Chapter 1,130 The 1st Fleet Aircraft Carrier 1

Chapter 1130 The First Fleet Carrier 1

"Dear Your Highness, the warship named after your family is placed in berth No. 3. This is our most well-equipped berth at present, and the most experienced personnel are arranged for outfitting operations. So you can rest assured." Four days later, when the prince arrived at the Blohm-Voss shipyard, Viscount Voss, the prince's partner and one of the founders of the shipyard, personally greeted him and led the prince and his party to the battleship being outfitted. .

"We have completed the laying of the electrical pipelines and the installation of the engines inside the warship, and more than 80% of the entire hull has been completed. Next year, before the Baltic Sea is unblocked, we will definitely be able to complete it without any delay. But to be honest, I I really didn’t expect that I would actually build such a warship with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons but without a single large-caliber gun." Viscount Foss said with some emotion.

"Perhaps you all here don't believe it, but I have to say that one day, these battleships carrying aircraft will replace battleships and become the new overlord of the sea, and extend their glory to the next century." The prince looked at it with various expressions. Wei's subordinate said.

Although this aircraft carrier is not large in terms of tonnage compared to its colleagues in World War II, it can be described as luxurious for an aircraft of this dimension, and some of its designs can be called forward-looking. The deck reaches 220 meters and has a maximum width of 30.5 meters, which is already larger than the Japanese Hiryu aircraft carrier in World War II. Just looking at this deck, it is enough to be used as a fleet aircraft carrier in the second battle!

Below this deck is a large hangar with a length of 180 meters, a maximum width of 20 meters, and a height of 4.8 meters. The huge open hangar of 3,600 square meters is also comparable to the fleet aircraft carrier of World War II. No issues other than the slightly lower height.

What makes the prince most proud is that this aircraft carrier directly uses three side chord elevators without installing a middle hull elevator! This design idea directly surpasses most of its peers in World War II in history. The direct side chord lift not only saves deck space and hangar space, but also improves operating efficiency. From this point of view alone, this design can be used until the next war!

If deck berths are considered, then judging from the size of the aircraft in World War I, it would not be too easy to directly accommodate more than 90 aircraft. After all, the planes in this plane are not big, and biplanes can also fold their wings. (Even the V1500 can fold its wings, otherwise, how can such a large aircraft be placed?) It can accommodate at least 2 fighter squadrons and 2 attack aircraft squadrons. Including spare aircraft, the rated number of aircraft is around 98. (Including 10 spare aircraft) (Don’t be surprised, after all, the aircraft in World War 1 were very small.)

The prince once considered whether to build a double-story hangar. After all, the area of ​​a double-story hangar is larger. But if you build a double-deck hangar, you cannot use a side chord elevator in the lower hangar, because generally speaking, the height of the lower hangar from the sea level is the height of one deck. Do you want to build a side chord elevator and wait for water filling? And if it is a double-story hangar,

Then the lower floor must be made enclosed, which is relatively large in terms of construction volume.

As for the single-layer open hangar, in addition to its better design and the use of side chord lifts, another advantage is that the side partitions can be opened for warming up, which will help improve the aircraft's maintenance speed and attendance efficiency. The front part of the Wittelsbach aircraft carrier uses a closed bow and a closed hangar. After all, this is in the North Sea. An open bow is less resistant to wind and waves, and after all, you also have to arrange for personnel to live, so you might as well make it closed. , as staff dormitories. The second half of the hangar is open and the engine can be warmed up in the hangar.

As a battleship, then we must talk about defense issues. And because of the special historical era, or something called historical limitations, the world's first large fleet aircraft carrier must consider the issue of the opponent's artillery. First of all, let me emphasize that from the current weather, aviation technology, and navigation in the North Sea, Judging from the reliability of technology and radio, it is unrealistic to achieve long-distance sea attacks.

For example, for a Seahawk attack aircraft, when carrying one torpedo, the airborne time is about 2 and a half hours, leaving half an hour for take-off and landing formation time, then there are still 2 hours left, and then cut After losing part of the maneuvering time, even if there are still 1.5 hours left, how far can we fly in 1.5 hours? That’s about 160 kilometers…. In other words, the theoretical combat radius is 80 kilometers... In actual combat, there might even be a discount.

As an aircraft carrier, it naturally does not need to be on the battle line, so it avoids the opponent's battleship main guns, but the key is that you don't know whether the three-digit British fleet will deploy some light cruisers around it as soon as it comes out! If a light cruiser or armored cruiser rushes up, or is touched at night, wouldn't it be a failure?

This is no joke. In history, during the Battle of Jutland, when the Black Prince sneaked up on the German fleet, no one noticed the other at first. Therefore, when there is no guarantee that the aircraft carrier can avoid the opponent's light cruiser, and the night reconnaissance capability is insufficient, it is necessary for the aircraft carrier to have certain defenses! And this is why the Wittelsbach is 4,000 tons heavier than the Feilong when the geometric size difference between the two hulls is not too big!

Of course, in addition to artillery shells, we also need to defend against torpedoes. This thing will be the big killer of the aircraft carrier in the second battle. As for the air raid on the opposite side, there is no need to think too much. After all, the British do not have this awareness and preparation. Therefore, the entire defense standard is as follows: first, it must defend against mines and torpedoes; second, it must defend against naval guns under 12 inches; and third, it must defend against possible air attacks.

As the only aircraft carrier that can be put into service within one year, the prince paid great attention to defense when formulating relevant standards at that time. First of all, let’s talk about underwater defense. It not only adopts a five-layer defense system, but also has a maximum defense depth of 3.5 meters. And there is a 0.8-meter-thick heavy oil tank in the middle. At the same time, the armor thickness of the last partition was also strengthened, with a maximum thickness of 50MM. It is certain that it cannot stop the water bombs of the main gun, but it is enough to face the torpedoes.

In order to ensure the redundancy of the power system. The prince used the cross layout on the Bavaria on this battleship, alternating between the boiler room and the engine room to ensure that all power would not be wasted by a single underwater attack. At the same time, longitudinally, the engine room and boiler room are divided into three compartments. The boiler is also protected as much as possible. After completing the design, the designer guaranteed that even if the warship is hit by two torpedoes on one side, it can still maintain a speed of more than 20 knots with more than half the probability.

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