Chapter 145 Subsequent Shipbuilding Plan

While Paul and Navy Commander Austin were whispering, Quick was observing the new ship back and forth with "touch".

Even though it had been two days since he took over, he was still in a state of excitement.

The Southern was not only larger than the Hope and equipped with more artillery, but it also made improvements to address various shortcomings discovered during the use of the Hope. After all, the Hope was a water-testing ship, and this ship made up for all the deficiencies. A new ship with 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."

Only a few days later, 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's supervisor Rubin and the old shipwright Benjamin moved out a new sailing model-a ketch. model.

"After building three sloops, we already had a lot of design and construction experience, and it was time to take our technical achievements to the next level, so we built a model of this ketch, which is our The shipyard’s tough target for the next stage.”

Paul carefully observed the model ship from front to back and felt vaguely familiar.

He suddenly struck his palm, startling the people around him, "Isn't this the Jackdaw?"

Although the details are different, the general structure is indeed very similar to the Jackdaw in "Assassin's Creed".

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 should be called the Jackdaw."

"What a name! What a name!"

Rubin clapped his hands repeatedly, "Your Majesty the Earl is really talented!"

Benjamin gave Rubin a look of disdain, which was enough to flatter him. 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 you gave us before - the Stockholm, that three-masted sailing ship."

He didn't know why the lord called the ship Stockholm. It seemed to be a place name. The name of the other big ship, the Victory, was quite understandable, but even with his confidence, he didn't dare to rush to build the Victory. Such a huge ship.

"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 top brass of the shipyard to give him a follow-up development suggestion. When Benjamin and Rubin were discussing, the old shipwright wanted to develop by leaps and bounds and build a real sailing battleship in one step, but the supervisor Rubin insisted on one step. A footprint, built 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.

Benjamin complained secretly: "Really, he is younger than me, but he is not as courageous as an old man like me."

"Yeah! 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.

The step-by-step construction from small to large is a bit slow, but the success rate is high. The built ship 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, Not only was a lot of money wasted, but Paul couldn't 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 a navy in order to ensure control of the Baltic Sea. To this end, it formulated a series of "big construction" plans, and the Vasa was the navy The product of the plan to strengthen the army.

The reigning king of Sweden at that time was Gustavus II, known as the "Lion of the North." This emperor was a military genius. He defeated the Catholic coalition on land and suddenly turned the tide of the war. Paul's Many military reforms refer 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 ship's designers and builders 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. Under the order of Gustavus II, Vasa's design was changed from a single gun deck to a double deck to accommodate up to 64 guns.

The Swedish shipyard had no experience in manufacturing such a double-decker warship and failed to comprehensively deal with the center of gravity problem caused by the heightened hull.

Under the influence of the courtiers who were bent on flattering the king, the superstructure designed for grandeur was a little too tall, and many ingenious "praise-type" wooden sculptures were hung above the hull, making the superstructure heavier. The center of gravity of the Vasa was getting higher and higher.

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Then, she sank on her maiden voyage, blown down by a gust of wind under everyone's eyes. The Vasa sank to the bottom of the sea 32 meters deep after only 1,300 meters, taking the lives of 30 crew members. Hundreds of ordinary people, officials, and foreign ministers witnessed the whole process of the incident.

In Alda today, pirates have been eliminated, the threat from the sea has been greatly reduced, and large-scale ocean trade has not yet started, so there is no need for such a large ship for the time being.

So, it is better to be safe and avoid risks that can be avoided as much as possible.

"You are the lord, what you say is what it is."

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 is opened, even if I don't need it, our merchants will force you to build big ships."

The old shipbuilder regained his spirits.

For those who don't know, "Swedish Donkey" is a joke among P-society players, a joke about the Swedish game company Paradox.

Similarly, players of "The Witcher" also joked about its production company as "Polish Donkey".