Chapter 820: Chapter 820: Second-Hand Battleship

When Aslan opened his mouth, Franky choked so hard that he couldn't speak.

For what Aslan said was true.

Dismantling these old-fashioned battleships that have no future prospects for transformation is too troublesome and costly. If they don’t dismantle, they can only occupy space. When the next weapon experiment is unknown, it is better to become a warship than to be bombarded as scrap iron. Turn waste into treasure and sell for a good price.

"I want 12 ships together. Let me give you an integer, 50 million new Merlot coins!" Aslan said, he turned to the next page.

"The price of 50 million!" Tres nodded to Franky quickly.

The 50 million is their extra money, and this is the condition for them to sell it this time.

It belongs to free money, 50 million is not bad.

"Your Majesty! I still want to make an important statement that we are not responsible for door-to-door delivery." Franky reminded.

"Got it!" Aslan waved his hand angrily.

The second page is still a destroyer, but it is not an old antique like the Xueyuan class, a scrapped battleship that has nothing but the hull.

The Frennel-class destroyer is a destroyer developed after the third World War of the Holy Bretta Empire. It formed the main force of the destroyer fleet of the Holy Bretta Empire Navy in the middle and late stages of the Third World War.

A total of 275 Frennel-class ships were built in just two years, and participated in several important sea battles of the Holy Bretta Empire after World War III.

The design of the Holy Bretta Empire destroyer has returned to the way of flat-deck ships since the Frennel class.

After entering the Cold War, the surviving Frell class was modified, and some ships were equipped with missile compartments. They were decommissioned one after another 20 years ago, and some were handed over to the navies of other countries or regions.

The standard crew of the Frennel-class destroyer is 353, the standard displacement: 2050t, and the full load displacement: 2500t.

The length of the ship is 114.76 meters, the width of the ship is 12.04 meters, and the height of the ship is 3.81 meters.

Weapons and equipment are 5 Mk12 127mm38-caliber naval guns, 3 double-linked 40mm Kate cannons, 10 single-tube 20mm Oerlikon cannons; 1 five-unit 533mm depth charge launch tube; SC-type air search radar and SG type sea search radar have been dismantled.

The power is two high-performance steam turbines, four oil-fired boilers, two shafts and two propellers, the output power of the main engine is 60,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed is 38 knots.

Comparing the Xueyuan-class destroyer and the Frennel-class destroyer, the speed of the Billy-class destroyer produced by the Merlox Empire is so poor that it is simply unsightly.

"Except for the removal of the radar system of the Frennel-class destroyer, the weaponry and power system are retained. Naturally, the price is not comparable to that of the Xueyuan-class destroyer. A ship is 25 million yuan." Franky said seriously.

"Your Majesty! The Frennel-class destroyer has the best dual-purpose naval gun with the best performance after World War II. The MK12 series 127mm dual-purpose naval gun has excellent performance. Its rate of fire is very fast. The design of the bomb lifter, hydraulic recoil, and electric push rod makes it possible to fire astonishingly as much as 15-22 rounds per minute." This time it was Tres who spoke, and his understanding of weapons was naturally not Franky, a layman, can be compared.

"Won't such a large turret affect the battleship itself?" Aslan asked slowly.

Tres opened his mouth slightly, he didn't expect that the emperor in front of him knew so much about battleships.

"That's natural. The weight and volume of the naval guns are not small, and the weight of a single turret has reached 20 tons."

Aslan nodded, quite satisfied with the answer.

The key is that this naval gun can be produced by itself, and I believe it will definitely surprise Sino Continent in the future.

"How many Frennel-class destroyers are you going to sell?" Aslan asked.

"Although the Frennel-class destroyers have been retired in the Empire, they are still very popular in other countries, especially after the transformation." Franky said confidently.

"Quantity?" Aslan said angrily.

Frankie held out five fingers.

"Fifty ships? I may not be able to eat them." Aslan said directly.

Franky choked to death on his own breath.

Fifty ships, you dare to think too much!

The Holy Bretta Empire does not have fifty Frennel-class destroyers in its hands.

"Five ships, only five ships! Your Majesty." Franky said with an accent.

"Oh, five ships, that's okay." Aslan nodded and said a few words to Duke Medea.

"All of them."

Franky nodded, and began to introduce his main target this time - the St. John-class light cruiser

"During the three World Wars, in view of the growing strength of the Gonza country's navy and the aggressive ambitions of the Gonza country, the empire decided to build a new generation of cruisers. Its design completely got rid of the restrictions of various naval armament treaties. In view of the actual combat experience in the imperial navy, the The class is designed to increase the voyage and enhance the anti-aircraft firepower to improve the overall combat effectiveness of the warship."

"Although ships of this class belong to light cruisers, their standard displacement reaches nearly 12,000 tons, which is equal to or even exceeds the tonnage of many heavy cruisers, so they are called the light cruisers with the heaviest tonnage."

Aslan nodded, and this time the Duke of Medea followed suit, mainly because it was a bit big. Some time ago, the Weihai 10,000-ton freighter caused a sensation in the entire empire. Newspaper headlines for half a month continued to introduce this ship. 10,000-ton freighter.

The Duke of Medea also paid attention to it curiously. When he was bored, he went to the shipyard of Weihai Port to see the Weihai-class freighter that was still under construction. He was really shocked by its size.

"It seems very powerful." Duke Medea muttered subconsciously.

Aslan couldn't stop laughing.

"The St. John-class light cruiser is based on the previous Brooklyn-class modification—the St. Louis-type to further enhance survivability and air-to-air capabilities. It uses advanced independent waterproof compartments, so it is relatively good in terms of torpedo and horizontal protection. In addition, the firepower is strong. Therefore, this class often participates in battles as a member of the fast aircraft carrier formation. None of this class was sunk, and all were not retired until ten years ago." Tres saw that the Duke of Medea also paid attention to his St. John Class light cruiser, the introduction is also more diligent.

Looking at the data above, Aslan's mouth twitched.

Crew: 1255 people

Standard displacement: 11932t

Full load displacement: 14358t

Ship size: 185.42m×20.22m×7.77m

Armor protection: side main armor belt 83–127 mm; deck 51 mm; turret frontal armor 165 mm, top 76 mm, sides: 76 mm, rear 38 mm, seat ring 152 mm, conning tower 57–127 mm

Armament: 4 triple-mounted 152 mm 47-fold main guns; 6 double-mounted 127mm/38-fold dual-purpose guns; 2 quadruple plus 2 double-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft cannons, 20 single-tube 20mm anti-aircraft cannons .

Power: 4 Vickers boilers, 4 General Electric steam turbines, main engine output power: 100,000 horsepower, four shafts and four propellers

Endurance: 8640 nautical miles/15 knots

Maximum speed: 32.5 knots

The speed of a 10,000-ton cruiser was actually two knots faster than that of a Billy-class frigate, which made Aslan curse in his heart.