In addition to canoes and toy boats, this day to build a boat has to use slipways or docks, this indoor dry dock in front of you is relatively large, more than 200 meters in length, 60 or 70 meters wide, more than 30 meters in height - there is more space inside, because the dry dock can dig deeper.

Indoor dry dock, the high-end cargo in the dock, in which the construction can be carried out without the influence of weather factors, it is worth using it to build ships are high-value goods, such as oil tankers, bulk carriers This kind of hard work is absolutely not a chance to enter the indoor dry dock.

It looks like a huge building, but it's just a gadget in Germany, in the west of the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, there is a newly renovated and put into use, 470 meters long, 125 meters span, 60 meters high The world's largest indoor dry dock, which can be used to build super cruise ships of more than 10 tons, up to 180,000 tons.

Interestingly, the world's first indoor dry dock built by the Germans and the Finns is located in a small village called Papenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, which almost no non-shipbuilder will ever hear of.

What's worse is that Papenburg is not on the seashore, nor on the banks of the Elbe, which is wide and well-navigated, like Hamburg.

Papenburg is at least 50 kilometers from the nearest North Sea, and the super cruise ships are protected by tugboats, and the Ames River can only be entered through the meandering, creek-like artificially dug deep channel.

The choice of the world's first dry dock in a seemingly inappropriate location was chosen to be the first dry dock in the world because the town was a shipbuilding center more than 200 years ago.

More than 100 years ago, it was no problem to build a small boat, but after the ship became bigger and bigger...

The Germans still don't change places, it's just so stubborn, what can you do!

Maybe don't be surprised that an aircraft carrier will be dragged out of that jumbo one day, because another advantage of indoor dry dock is secrecy!

From laying the keel to outfitting and leaving the dock for sea trials, all the construction processes of a ship can be completed in the dock, which cannot be seen by satellites, photographed from a distance, and cannot be seen once the dock door is closed.

But the Germans' stubborn choice to build cruise ships inland is always a disadvantage, and every time a super cruise ship enters the sea, the scene is like a "dojo in a snail shell" that has been magnified countless times, and it looks a bit incredible.

It is a problem for a big boat to enter a small river, and this underwater problem is better to say - what if the river is not deep enough?

Just dig deeper!

But the passage height of the super luxury cruise ship is more than 40 meters, and it will cause huge trouble every time you want to enter the sea from the inland!

If nothing else, the bridge over the river has to accommodate the existence of a dock, be built high enough, or be openable, which will increase the cost of social infrastructure.

There are also some overhead high-voltage wire problems, all have to be prepared in advance, when the giant ship passes, the wire must have enough headroom, otherwise it is easy to have problems...

I don't know what the Germans think, but it makes sense to change the location of the dock in front of you, as soon as you open the dock door after filling the water, the big ship can sail directly into the Elbe, a wide and deep channel.

The Germans are known for their rigidity and rigour, and the fact that the indoor dry dock is built without the weather, is fast and easy to keep secrets, and in the end Zhang Nan chose to build his super private yacht here, rather than France, Italy or Finland, which are also experienced in building super cruise ships and yachts.

Now the shipyard owner, the manager in charge of the project, the chief engineer and others are waiting to warmly welcome the arrival of Mr. Da Benefactor.

The Germans didn't talk much nonsense, and soon they walked into the huge dockyard together, and a huge, streamlined super-jumbo yacht was presented to everyone!

It's really big, but it's still a yacht, not a pleasure boat, it's just going to be ranked first in the world.

"I love it!"

After seeing the streamlined big guy in the dock, Charlize Theron next to him couldn't help but say - the milky white base color above the waterline is so beautiful!

Zhang Nan smiled and said, "It should be more beautiful from a distance, but it will be too close to see clearly." ”

Talking about his own self-care and smiling, the others laughed a little inexplicably!

Zhang Nan himself was a little unimpressed, he just thought of a funny scene in his mind that he couldn't remember which film it was - the two people were too close, and one said: "It's too close, I can't see it clearly." ”

The ship is so big that it's hard to see the whole picture when you get too close. However, the Germans had a way of saying that if you ascend the staircase from the dock to the passage near the top, you can see the whole ship from the beveled part of the dock.

Zhang Nan is not interested in this kind of climbing, he doesn't move, and Chariz Theron is naturally not interested in climbing so high to see the strangeness, anyway, it won't be long before he can enjoy himself on this boat.

