Under the Ten Years of Construction of the Navy (by Book Friend Beifeng)

The "Pioneer" class armored cruiser (refer to the Beiyang Laiyuan and the Japanese Naniwa and make appropriate improvements) is 91.4 meters long, 14.1 meters wide, 5.8 meters draft, standard displacement of 3,500 tons, full load displacement of 3,850 tons, equipped with 2 Han domestic 1878/85 modified three-stage expansion reciprocating steam engines (1875 from the French Dalman, after the patent was purchased from Dalman, France, and the Han State began to produce the improved 1885 improved model in 1878), 6 coal-fired boilers, with a normal coal carrying capacity of 350 tons, The maximum coal load is 800 tons, the two-shaft single rudder, the power is 7600 horsepower, the speed is 18 knots, the armor deck thickness is 50-75mm, the outer armor of the engine department is 76mm, the armor of the turret top and the bridge is 37mm, and the whole ship is 340-370 people.

The main guns are 4 German Krupp 1880 type 240mm 35 times caliber breech naval guns (one twin turret in the bow and stern, the rear is semi-open, and the thickness is 50.8mm gun cover to protect the gunner), 150 rounds of ammunition each, 8 Han domestic 1886 155mm 35 times caliber breech naval guns (two in the bow and stern and two in each side), 150 rounds of ammunition each, 1886 Han domestic 1886 (6 47mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns, 10 37mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns, 300 rounds of ammunition each, 4 11mm 10-tube Gatling rapid-fire machine guns, 400 rounds of ammunition each), 4 Han 1886 14-inch (356mm) torpedo tubes (two are located in the torpedo compartment of the bow and stern, and the other two are located on both sides of the middle of the hull, and a total of 12 Han domestic Type 1886 'brush Kaofu' black-headed torpedoes).

On August 8, 1884, the first batch of two ships started construction at the same time at the Xinjing Shipyard in the Han Kingdom, but the progress was slow until August 1885, when the local ship mechanics sent to Germany returned home with the two Chaoyang-class ironclad battleships purchased by the naval officers and sailors, and more than 400 ship designers, experts and technicians sent by Germany who arrived with the fleet were responsible for guiding the construction, and gathered all the technicians of the Xinjing Shipyard and the main technical backbone of the two shipyards of Xing'an Shipyard and the Royal Shipyard for arduous technical research and long-term hard work. It took another two years to spend one year more than the construction project of the Volkeng shipyard in Germany during the same period, and finally passed various technical inspections and technical indicators on September 1, 1887, and was successfully launched on September 1, 1887, completed on November 2, 1887, and the shipyard was delivered at the end of sea trials on November 20, 1887, and was officially commissioned on November 28, 1887 in the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet of the Han Imperial Wehrmacht Navy (the Pioneer joined the Pacific Fleet and officially served as the flagship of the fleet, It also means that the Pacific Fleet began to be taken seriously, like the Atlantic Fleet, and the clarion call for gradual expansion was sounded);

The second batch of two ships of the same class started on September 20, 1887 and officially entered service in the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet on August 15, 1890.

The "Yangwu" class light dome cruiser (improved from the "Yongxing" class, referring to the Beiyang Zhiyuan class and improving the enhanced firepower) has a length of 76.2 meters, a width of 11.58 meters, a draft of 4.57 meters, a standard displacement of 2,450 tons, a full load displacement of 1,550 tons, and a dome armor thickness of 2 to 4 inches; 2 Han domestic 1878/87 modified three-stage expansion reciprocating steam engines (1877 improved version that Han began to produce in 1878 after purchasing a patent from Dalman, France, after importing digestion and absorption, and then introducing digestion and absorption) It provides power for 4 round coal-fired boilers, with a power of 7,650 horsepower, a double propeller and a single rudder, a speed of 18.3 knots, and a total of 202-215 people.

