leave with disappointed expressions. They knew that this bidding had failed and they could only wait for the two major shipyards to decide the winner.
