According to the current situation, it is far from the time to distribute benefits, neither those capitalists nor the Kaiser will choose to do it at this time, they only have two possibilities to do it, one is that the empire can no longer hold on, internal and external troubles, and has to change. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the other situation is that the situation is relatively good, and the Eastern Front problem has almost been solved, and the empire begins to discuss how to distribute benefits. And the current situation is far from that.

"Wait and see what happens, follow the trend!" The prince wrote these words on a piece of paper. Thinking of this, the prince pushed aside the messy materials in the country. Now the prince has something more important, and that is to build the world's first aircraft carrier fleet! The first thing that needs to be done for such a challenging and epoch-making task is to find out the remaining three ships that are suitable for converting aircraft carriers .......

In fact, when the prince asked the Kaiser to change the two ships, one of which was also under the Bavarian Shipping Company, which was a passenger and cargo ship, to be precise, a container ship that incorporated some of the characteristics of later container ships. It is also possible to carry some people. However, the habitability and comfort are relatively poor, and the space is relatively small.

The ocean-going fast vessel, known as the Constellation, was traveling at around 23 knots. If some unnecessary equipment is removed and thoroughly maintained, running out of 24 knots is not a big problem. This is also a reserve aircraft carrier. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SIDE-CHORD ARMOR BELT, THE UNDERWATER DEFENSE SYSTEM IS NOT BAD, CONSISTING OF AN EMPTY TANK WITH A THICKNESS OF MORE THAN 4 METERS, A LIQUID TANK, AN EMPTY TANK, AND A LAST HIGHLY ELASTIC STEEL PLATE WITH A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 45 MM. If you do not take into account the protection against underwater shells, then the defense of the ship against torpedoes is not inferior to that of regular German warships, after all, the TDS thickness is large enough.

What is the biggest benefit of this search boat? In terms of size, this ship has a displacement of only 18,000 tons and a length of 195 meters. The ship with a maximum width of 27 meters is a lap smaller than the Wittelsbach. Even if it is changed to an aircraft carrier, its deck length will reach 205 meters, and the maximum deck width of 30 meters will be the limit, and the flight ability will be worse than the former.

But because it was originally a container ship, there was a huge space in the middle of the hull that could be used as a hangar, and this height was large enough! The ceiling height is about 6 meters, and there are more than 2 decks up and down! What is the concept? The hangar height of the Japanese aircraft carrier is only about 4.5 meters, and the height of the Americans' large hangar is only 5.3 meters. And this cargo creates a hangar height of 6 meters .......

And if you consider that there is still a certain gap between the 6 meters above and the deck, then the height is even greater. There are some places in the hangar where the ceiling height is up to 7.5 meters is not a big problem! And such a huge space size is 135 meters by 20 meters! If you multiply it by the height of the floor and the fact that the hangar can be expanded from end to end, this volume is really not much smaller than that of the Wittelsbach! (That's for sure, the anti-aircraft gun deck of the aircraft carrier of World War 2 is at the top of the hangar and in the area of the deck view.) ）

It stands to reason that this height is actually enough to try to build a two-story hangar. (The lower hangar is a closed hangar, and the upper hangar is an open hangar) But in fact, the prince does not intend to do this, in line with the principle of spending as little money as possible to form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time, this modified aircraft carrier named Constellation still uses a single-storey hangar, but in order to ensure the carrying capacity, the prince decided to match the aircraft carrier with a ticket!

Why did the US 2 war 2 aircraft carriers have a large number of aircraft? In addition to the fact that the planes have good wings, there are enough planes, and the deck is used to place the planes, another important reason is that many of the planes are hoisted from the ceiling of the hangar in the form of parts. The F6F Hellcat, which has an empty weight of more than 4 tons, was hung up after removing its wings, like an air-dried sausage. Although it was not possible to press a double-decker hangar, for the sake of carrying capacity, the prince still decided to put two planes in the first hangar. In this way, the Constellation aircraft carrier will not carry much less aircraft than the Wittelsbach. It depends. ）

For such a promising modified aircraft carrier embryo, the prince naturally did not forget. So, the merchant ship named Constellation was put on the first page of the list of converted ships.

But after all, there are still too few civilian ships designed as aircraft carriers from the beginning. Therefore, the third improved version of the aircraft carrier can only be selected from the cruise ships in service, which actually has a problem, the cruise ship structure is more complicated, and it is very troublesome to dismantle it. It has caused the factor that the construction period is relatively long, and the advantage is that at least the speed is up to standard, and because it is a transport person, the division of the underwater sealed cabin is not bad.

As for the use of ordinary transport ships to change, it is not impossible, but generally speaking, the volume of transport ships is not enough, and more than 5,000 tons in this era are actually considered large ships. Moreover, the structural strength of the transport ship and the underwater sealed cabin were too fragile in the opinion of the prince. A battleship is not an airplane, and if you make a sinking aircraft carrier, it may be a bad thing at any time. And the biggest problem is that the speed is generally not enough, not to mention running at a high speed of more than 24 knots with the main force of the high sea fleet, in fact, it is rare for a transport ship to run at a speed of 20 knots!

So, in a period of confusion, the prince could only focus on the large cruise ships that had been built to the point of being half-pulled and half-finished, but not to mention, after some searching, the prince really found a suitable target on the slipway of the William Royal Shipyard!

It was a cruise ship that was expected to be completed in 1913, but the outbreak of war forced the large cruise ship named Hercules to stop work. Originally, its old owner Hamburg Shipping Company could only transfer it to the German Navy, which was expected to have a displacement of 22,000 tons, a length of 180 meters, a width of 26 meters, and a draft of 9 meters.

It is a fast cruise ship with an estimated maximum horsepower of up to 50,000 horsepower, 4-shaft drive, and can run at speeds of more than 25 knots. Moreover, the ship has completed its hull, installed part of the power system, and is at the end of its pipe-laying process. Basically, it's almost like building a superstructure, and if the prince wants to save trouble, he doesn't even need the ship island in the 2 battle aircraft carriers, and just finishes it with a flat deck. What the? Will this hangar be time-consuming? Definitely not, it's easy to open hangars. Get a few shelves to support the flight deck above, and then get a few bulkheads and roller shutters on the sides. Usually put it down, and when you need to warm up, you can directly open the ventilation and ventilation.

As for the question of the residence of soldiers? Anyway, at present, it is still hanging around in the North Sea, and it will take no more than 3 days to go out for a visual inspection. It's going to be just a bit of a stretch. So, the unfinished cruise ship, called Hercules, became the third aircraft carrier of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet!

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