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Admiral class heavy cruise floating battleship admiral Hippel

"As a heavy cruise floating warship completed at the end of the first World War and the last heavy cruise floating warship designed and completed by the Empire, the Admiral class is undoubtedly the strongest heavy cruise floating warship in history. In the federal war of independence, her performance in both the rebel camp and the imperial camp can prove this."

————William Perry, former admiral of the free Federation of North Amerika

"Indeed, as a gunboat, she was very successful. Her displacement of 70000 tons, high speed of 45 knots and nine new triple loaded 203 mm guns gave her strong strike performance. In the final decisive battle with the northern combined fleet of Roland Asia in 1872, It was admiral Tirpitz, the No. 2 ship of this class, who first discovered and severely damaged Tsar Nicholas XIX, the flagship of the Roland Asia central fleet. (according to post-war statistics, when the two ships were 29 kilometers apart, Admiral Tirpitz hit Tsar Nicholas XIX 48 times in three rounds of Volley fire, 27 of them broke through their armor, and 14 of them destroyed 60% of the power source of Czar Nikolai XIX. The commander of the fleet, Ushakov gorchako, was also injured in the heavy damage, which led to the paralysis of the command of the central fleet of Roland Asia for a time, giving the second fleet of the North Sea the opportunity to quickly bypass the flanks of Roland Asia. "

————Al Mahan, former dean of brotis europia free federal Naval Academy

In the eighth year of the first great war in 1869, with the help of newly invested steam mecha, the imperial army had advanced to the front line of the polandes sea and the robia plain in Eastern Europe. On August 9, the sixth steam mecha division of the eighth armored group army and the second Aslan guard division broke through the polandes defense line built in Roland, Danze fortress was captured in one fell swoop. As the second largest military port in Roland Asia, danze fortress is also the location of brunhill shipyard, the third largest shipyard in Roland Asia. Although the shipyard and the unfinished floating ship have been blasted by the garrison, the fifth naval intelligence office immediately issued instructions to investigate the Navy construction information in Roland Asia. In September, In the ruins, the investigators of the Naval Intelligence Service found a half damaged blueprint and the corresponding supporting demand form and cost statement. These evidences show that Roland Asia is planning to build a type of gun with 48 knots of high speed and seven new triple mounted 220 mm guns, The 65000 ton displacement heavy cruise floating battleship (i.e. "kirovsky" class heavy cruise floating battleship), which has an overwhelming advantage over the "city and county" class, the main heavy cruise floating battleship of the Empire at that time in terms of firepower, speed and armor. I learned this news, The imperial naval shipbuilding Bureau immediately began bidding for new heavy cruise floating warships.

In October 1869, the main scheme of 1896 new heavy cruise floating battleship was issued by the shipbuilding Bureau. The shipyards required detailed design. The main scheme required 50 knots of speed, 70000 displacement, and five new triple mounted 283mm guns and two new dual mounted 283mm guns. However, this requirement was too idealistic and almost impossible to achieve. One of the three must be unavailable, Not to mention protection? Therefore, in November, the main gun in the main scheme was modified to 9 new triple 203 mm guns, and the maximum speed was reduced to 44 knots.

On December 25, 1869, the birthday of the God of all opportunities, the three shipyards of the Empire; Amsterdam shipyard, Vickers scant shipyard and Imperial War Naval Shipyard submitted their designs at the same time. On December 30, after the audit of the shipbuilding Committee, the scheme of the Imperial War Naval Shipyard won. This class of warship was named "admiral" class, To commemorate the admirals who made great contributions to the development of the Imperial Navy or who died in the battle.

In January 1870, the first ship of this class, "admiral Hippel", the second ship, "admiral tilpitts", and the third ship, "Admiral hood", started construction at the same time. Only 13 months later, the three ships were completed and put into service at the same time.

The name of "admiral Hippel" comes from Admiral Hippel who sank with the ship in the battle of Jules lance in 1866 (her ship, Queen Maria, which is also the flagship of the third guerrilla fleet, was hit and sank, which is also the only loss of the Empire in this war). She is also like the admiral in her name, His whole life of service was full of bad luck, and in the end, he ended up colliding and sinking because of the improper operation of the friendly mobile fortress.

In June 1871, the ship, together with the ship admiral hood and 12 light floating warships of the same class, formed the second rapid breaking fleet to conduct breaking operations in the airspace of North Point. The operation code was "Thunderstorm 71'vi-ii". During this period, Admiral Hippel sank 10 floating coal carriers, 2 armed floating transport ships, 1 cruise floating warship and 3 light floating warships, On September 1, the combat mission was successfully completed. In Oct