Chapter 593 (2/2)

Ahead is the mouth of the Elisabeth River, out of which you will enter the James River.

The James River was an important inland waterway for the British in the thirteen colonies. After all, ships from the British mainland or from New York, Philadelphia and other colonial cities to Jamestown and Williamsburg had to go through the James River.

Carlos naturally understood the meaning of the stone bear, so Carlos began to slow down while preparing to turn around.

Here, the width of the Elizabeth River is more than two kilometers, and the Carlos can turn around here freely.

When the ship turned around, Carlos ordered full speed.

Before, because of the need to test the boiler, so the Carlos speed is very slow.

This time, it was going at full speed, so in just a few minutes, the speed of the Carlos increased. After more than ten kilometers of acceleration, the engine room below reported that the boiler power had been improved to the extreme.

Although it is impossible to test how much hp thrust these four boilers can provide for the Carlos, it is obvious that the power of these four boilers should be higher than expected.

Carlos is also propelled by two shafts and two propellers. According to the current extreme speed of about 13 to 14 knots, these four boilers can provide about 2000 to 3000 horsepower for each propeller

This is obviously a very good number. Don't forget, there is no steam turbine in the engine room of Carlos, so the power conversion ability of steam boiler is much worse, which is obviously very good.

A top speed of 13 or 14 knots is enough.

If it can run at this speed in the sea trial, the Carlos will be in the absolute upper hand when facing any class I windsurfing battleship of European powers.

Even for the last fleet, flying a kite can bring that fleet down with the speed of the Carlos.

Don't forget that Carlos uses steel plates with a thickness of 10 mm to make its hull. This kind of steel hull naturally has no defense against future artillery. However, at present, unless the heavy artillery with more than 32 pounds is directly fired within 200 meters, it can cause damage to the hull of Carlos, Other smaller guns are basically no threat to the Carlos.

If the Carlos was slow and not as fast as the sailboats, it might be in danger. But once the Carlos can maintain a speed of more than 10 knots, it will be able to drag down a fleet by flying kites with its main gun and 76mm auxiliary gun.

Carlos's main gun and auxiliary gun, the effective range is more than eight kilometers! Even the 76mm mortar has an effective range of more than 5km!

As long as the Carlos can keep enough distance from the windsurfing battleship, there will be only one result, that is, the Carlos will hang the windsurfing battleship!

The key is the speed of the Carlos!

But it's clear that the Carlos has exceeded the bear's best expectations.

Stone bear is happily imagining that one day his steel warship will encounter the sailing battleship fleet of European powers, and then all kinds of fancy hanging sailing battleships. A bad news comes from the engine room below.

”Captain, there seems to be something wrong with our propeller. There's water seepage there...”