Venice is a famous city in northern Italy, but its economic development in recent years has obviously lagged behind the three northern cities. (Some good people call Turin, Milan, and Genoa the three most prosperous big cities in the north.)
In fact, Venice is developing well. The light industry is famous for the production of jewelry, jade crafts, lace, embroidery, etc., while the heavy industry is famous for chemistry, coking, fertilizers, steel, etc.
However, although Venice is developing well, its development speed is not fast enough compared with the three northern cities, so in these years, Venice has gradually fallen behind.
Of course, no matter how behind it is, Venice's shipbuilding industry still has a high status in Italy. Because the Venice Naval Shipyard is still the most technologically advanced shipyard in Italy and one of the main ship suppliers for the navy.
For example, the Venice Naval Shipyard is very busy right now. The keels of three Garibaldi-class cruise ships are being laid down in three docks and they are being built overtime. In addition, there are two more Garibaldi-class cruise ships sold to the United States. It needs to be completed. In addition, the Venice Shipyard is also building other warships for the navy. In addition to warships, the Venice Shipyard also undertakes the construction of civilian ships. And with the help of the Italian shipbuilding industry to undertake the construction of civilian ships, the Venice Naval Shipyard will not Well, we received a lot of orders for merchant ships.
This kind of piling up orders has made the Venice Shipyard extremely busy.
Of course, the busyness of the Venice Shipyard is not important to the shipyard’s chief ship designer Vittorio Cuniberti. Sorry, the chief ship designer of the Navy should be added, given that Vittorio Cuniberti Ti is so good that the Italian Navy was worried that someone would poach its treasure, so it set up such a very intimidating title and put it on this talented designer. (What are you looking at? I am talking about you, William II and Tire. Admiral Pitts.)
After Cuniberti obtained the title of Chief Designer of the Navy, there were not many benefits except for a larger office. It was not without benefits. For example, now, Cuniberti is taking advantage of the benefits to carry out his own Design creation.
"New battleships need to consider new types of artillery. The 305 mm rapid-fire naval gun currently under development should meet the battleship's war needs."
When Cuniberti wrote this, he added that perhaps a new model of cruiser in the future will also need to use a 305mm main gun. The reason why Cuniberti added this sentence was the Spanish-American War last year.
Although the Garibaldi-class patrols performed perfectly in this war, Cuniberti noticed that the two Garibaldi-class patrols did not perform well in the pursuit. Because they encountered the retreating U.S. military in Massachusetts No. 1 battleship, the two cruisers were overjoyed and wanted to take the opportunity to kill the drowned dog and eliminate each other.
Unfortunately, the two cruise ships fired the remaining 254mm main gun shells, but they were unable to sink the Massachusetts. Instead, the Columbus suffered a 330mm shell from the opponent, causing moderate losses.
Faced with such a result, Cuniberti considered continuing to increase the caliber of the patrol ship so that it could carry the same caliber as the battleship. However, there is also a worry in doing so, that is, after the patrol ship carries the firepower of the battleship, the difference between it and the battleship is Where. Moreover, this will also make the cruiser more expensive than the battleship, which will make the cruiser a very expensive type of battleship. Has this changed the original intention of the cruiser?
You must know that the armored cruiser originally appeared to solve the problem of cash-strapped countries. They wanted both armored ships for decisive battles and cruisers that could carry out raids. In addition, they did not have enough money to purchase these two warships at the same time. And this kind of warship
As a result, it has developed to the present, and it has become a type of battleship that is more expensive than a battleship. Is this still worth it?
Cuniberti has no answer to this question, and I believe that the navies of various countries have not agreed either.
However, although I don't know the answer to this question, it still does not affect Cuniberti's design of the battleship.
"Should the battleship adopt a twin-mounted four-turret design with two in the front and two in the rear considering accuracy, or a triple-mounted layout with two in the front and one in the back that considers firepower projection?"
Don't be surprised, Italy has developed a triple-mounted artillery. The Italian Navy has always attached great importance to the issue of artillery mounting. The triple-mounted artillery developed by Italy is actually very simple, that is, the two main guns on the left and right sides have priority.
Fire, and the main gun in the middle will delay firing for half a second.