The main gun is equipped with four Krupp Type 1880 210mm 35 times diameter naval guns (one twin gun emplacement in the bow and stern, in a semi-enclosed turret open at the rear, with a thickness of 2 inches (50.8 mm) to protect the gunner), and the original retractor is the same as the 210mm 35 times diameter (8.2 in) main gun mount of the Chaoyang-class warship. The rate of fire reaches 1 round in 2.5 minutes, the effective range is 8300 meters, and a total of 150 rounds of ammunition are reserved; the secondary guns are four single-mounted Han domestic 1886 type 155mm 35 times diameter naval guns distributed in the middle of the two sides of the warship, the gunner has a 1-inch thick rear open gun cover protection, because the early re-entry machine gun carriage is also used, so the rate of fire reaches 1 round per minute, a total of 300 rounds of ammunition;

8 Han domestic Type 1886 (the same below) 57mm Hatch Kaiss rapid-fire guns, located on both sides of the bow and stern of the gun room and both sides of the hull, with a rate of fire of 20 rounds in 1 minute, and the gunner is protected by a 5mm gun shield; 2 47mm rapid-fire guns, mounted on both sides, protected by 5mm gun shields for the gunner; 6 single-barreled 37mm rapid-fire guns, 2 of which were located in the forward battle mast and the other 4 on the sides of the hull, with the gunner protected by a 5mm gun shield; 6 Han domestic 1886 11mm 10-barreled Gatling rapid-fire machine guns, with a rate of fire of 350 rounds per minute, 2 are located in the rear combat mast, and the remaining 4 are installed in the four corners of the roof of the cabin shed, and the gunner has a simple shield protection;

Four Han domestic Type 1886 14-inch torpedo tubes, two are located in the torpedo compartment at the bow and stern, and the other two are located on both sides of the middle of the hull, with a total of 12 Han domestic Type 1886 'brush Kaofu' black-headed torpedoes, and the additional weapon is a sharp ramming angle installed in the bow. As a cruiser with mature experience in design, construction and factory support accumulated by the Han Kingdom on the basis of the construction of a large number of Yangwu-class cruisers, The armor deck (dome) is composed of 25.4mm steel and 50.8mm iron armor layers to resist the bombardment of large-caliber artillery, the thickness of the central dome is up to 4 inches (101.6mm), the head and tail dome armor is also 2 inches (50.8mm) thick, and the survivability of the perfect watertight compartment has been further improved, and another important protective site is the armored command tower with a thickness of up to 2 inches.

The cost of a single ship is 850,000 taels of silver, the first ship Yangwu started construction in the Royal Shipyard of the Han Kingdom on January 5, 1886, launched on October 10, 1887, completed on April 5, 1888, the shipyard was delivered at the end of the sea trial on July 10, 1888, and was officially commissioned in the Atlantic Fleet on July 25 of that year, and the remaining 5 ships were also delivered before the end of 1890, 3 ships each of the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet.

The "Yongxing" class light ironclad cruiser (the hull refers to the two ships of Beiyang Chaowu Yangwei and the Japanese Tsukushi ship and improved weapons and equipment) is 64 meters long, 9.75 meters wide, 4.57 meters draft, and has a standard displacement of 1,350 tons, and two Han domestic 1878 three-stage expansion reciprocating steam engines (purchased from Dalman, France in 1875, the patent was purchased from Dalman, France, and the Han Kingdom began to have production capacity in 1878) to provide power for four circular coal-fired boilers, with two-shaft propulsion and a power of 2,600 horsepower. The speed is 15-16 knots, the endurance is 5000 nautical miles / 8 knots, the normal coal tank carries 250 tons of coal, the maximum coal load is 300 tons, and the armor thickness is 0.27 inches. The hull is made of iron cladding steel plates, deck armor 0.27 inches, turret armor 1 inch, conning tower armor 0.5 inches, bow waterline 11 feet equipped with ramming angles, the whole ship has a total strength of 137-140 people, the "Han Imperial Defense Force Navy Regulations" stipulates that the captain of the ship is the rank of major, and the deputy commander is the rank of major or captain.

In 1887, all the main guns of this class of ships began to be replaced with Han domestic 1886 type 155mm 35 times diameter breech guns, 4 main guns were distributed in pairs in the bow and stern of the ship, a twin mounted gun with a gun cover exposed (25.4mm thick) turret, and the secondary guns were all replaced with Han domestic 1887 type (4 75mm Krupp guns, 4 37mm, 47mm, 57mm single-barreled Hatch Chase guns, 4 11mm 10-barreled Gatling machine guns) symmetrically distributed in the earrings protected by 5mm gun shields on both sides of the warship. On September 15, 1876, the first ship Yongxing started construction at the Xinjing Shipyard in the Han Kingdom, and was launched on July 9, 1878, during which it experienced 4 sea trials and failed, and more than 40 experts and technicians led by the Frenchman Dalman repeatedly solved the problems encountered and improved the fifth sea trial on November 20, 1879, and the shipyard was delivered at the end of the sea trials on January 8, 1879, and joined the Atlantic Fleet on January 20, 1879 and officially entered service.