The name of the ship has been decided, and the yacht standing on the island of Safiradura in the Mediterranean has given up its name, and the big guy has been designated as the "Star", while the superyacht "Sunshine Star" berthed on Long Island has the same name.

With a displacement of 13,500 tons, a length of nearly 170 meters and a maximum width of 21.5 meters, the hull is made of high-strength steel, and the superstructure foundation is made of special duralumin.

It's not a battleship, it's okay to use some aluminum for the superstructure.

Not counting a small platform on the top of the yacht, the whole ship is divided into 8 decks, the bottom is of course the oil tank, the power room, and the berthing cabin of a sightseeing submarine that can accommodate up to 12 people is on the second floor.

Above the third floor are the living and entertainment areas, with the largest master suite located on the fifth floor of the yacht and measuring 450 square metres with an exclusive veranda with uninterrupted sea views.

The ceiling of the master bedroom cabin can still be automatically retracted and opened, and Zhang Nan has no problem lying in bed at night to watch the stars.

Originally, the master suite could be placed on the sixth deck, but Nicole and Jenny both thought that it would be better for the suite to be bigger, and it was too high for Zhang Nan to feel awkward when looking down, so they set it on the fifth floor with more space.

The power system has been significantly modified from the original design drawings, and the final diesel fuel combined power system is used.

Unlike the diesel-fuel combined power of ordinary warships, which is used as the cruising power, this Star is reversed, and the diesel engine will only be used when entering and leaving the port and passing through a specific narrow channel requires a long period of low-speed sailing, while a gas turbine with much higher fuel consumption will be used for ordinary cruises.

The ship is large, there are few people, and there are far fewer equipment than warships, and there are large enough oil tanks.

Besides, the shipowner's family is a big business, and he has a multinational superstar oil consortium, so he doesn't care about how much oil his ship burns.

According to the calculations and speculations of a group of engineers, the maximum speed of the Star during sea trials may reach 32.5 knots, and the maximum speed of more than 30 knots in the fully loaded state is absolutely fine, and the maximum cruising speed can also reach more than 28 knots.

What if you want to save fuel?

Let's run 28 knots, that's more economical.

The voyage is not short, at least from the outer harbor of Hamburg, it is no problem to run a trip to New York at the top cruising speed, and there is no need to worry about running out of fuel halfway.

The ship's conventional security system is currently the most advanced, and it has been designed with the future security system in mind, so there is no need to make some minor modifications in the future.

Armor plates and bulletproof glass are installed around the cockpit and master suite, and a missile defense system is even installed on the yacht - radar plus infrared and aluminum foil decoy bombs.

Of course, the radar and control systems have already been installed, but the decoy bomb launch system will not be installed in the new port there until the yacht makes its first official voyage to the Gambia.

It's very convenient, the space is reserved, and it doesn't take up much space and weight.

The Star is also equipped with a number of small speedboats and supply boats, and the custom-built sightseeing submarine can also be used as a vehicle for secret access to and from the yacht.

There are also two helipads, one in the bow, capable of taking off and landing Black Hawk-class medium helicopters.

The other is in the back half of the eighth deck, which can be used to take off and land ordinary light helicopters, such as four- and five-seat helicopters such as the Bell 206.

In terms of defense and security, there is also a space reserved in the third deck, which the shipyard only knows to be used as a storage room, and the bulkheads on both sides can open the openings: it is not surprising that there are several openings on both sides of the Star, such as the opening of the storage pod of the dinghy, which is much larger than this.

This will Zhang Nan look at his ship, looking down from the bottom, as soon as he gets on the boat, he will go to the most important point to see the engine compartment that has reached the level of unmanned operation, and then look up layer by layer.

When he reached the third floor, Zhang Nan noticed this reserved space, or went to take a look: A set of big killers will be installed here in Gambia!

Like most superyachts in the world, the Star is equipped with sonar, but its sonar system has reached the military level, and it is still Russian.

It is not too much to pursue how powerful the function is and how far the effective distance is, so the volume and weight are not particularly large.

The shipyard originally recommended local goods commonly used by German ships, but the shipowner asked for it, and the east and west financiers provided it, and even sent Russian engineers to cooperate.

The Germans were old-fashioned, and the West Germans didn't like the Russians, but there was such a stretch clause in the contract, and the shipowner was generous enough to give in to money.