Such a design can reduce the recoil of the triple gun and reduce the pressure on the battleship. Of course, the accuracy of firing in half a second at night is not as good as that of the two gun. But with one more main gun, the shells will be thrown
The delivery volume will also be half that of a two-pack, and few navy can resist this temptation.
As for why it is a triple-mount instead of a quadruple-mount, it is very simple. The dispersion rate of the four-gun shells is too high, and it will widen the width of the battleship, which is not conducive to the high-speed travel of the battleship.
Of course, some people must want to ask, since in order to pursue the throwing volume, why not use four triple installations, two in the front and two in the back? 12 main guns, now there is enough throwing volume.
This question shows your level of proficiency. Those who don’t know enough about battleship design may actually be asked.
With the number of four triple mounts and 12 main guns, has the recoil during salvo firing been considered and whether the battleship's structure can withstand it?
Yes, if you want to install 12 main guns, you must enhance the structure of the battleship, and you must also consider the anti-sinkability of the battleship, as well as other issues. The ensuing problems represent the displacement of the battleship.
will increase upwards. The increase in shipbuilding costs will definitely be higher than the increase in the amount of firepower thrown.
It can be summed up in one sentence that is impractical, at least not in this day and age.
In fact, warship designers from various countries are like cooks. They need to go to the wet market to select ingredients and make the most delicious dishes. In addition, all cooks can enter this wet market, so there is not much difference in the ingredients, which needs to be considered.
The skills of the cooks and the selection of materials. (In the current era, countries can purchase various equipment, even hostile countries. Krupp sold artillery self-tightening technology to the Allied Powers, and the British Empire sold steam turbines to Germany, which are all examples of this era.
)
Excellent designers must not only consider the performance of the battleship, but must consider coming up with the best product within the specified budget. The kind of design that piles various excellent performance indicators on the battleship without considering the construction cost at all.
The teacher will not be recognized at all.
Of course, this must exclude some talented designers. Although they do not necessarily have to comply with the shipbuilding budget, they can definitely come up with warships with the best performance indicators within the budget. They can achieve the best performance in terms of budget and performance.
Design, this is the difference between genius and ordinary designers.
"Let's leave this issue aside for now. We will make modifications later based on the needs of the Navy Department."
Cuniberti can't make up his mind yet, so he'll leave it like this for now.
"The firepower of warships can be unified to provide sufficient hit rate, but it must be considered that the opponent's warships also have the same shooting method. Therefore, in the future, after the accuracy of the firepower of warships from various countries is effectively improved, their anti-attack capabilities must also be fully improved.
Consideration. So can the design of full armor protection be realized?"
Cuniberti considered the issue of battleship protection. Yes, a battleship has three major indicators, firepower, protection, and speed. Protection is a very important thing, which is related to the survivability of the battleship on the battlefield. Currently, battleships from various countries include Italy.
, have never considered equipping battleships with fully protective armor.
On the one hand, the full protective armor is too heavy, so the battleship needs more horsepower to maintain sufficient speed. The importance of speed cannot be mentioned here. For battleships that are not fast enough, just look at the performance of American battleships in the Spanish-American War.
It's enough to explain everything.
On the other hand, there is the price. In order to take into account the increased displacement of the battleship due to full protection, more boilers and larger reciprocating steam engines were added to increase the speed. Isn't this the case of adding more water to the surface, and adding more water to the surface?
Can this increased cost demonstrate combat effectiveness consistent with the increased cost?
Well, this is still the same question, is it worth it? In the past, this approach was not worth it, because countries generally only have four first-level main guns, and the penetration depth of the main gun shells is not high, so there is no need at all.
For full protection, you only need to find ways to deal with the most important sinking resistance of the ship. This is why battleships from various countries only have more than three meters of armor installed above the waterline.
This is enough. There is no need to install so much armor. Increased displacement also increases its cost. You must know that armored divisions are very expensive, with a price of up to 200 pounds per ton, so all countries need to consider the use of armor.
(This price is jointly produced by two major armor steel manufacturers, Harvey from the United States and Krupp from Germany. In the face of these two major armor steel manufacturers, we can only say that in addition to the warships for its own use in Italy, other warships are sold to the outside world.
Armor steel must be purchased from them. Yes, except for Italy’s own use, Italy cannot interfere with the armor steel. This is also the harsh condition that Italy must accept to obtain Krupp armor steel technology.)
