Chapter 145 Follow-up Shipbuilding Plan
While Paul and Navy Commander Austin were whispering, Quaker observed the new ship back and forth with "touch".
Although it has been two days since he took over, he is still in a state of excitement.
The Nanfang is not only larger than the Hope and equipped with more artillery, but it has also made improvements to address various shortcomings discovered during the use of the Hope. After all, the Hope is a test ship. And this new ship, which has made up for all the shortcomings, can be said to be perfect in Quaker's eyes - of course only among ships of this level.
In Allen's somewhat disbelieving eyes, Quick hugged the mast of the Southern and said to himself in a tone as if he was confessing to his lover: "I will always like the Southern."
Allen had a dark look on his face. He recalled that when he first became midshipmen, Captain Quick led them to visit the Hope with pride. At that time, he also said: "I will always like the Hope."
After only a few days, the captain’s crush changed. Oh, maybe for men, it's not a contradiction.
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After visiting the Southern, Paul and others came to a conference room in the shipyard, where the captain, supervisor Rubin and the old shipwright Benjamin moved out A new model of a sailing ship - a model of a brig.
“After building three sloops, we already had a lot of design and construction experience, and it was time to take our technological achievements to the next level, so we built this ketch model, which is the key target for our shipyard in the next stage.”
Paul carefully observed the model ship from front to back and felt vaguely familiar.
He suddenly hit his palm, startling the people around him, "Isn't this the Jackdaw?"
Although the details are different, the general structure is indeed the same. The Jackdaw in Assassin's Creed is very similar.
Rubin and Benjamin were very surprised: "The Jackdaw?"
Paul shook his head: "Just now I suddenly thought of an excellent name, the first ship like this built. Let’s call the ship the Jackdaw.”
"What a name! What a name!"
Rubin clapped his hands repeatedly, "The Earl is really talented!"
Benjamin cast a look of contempt at Rubin. Flatter you. He felt that the name was unremarkable, but since it was the lord who had spoken, he had no choice but to acquiesce.
The old shipwright said unconvinced: "Your Majesty, in fact, I think we are fully capable of building larger ships, such as the model of the Stockholm you gave us before, the three-masted ship. "Sailboat."
He didn't know why the lord called the ship Stockholm. It seemed to be a place name. The name of another large ship, the Victory, was quite understandable, but even with his Even if we are not confident, we dare not rush to build a giant ship like the Victory.
"Think about this scenario. She can be equipped with two decks of cannons and can carry more cargo. With her, your navy can completely dominate the ocean, and your caravan can even easily bypass the Horn Bay. Directly launch trade with the more distant eastern countries, and I guarantee that no ship will pose a threat to her along the way."
Paul once asked the senior officials of the shipyard to give him a follow-up development proposal. Benjamin and When Rubin was discussing, the old shipwright wanted to develop by leaps and bounds and build a real sailing battleship in one step, while supervisor Rubin insisted on building it step by step, from small to large.
In the end, Rubin, as the shipyard director, overpowered the old shipwrights, adopted a conservative plan when designing the new ship, and built this brig model.
Benjieming complained secretly: "Really, he is younger than me, but his courage is not as good as that of an old man like me." "Well! Actually, I still agree with Director Rubin's idea."
After listening to the differences between the two, Paul still felt that supervisor Rubin's idea was safer.
Building step by step from small to large, although it is a bit slow, the success rate is high. The boat built is at least usable. It is tempting to just do it in one step, but the risk of failure is also very high. , if it fails, a lot of money will be wasted, and Paul cannot afford the wasted manpower and hours.
He thought of the Swedish "Vasa", which was a complete tragedy.
Stupid donkey - oh no, it's Sweden. After joining the Protestant camp in the Thirty Years' War, it urgently needed to develop its navy in order to ensure its control of the Baltic Sea. To this end, it formulated a series of "big construction" plans. The Vasa is the product of the Navy's plan to strengthen its military.
The reigning king of Sweden at that time was Gustavus II, known as the "Lion of the North". This emperor was a military genius of his generation. He defeated the Catholic coalition forces on land and suddenly reversed the situation. The war situation at that time, many of Paul's many military reforms made reference to this famous king.
But he was a complete layman in the navy. Regardless of reality, he ordered that the Vasa must be built as soon as possible so that it could be put into action against Poland.
The designers and builders of the ship had to speed up the work due to lack of time. At that time, the king in Poland again and again put forward new demands to overturn the original design. In Gustav Under the orders of II, Vasa's design was changed from a single-layer gun deck to a double-layer to accommodate up to 64 guns.
The Swedish shipyard has no experience in manufacturing such a double-decker warship and failed to fully deal with the center of gravity problem caused by the heightened hull.
Under the influence of the courtiers who wanted to flatter the king, the superstructure designed for grandeur was a bit too tall. In addition, there were many ingenious "singing" wooden sculptures hung high above the hull. Make the superstructure heavier. The Vasa's center of gravity is getting higher and higher.
Then, she sank during her maiden voyage. She was blown down by a gust of wind in front of everyone's eyes. The Vasa only traveled 1,300 meters before sinking to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 32 meters, taking it with her. The lives of 30 crew members were taken away, and hundreds of people, officials, and foreign ministers witnessed the entire incident.
Now in Arda, pirates have been eliminated, maritime threats have been greatly reduced, and large-scale ocean trade has not yet begun, so there is no need for such large ships for the time being.
So, it is better to be on the safe side and try to avoid the risks that can be avoided.
"You are the lord, and whatever you say is what you say."
Benjamin shrugged, feeling a little discouraged.
Paul assured him: "Haha, master, don't be discouraged. There will be bread and milk. Sooner or later we will build bigger ships, and they will get bigger and bigger. When the southern route opens, In the end, our merchants will force you to build big ships even if I don’t need them.”
Only then did the old shipwright regain his energy.
To explain to book friends who don’t understand, “Swedish Jackass” is a joke among players of Paradox, a mockery of the Swedish game company Paradox.
Similarly, players of "The Witcher" also ridiculed its production company as "Polish jackasses".
(End of this chapter)