The three shipyards of the Han Kingdom participated in the construction of the latter batch, and by the end of 1890, the last one was completed and delivered, and it was no longer produced (a total of 12 ships of this class were included in the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, and 2 ships each of the Caribbean Fleet and the South Pacific Fleet).

The "Victory" class ironclad cruiser (referring to the French cruisers Lagassania and Duguturuine in the same period and improved) is 89.76 meters long, 13.18 meters wide, 6.25 meters draft, using an iron-ribbed iron hull, with a standard displacement of 3,200 tons, a full load displacement of 3,500 tons, powered by 8 circular coal-fired boilers and 1 horizontal reciprocating steam engine (French VC type), with a power of 4,800 horsepower, single-shaft propulsion, a speed of 15.5 knots, and a cruising capacity of 5,000 nautical miles / 8 knots. The normal coal load of the coal tank is 320 tons, the maximum coal load is 400 tons, the bow and stern are equipped with a total of 4 earphones, and the main guns have 5 4 guns (installed in 4 ear stations, 1 is installed in the bow building) 240mm 20 times the diameter of the M1870 "Ghana" gun (in 1888 it was reequipped with the German Krupp 1880 type 240mm 35 times the diameter of the naval gun), so that the bow can get the firepower of 3 main guns when facing the enemy; The secondary guns are 5 140mm21 M1870 "Ghana" guns, 4 of which are mounted on the broadside between the front and rear ear heads, and the remaining 1 is on the stern deck;

6 single-barreled 37mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns, 6 11mm 10-barreled Gatling rapid-fire machine guns; In addition, it is equipped with two 14-inch (356mm) torpedo tubes, as well as a French large-nose ramming angle that is nearly 7 meters long; The thickness of the ship's main armor on the side is 152mm, the turret (including gun mounts and gun emplacements) and the deck are 120mm, and the whole ship has a total of 285-320 people.

On December 28, 1875, the contract for the purchase of two ships was formally signed in Marseille, France, and on March 20, 1876, the construction of the two ships began at the shipyard of the Mediterranean Iron Works in France, launched on August 20, 1877, completed on September 20, 1878, and the shipyard was delivered at the end of the sea trial on October 1, 1878, and arrived in the Han Kingdom on December 10, 1878 (during which the two ships participated in the battle of the Nanyang Corps to exterminate the traitors and pirates of the Nanyang Kapitan with other fleets, On December 25 of the same year, the two ships joined the Atlantic Fleet of the Han Imperial Defense Force Navy and officially served (on December 20, 1885, the Victory was transferred to the Pacific Fleet for service, and the Glory continued to serve in the Atlantic Fleet).

The "Sea Lion" class gunboat (referring to the French Comet gunboat of the same period and gradually improved) is 75.8 meters long, 8.9 meters wide, 2.3 meters draft, standard displacement of 760 tons, full load displacement of 800 tons, 1 French Type 1873 reciprocating steam engine (the French Darman Darman patent purchased by Han did not have the production capacity at that time, so it was produced and purchased in France), 1 round coal-fired boiler, the normal coal load of the coal tank is 150 tons, the maximum coal load is 220 tons, 900 horsepower, and the speed is 16 knots,, In 1887, the armament began to be able to be replaced with all the domestic models, and after the refitting, it was equipped with 4 4-seat single-mounted Han domestic 1886 type 130mm 35 times diameter breech-loading naval guns, 4 single-mounted 47mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns, and 4 twin-mounted 37mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns, with a total establishment of 135-150 people.

