Chapter 462: Varna Shipyard (Part 1)

In Varna, a city ruled by Romania for nearly ten years, there are not much more people than in Bulgaria.

But Dolbo looked at Varna and felt refreshed, walking a bit elegantly. This is of course a good thing, because he was finally appointed to be responsible for the relocation of the Varna shipyard. Of course, it is not to move the Varna shipyard, but the Royal William Shipyard to merge with it to form the largest shipyard in Romania.

Since it is the largest shipyard, the basic dock and supporting construction facilities need to be responsible for it. The newly-appointed factory director has not yet arrived, so as the city government, he needs to help. As the deputy mayor of Varna, of course he obliged to take on this burden.

In fact, Dolbo had seen His Majesty Edel before and said two words, but this Majesty had no impression of him. Who told him to meet Edel, who was still a prince, in Ploiesti as Karatuuri's secretary, and now he knows who his backer is. There are people in the DPRK who only need to make their own achievements, then the credit will not run away. But if it is done, no one can help him.

The Varna shipyard will undertake the construction work of the Romanian navy, so it is highly valued by the above. As long as you can make achievements, then you can't get the chance to be in power. For the sake of my own future, I am very enthusiastic about the work of the shipyard, and almost plan to live and eat at the shipyard.

So when he got up early this morning, he rushed to the shipyard to check the progress.

The Varna shipyard is set up in the port of Doerle, where the water depth is about 10-11m, which is completely suitable for large ships to enter and exit. And there is news that the navy has plans to use Varna Port as the main base for ships to berth. Because the port of Constanta now has more and more civil ships, it is becoming less and less suitable as a military port. As for Odessa, the problem of this port is the same as that of Constanta, which is also unsuitable for the transportation of a large number of civilian ships.

And because Varna is now out of Bulgaria, the port transportation of its goods will of course not choose to go through Varna, they all go to Burgas Port in its territory. Therefore, Varna, which has a good port environment, can be used as the main military port without any problems. And when he thinks of the popularity of naval ships, Dolbo feels that the development here is promising. However, it is a pity that he is not in charge at the moment. As a deputy, it is still very difficult to squeeze the leader, even with the help of his benefactor.

"How is the progress of the shipyard now?"

As soon as he entered the door, Dolbo did not care to drink, so he asked the person in charge of building the shipyard.

The person he asked was Bo Derek, a German engineer and a famous shipyard designer in Germany.

I saw this Bo Derek flipping through his notebook and said: “Among the three main docks, dock No. 1 is nearing completion and other equipment is still being installed; while the excavation work of dock No. 2 has been carried out. %; and the No. 3 dock is currently only 33% in progress due to higher requirements. If you want to speed up the progress, it is best to send some more engineering equipment."

Listening to Boderek's words, Dolbo couldn't help showing a wry smile. You also need to find engineering equipment. Don’t you know that this shipyard has already concentrated 80% of Varna’s engineering equipment?

"Sorry, we only have these devices at the moment, and it is impossible to add them."

After being rejected by Dolbo, Boderek could only shrug his shoulders and said: "Then I'm sorry, the Deputy Mayor, we can only implement this schedule at this time. You must know that the docks No. 1 to No. 3 are really too big, especially Dock No. 3, a 60,000-ton dock can be used to build a huge ocean-going ship. But Dock No. 4 to No. 8 is built very quickly."

Listening to Bo Derek, Dolbo, who is in charge of the shipyard, seems to have no other way. At present, the Varna Shipyard has built eight docks, ranging from 5,000 tons to 60,000 tons. Faced with the construction of so many docks, Dolbo is actually not quite clear about their use. But who made this shipyard built by the above orders, he can only be responsible for the implementation.

But even if he has no other way to satisfy this Boderek, he still needs the necessary urges.

"Mr. Boderek, it's better to speed up the progress of the shipyard at the moment. This is good for me and you."

"I know, Your Excellency the Deputy Mayor. But there are only so many workers, and the most important machinery and equipment are not enough. I can't help it. If I can finish the work one day ahead of schedule, I can earn 500 lei more, but now it is. fastest."

Hearing Boderek's words made Dolbo a little discouraged. It seems that my dream of that outstanding achievement is a little boiled. The navy people are all to blame. They keep urging the shipyard to complete as soon as possible, making themselves exhausted. I don't know what these navies are in a hurry.

If Dolbo was to blame, the navy officer would probably be dumbfounded. Can this be anxious? Your Majesty promised to increase the Navy's shipbuilding funding next year. From less than 2 million lei, it has directly increased to 20 million lei. This is the largest increase in funding the Navy has ever received.

This finally jumped from the construction of two to three hundred tons of torpedo boats to the construction of three to four thousand tons of cruisers. They certainly hope that the shipyard will be completed as soon as possible. Not only that, they have also selected the construction drawings. Rams, the genius chief designer, has designed a cruiser for them based on the conditions of the Black Sea.

This cruiser, currently tentatively named Type Q, has a total length of 134 meters. The length of the waterline is 131 meters, the overall width is 12.9 meters, and the average draft is about 5.6 meters.

Displacement: about 4600 tons (standard), more than 5400 tons (full load).

Main weapons: 8 main guns of 150 mm and 45 times the diameter (double row), the turret is open at the rear; 4 500 mm torpedo tubes.

Anti-aircraft guns: 4 40 mm 45-times diameter anti-aircraft guns (double row).

Protection: The thickness of the amidships of the main armor belt is 55mmThe bow and stern are gradually reduced to 25mm; the armor thickness of the horizontal deck is 55mm (the thickest part), and the non-critical parts have no armor.

The armor thickness of the conning tower is 90 mm; the main turret panel armor is 60 mm.

Power: 12 naval boilers, two steam turbines, dual-shaft propulsion. The output power is 31,000 horsepower.

Speed: 28 knots (design value).

Members: 465 (approximately 110 more on this basis during the war).

It can be said that as long as this ship is completed, it will become the main cruiser of the Romanian Navy. Whether it is escorting future Romanian battleships or performing tasks alone, it can compete with other warships under the same tonnage. Moreover, this ship is faster than the navy’s most powerful cruiser "Earl Dachila", and its armor is much stronger.

It is also because the design of the ship on paper is so good that the Navy does not want to wait any longer. This is a pain for the Deputy Mayor of Dolbo. He can only lead the workers to urge the workers to do the construction, but the progress is fast.