Germanic Empire: please call me William III

The Sun Never Sets Empire, Fog Capital, Downing Street, Prime Minister’s Office.
The Minister of the Navy, Sir John Fisher, is submitting his own royal Navy capital ship construction plan to Imperial Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and a cadre of ministers.
“Your Excellencies, Prime Ministers, this is a series of capital ships designed by the best experts of the Royal Navy. If the Royal Navy could equip these capital ships, it would make the Royal Navy more powerful, and we would definitely have enough strength to suppress the Germans. Sir John Fisher looked very confident, as if he had recovered, no longer being hit as hard as before.
Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and the other ministers looked at Sir John Fisher.
After all, the Royal Navy is related to the foundation of the empire that never sets, and it is naturally valued by everyone.
Even though the empire’s finances were a little tight now, everyone decided to tighten their belts to support the development of the navy.
“The first capital ship, and our most powerful super dreadnought, we named the ‘Queen Elizabeth-class’ battleship. Five battleships of this class will be built. The standard displacement is 29,000 tons, the full load displacement is 33,000 tons, and it is equipped with four twin-mounted 42-caliber 381 mm main guns. Power is provided by 24 boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a maximum speed of 24 knots. In terms of armor defense, the maximum thickness of waterline armor is 330 mm, the deck armor is 102 mm, the front armor of the turret is 330 mm, and the armor of the command tower is 279 mm.
Once our Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are in service, we will have the strength to counter the Germanic super dreadnoughts.
The second capital ship, which we named the ‘Revenge class’ battleship, this class of battleships, is a minused version of the ‘Queen Elizabeth class’ battleships, and five of them are also built. Its standard displacement is 28,000 tons, the full load displacement is 31,500 tons, and it is also equipped with four twin 42 times caliber 381 mm main guns. Power is provided by 18 boilers and 4 steam engines, with a maximum speed of 21.5 knots. In terms of armor, it is exactly the same as the ‘Queen Elizabeth-class’ battleships.
In fact, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are a quick version of the Revenge-class battleships for rapid reinforcements to the front line. The ‘Revenge-class’ battleships, along with other battleships of the Royal Navy, formed a battleline.
The third capital ship, the Prestige-class battlecruiser, will be built in total. The standard displacement is 2,760 tons, the full load displacement is 32,700 tons, and it is equipped with three twin-mounted 42-caliber 381 mm main guns. Power is provided by 42 boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a maximum speed of 32 knots. In terms of armor, the thickest of the waterline armor is 152 mm, the deck armor is 64 mm, the front armor of the turret is 229 mm, and the armor thickness of the command tower is 254 mm.
The Prestige Class battlecruiser focused on speed. This class of battlecruisers even has the same speed as a battlecruiser. Although the armor is not too thick, the firepower is rarely strong. None of the Germanic heavy cruisers, light cruisers, were rivals to our Prestige class battlecruisers. Even, with the advantage of speed and firepower, even against the Battlecruisers of the Upper Germans, they also had the power to fight! ”
Sir John Fisher introduced all three warships in one sitting.
Ministers, including Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, are actually laymen.
However, from the data on paper alone, these three capital ships are very powerful warships.
In particular, sir John Fisher is well recognized for his expertise, and he is arguably the Royal Navy’s finest warship designer.
Since Sir John Fisher believed that the Royal Navy needed these warships. Well, these battleships should all be the best.
What they didn’t know, of course, was that it was Sir John Fisher’s excessive emphasis on firepower and speed and his contempt for defense that made the Royal Navy’s shipbuilding concept fundamentally distorted.
In the future war, it is even more because the capital ship defense is too weak, and it is known as a tragic existence with a thin skin.
“Sir, can these warships really bring the Royal Navy back to the top by suppressing the Germans?” Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George asked.
After all, building so many warships requires a lot of money.
“Of course, I promise!” Sir John Fisher said.
Lloyd George nodded and said nothing more.
“Gentlemen, if you have no objection to the shipbuilding plan proposed by the Admiralty. Then, we will start building new warships according to this plan. I firmly believe that the Royal Navy is the most powerful. Even if the Germans are ahead of us, it is only temporary. Soon, we will be able to surpass them! Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.
“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!” The ministers of the Empire who never set in the sun shouted one after another.
Of course, all this is just what the upper echelons of the Empire or the Royal Navy take for granted.
While the Royal Navy was frantically building capital ships, the Germanic Empire was not idle.
Sir John Fisher knew the same thing. Therefore, in his plan, the construction of 12 capital ships was only just the beginning.
Next, the Royal Navy will also start to build more and more powerful capital ships.
For example, Sir John Fisher has asked research and development agencies to speed up the development of 406 mm naval guns and larger caliber 457 mm naval guns.
The capital ship of the next class, Sir John Fisher, plans to launch a capital ship equipped with 406 mm guns.
If the technical conditions are ripe, he also plans to build capital ships equipped with 457 mm naval guns.
In this era, caliber is justice, and range is truth.
The larger the caliber of the main gun, the greater the power. Naturally, it means more powerful strength.
The Royal Navy has always led the development of the world’s navies, and Sir John Fisher is convinced that this time they are also the most powerful.
Even if it is not as good as the Germanic Empire for the time being, it is overtaken by the Germanic Empire. However, in terms of the foundation and strength of the Germanic Empire, it is definitely not comparable to the Germanic Empire.
After all, in addition to the 20 capital ships already in service, within the shipyards of the German empire, there are 8 super dreadnoughts with 343 mm guns and 4 battlecruisers with 343 mm guns under construction.
In addition, 12 capital ships equipped with 381 mm main guns will soon be started. The strength of the Royal Navy can be imagined.