Venice is a famous city in northern Italy, but its economic development in recent years has obviously lagged behind the three northern cities. (Some good people call Turin, Milan, and Genoa the three most prosperous big cities in the north.)
In fact, Venice is developing well. The light industry is famous for the production of jewelry, jade crafts, lace, embroidery, etc., while the heavy industry is famous for chemistry, coking, fertilizers, steel, etc.
However, although Venice is developing well, its development speed is not fast enough compared with the three northern cities, so in these years, Venice has gradually fallen behind.
Of course, no matter how behind it is, Venice's shipbuilding industry still has a high status in Italy. Because the Venice Naval Shipyard is still the most technologically advanced shipyard in Italy and one of the main ship suppliers for the navy.
For example, the Venice Naval Shipyard is very busy right now. The keels of three Garibaldi-class cruise ships are being laid down in three docks and they are being built overtime. In addition, there are two more Garibaldi-class cruise ships sold to the United States.
It needs to be completed. In addition, the Venice Shipyard is also building other warships for the navy. In addition to warships, the Venice Shipyard also undertakes the construction of civilian ships. And with the help of the Italian shipbuilding industry to undertake the construction of civilian ships, the Venice Naval Shipyard will not
Well, we received a lot of orders for merchant ships.
This kind of piling up orders has made the Venice Shipyard extremely busy.
Of course, the busyness of the Venice Shipyard is not important to the shipyard’s chief ship designer Vittorio Cuniberti. Sorry, the chief ship designer of the Navy should be added, given that Vittorio Cuniberti
Ti is so good that the Italian Navy was worried that someone would poach its treasure, so it set up such a very intimidating title and put it on this talented designer. (What are you looking at? I am talking about you, William II and Tire.
Admiral Pitts.)
After Cuniberti obtained the title of Chief Designer of the Navy, there were not many benefits except for a larger office. It was not without benefits. For example, now, Cuniberti is taking advantage of the benefits to carry out his own
Design creation.
"New battleships need to consider new types of artillery. The 305 mm rapid-fire naval gun currently under development should meet the battleship's war needs."
When Cuniberti wrote this, he added that perhaps a new model of cruiser in the future will also need to use a 305mm main gun. The reason why Cuniberti added this sentence was the Spanish-American War last year.
Although the Garibaldi-class patrols performed perfectly in this war, Cuniberti noticed that the two Garibaldi-class patrols did not perform well in the pursuit. Because they encountered the retreating U.S. military in Massachusetts
No. 1 battleship, the two cruisers were overjoyed and wanted to take the opportunity to kill the drowned dog and eliminate each other.
Unfortunately, the two cruise ships fired the remaining 254mm main gun shells, but they were unable to sink the Massachusetts. Instead, the Columbus suffered a 330mm shell from the opponent, causing moderate losses.
Faced with such a result, Cuniberti considered continuing to increase the caliber of the patrol ship so that it could carry the same caliber as the battleship. However, there is also a worry in doing so, that is, after the patrol ship carries the firepower of the battleship, the difference between it and the battleship is
Where. Moreover, this will also make the cruiser more expensive than the battleship, which will make the cruiser a very expensive type of battleship. Has this changed the original intention of the cruiser?
You must know that the armored cruiser originally appeared to solve the problem of cash-strapped countries. They wanted both armored ships for decisive battles and cruisers that could carry out raids. In addition, they did not have enough money to purchase these two warships at the same time. And this kind of warship
As a result, it has developed to the present, and it has become a type of battleship that is more expensive than a battleship. Is this still worth it?
Cuniberti has no answer to this question, and I believe that the navies of various countries have not agreed either.
However, although I don't know the answer to this question, it still does not affect Cuniberti's design of the battleship.
"Should the battleship adopt a twin-mounted four-turret design with two in the front and two in the rear considering accuracy, or a triple-mounted layout with two in the front and one in the back that considers firepower projection?"
Don't be surprised, Italy has developed a triple-mounted artillery. The Italian Navy has always attached great importance to the issue of artillery mounting. The triple-mounted artillery developed by Italy is actually very simple, that is, the two main guns on the left and right sides have priority.
Fire, and the main gun in the middle will delay firing for half a second.