On January 8, 1873, the first ship of the Sea Lion was started in the Xinjing Shipyard of the Han Kingdom, and was successfully launched on April 30, 1873 with the help of the technical guidance of French shipwrights such as Dalman, and was completed on July 5, 1873, and the shipyard was delivered at the end of the sea trial on August 1, 1873, and joined the Atlantic Fleet on August 15, 1873 for official service, and the three shipyards were all involved in the construction, and the last one was no longer produced after the end of 1888 (a total of 16 ships of this class were listed in the Atlantic Fleet and 4 ships in the Pacific Fleet, 2 ships each of the South Sea, South Pacific and Caribbean fleets, and 6 Congo fleets), this class of ships has strong firepower, maneuverability and courage, and is deployed in a large number of Han overseas territories, so it enjoys the title of "sea light cavalry".

The standard displacement of the "Seawolf" class gunboat is 200 tons (refer to the Guangdong Shuishi Jiang Da class gunboat and improve) is 45.72 meters long, 8.76 meters wide, and the draft is 1.83 meters, the standard displacement is 200 tons, and the full load displacement is 240 tons, 1 French 1872 reciprocating steam engine (ibid.), 1 round coal-fired boiler, the normal coal load of the coal tank is 45 tons, the maximum coal load is 70 tons, the twin-shaft propulsion, 700 horsepower, the speed is 16 knots, and the bow main gun is 75mm Krupp. The four 37mm Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns are symmetrically distributed on both sides, and the four 11mm 10-barreled Gatling rapid-fire guns are distributed on both sides, which are basically unarmoured.

On September 8, 1872, the first ship of the Sea Lion started construction at the Xinjing Shipyard in the Han Kingdom, and was successfully launched on December 10, 1872 with the help of the technical guidance of French shipwrights such as Dalman, and was completed on January 5, 1873, and the shipyard was delivered at the end of the sea trial on January 25, 1873, and joined the Atlantic Fleet on February 2, 1873 to officially enter service, and the follow-up ship Xinghe Shipyard participated in the construction, and the last one was no longer produced after the end of 1880 (a total of 21 boats of this class were transferred to the South Seas after 1885, 3 each for the South Pacific and Caribbean fleets, and 12 for the Congolese fleet). Because of its flexibility, speed, fierce firepower, and large number of deployments in the Han Congo, this class of boats has achieved remarkable results in dealing with the public security in the vast Congo River Basin, and has won the love of officers and men, and enjoys the title of "soldier brother".

The "Sea Shark" class torpedo boat (refer to the Beiyang Fulong) is 42.75 meters long, 5 meters wide, 2.3 meters draft, 120 tons of standard displacement, 142 tons of full load displacement, powered by 1 Han domestic 1878/83 modified 3-stage expansion reciprocating steam engine, 1 round coal-fired boiler, normal coal tank with a normal coal load of 16 tons, a maximum coal load of 23 tons, single-shaft propulsion, a power of 1597 horsepower and a maximum speed of 24.2 knots during the flight test;

There are 3 14-inch torpedo tubes (2 of which are located in the torpedo compartments on both sides of the bow, and the other 1 is located on the rotating launch rack on the aft deck of the hull, with a total of 3 'brush Kaofu' torpedoes), and 2 Han 1886 47 mm Hatch Kaisi rapid-fire guns with a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute are installed on the gun mounts in the front and rear of the boat. The only place with armor protection was the armoured conning tower between the bow and stern torpedo tubes, but this was only 1 inch thick. In addition, there is basically no armor protection on the whole ship, and the whole ship has 20-25 people, and the "Navy Regulations of the Han Imperial Defense Force" stipulates that the captain of the ship is the rank of lieutenant, and the deputy captain is the rank of lieutenant or second lieutenant. In 1884, after Han Guoxinghe Shipyard imported technology from Germany and digested and absorbed it, from 1885 to 1890, a total of 16 ships were built and commissioned by itself (4 ships each for the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, and 2 ships each for the four subfleets of the South Sea, South Pacific, Caribbean, and Congo).

In the past 10 years, in order to develop and build a strong navy, the Han government has made great efforts in selecting the mother type, negotiating, signing contracts and ensuring the quality of construction, and has sent military technicians to Germany, Austria and other countries to study and train, and to participate in construction practice, so as to make relevant knowledge and technical reserves for the independent construction, repair and maintenance of warships in the future, and at the same time send naval officers to the German Navy and shipyards for training, internship and supervision, and sum up experience and lessons from them to ensure that the Chaoyang-class warships can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. The characters and deeds who have made great efforts, sacrifices and dedication to the cause of the Navy in the past ten years should be remembered forever by the people of the Han Kingdom!