This line of work is like this, the one who spends money is the master, and he can change it as he wants, and the shipyard will implement it.

If it is necessary to make German goods, be sure to mention slightly larger Russian products, that is for compatibility!

Zhang Nan was most worried about other people's submarines when he was at sea, that thing was a silent killer, since sonar is the standard configuration of superyachts, then install the most advanced military goods.

Everyone has sonar, but the one that can stuff anti-submarine and anti-ship torpedoes into a superyacht is probably the Xingchen!

Yes, that sonar was installed to work with the torpedo system!

The APR-2E torpedo, one of the last fortunes in the development of light torpedoes in the USSR, had a diameter of 350 mm, a length of three meters seven and a weight of 575 kg.

The warhead weighed 100 kilograms, and it was filled with a high explosive charge much more powerful than the TN-T, which was supposed to be Octokogin.

The power system of this torpedo is very interesting, it uses a rocket engine, the range is not far, it is 3.7 kilometers, and the speed is fast, it can reach 62 knots!

The APR-2E torpedo guidance system is the most advanced in the Soviet torpedo system, suitable for use as an air-dropped torpedo, and can attack high-speed submarines with a maximum depth of 600 meters - shipborne anti-submarine torpedoes generally require a large range, and the high maneuverability of airplanes and helicopters makes up for this shortcoming.

Last year, the Russian torpedo took it out, and the APR-2E torpedo made its first appearance at the Paris Air Show in France, and it caused quite a stir.

Russian propaganda says that it is an aviation anti-submarine torpedo, specially equipped with anti-submarine aircraft and helicopters, capable of attacking modern high-speed submarines.

However, the outside world does not know that the APR-2E torpedo has a shipborne version, but it is only a trial version, and it was originally planned to be provided to some camouflaged anti-submarine fishing boats in the future.

Several sets of internally finalized control systems, more than a dozen sets of dismantling triple-mounted launchers, and dozens of ship's anti-submarine and anti-ship dual-purpose torpedoes with tail launch kit devices were produced.

Ordinary warships using this torpedo to participate in naval battles are almost equivalent to suicide, and the effective range of 3.7 kilometers is not worth mentioning, but if the camouflaged fishing boat is intercepted by NATO warships, it can be used to kill the opponent coldly!

It is a pity that the advanced APR-2E torpedo was born at the wrong time, especially the ship version, which had just passed the test and had not yet been mass-produced, and the USSR could not hold on.

Break the dishes!

There is no need to camouflage fishing boats to go anti-submarine, this ship-based APR-2E torpedo system was dismantled and piled up in warehouses with a bunch of spare torpedoes.

The warehouse is in Ukraine, and the two sides of Russia and Ukraine grabbed the money, and finally returned to the Red Devil and the camouflage procurement personnel sent by the combined forces - one after another warehouses of naval equipment, and took these torpedoes or something, and moved them away.

In those days, the most difficult thing to sell was the property of the Red Navy, because there were too many, and a group of traditional buyers who would only kill on land did not use such a tall commodity as naval equipment.

Like buyers from the Middle East and Africa, are you useful for giving him a submarine?

It's useless, it's not as good as a truckload of AKs or RPGs.

For those officers who dare to sell, it would be good for someone to buy it, and it would be better to sell it than to give Russia (Ukraine) a force!

It has to be sold quickly, and if the drama of fighting for the family property of the Red Navy is settled, and then it is sold to other countries in a regular way, it doesn't matter what happens to these officers.

As a result, Zhang Nan, an arms dealer of all kinds of torpedoes, has a lot of them, and they are usually maintained by professional technicians: most of them have not been shipped out of Ukraine at all, but the warehouse has changed owners.

Otherwise, where to put it?

The best storage conditions are the warehouses built by the Soviets themselves, especially those underground arsenals with constant temperature and humidity, which are downsized and abolished, and those warehouses are removed from the army roster.

For things that are not needed for the time being, there are three warehouses and two, just use this method to pile them up in Ukraine, and it also saves freight and the trouble of finding a new warehouse.

Anti-submarine torpedo equipment will be installed in the future, with or without torpedoes, as for the decoy shells against torpedoes, of course, they are indispensable, there will be on this ship, and the control system will be installed first, and the launcher part will be installed in the Gambia.

Forget about anti-ship missiles or something, this is a yacht, not a cruiser.

As for anti-aircraft missiles ... If you need to install a few portable ones, it is enough to deal with general troubles.