Daming 1805

After George IV's Trooping the Color and Air Force parade, the procession headed by the King returned to Westminster Abbey again.

The last part of the British king's coronation ceremony, the most grand celebration banquet began.

The banquet lasted until the evening, and George IV was very satisfied.

Caroline, George IV's legal wife, shivered and hid in a carriage that wasn't exactly warm.

Witnessed the king's grand parade from a distance, and saw the parade fleet flying in the sky from a distance.

Watching the king's team return to the church from a distance, one can imagine that the grandest banquet is about to begin inside.

The anger and resentment in Caroline's heart reached a peak.

Caroline felt that she deserved the queen's honor and that she should sit in the center of the grand procession.

I should sit on the throne of the cathedral and receive the cheers and congratulations of the nobles and officials of the country.

I should be the most honorable hostess at this grand banquet.

But now all this has nothing to do with me.

I can only watch from a distance.

If it wasn't for the fact that the air outside was only a few degrees, Caroline would even have rushed to the street and yelled.

Although the person who actually obtained the most honored female position was her own daughter, Caroline felt no comfort at all.

Caroline nearly passed out with rage and resentment.

Yes, just anger and resentment, and not much remorse at all.

Caroline didn't even think about why she couldn't maintain her married life with George IV.

Although George IV was also a jerk in his private life.

Couples at this level usually don't care about each other's lives under normal circumstances.

But there will be a tacit understanding to maintain a seemingly harmonious relationship.

As for the couple Caroline and George IV, they couldn't even do this level of patience and perfunctory.

George IV felt it was all Caroline's fault.

He can't control his weight at all, he is fat like a pig, and has a violent personality and loves vanity.

Caroline felt it was all George IV's fault.

George IV is also like a pig, indecisive and highly conceited, spending money like water, and owed a lot of debt when he was young.

The two had no relationship at all.

George IV was willing to marry Caroline because his father George III declared that as long as George IV married legally according to the rules, he would let the British court repay his debts for George IV.

Caroline also didn't have a good impression of George IV, and she got married because the other party was the Crown Prince of England.

After the two got married and gave birth to Charlotte, after completing the task of having legal children, they separated and fooled around.

Caroline's goal is the Queen of England.

As a result, George III was exceptionally able to live, and Caroline worried that neither she nor her husband in law could survive George III.

Now that George III is finally dead, he should have finally got his wish.

It turned out to be written off at the last minute.

Caroline wandered the streets of London. When she returned to her residence, she had a high fever and was bedridden.

In the original history, Caroline fell ill and died shortly after her husband's coronation.

Her health was not considered good, and she lived with great resentment, and her death at the age of more than 50 years is not considered a premature death.

On the second day, Christmas Day, December 1820, 12 in the Western calendar, the ship review ceremony to celebrate the coronation of the British King officially began.

There are usually two types of ship review. One is to send a small number of one or two warships of each type to accept the review of the monarch as representatives.

The other is to put out as many major warships as possible to show most of the most important naval power.

George IV was so overjoyed, of course he was after the latter.

Outside Portsmouth Naval Harbor, between the British mainland and the Isle of Wight, in Spithead Bay.

The elite of the British naval fleet, led by Admiral Nelson, is waiting for the review of the new king.

In the middle of the large fleet is of course the capital ship.

There are a total of six battleships and six aircraft carriers, which are all of Britain's current capital ships.

Among the battleships, there are four [-]-ton nine-gun high-speed battleships, which were built after the signing of the naval treaty.

One of them just entered service at the end of this year.

In addition, there are two [-]-ton eight-gun medium-speed battleships, which were built before the Naval Treaty.

Among the aircraft carriers, five were built according to the standards stipulated in the treaty, with a full load tonnage of [-] tons.

The last one is slightly smaller, with a full load of [-] tons, and it has just entered service at the end of this year.

The total tonnage of these capital ships is 40 tons, the total tonnage of battleships is 24 tons, and the total tonnage of aircraft carriers is 16 tons.

According to the provisions of the naval treaty, the Thai and Western countries have a capital ship share of 32 tons.

In addition, it has a special tonnage of [-] tons for aircraft carriers.

At the same time, the treaty also stipulates that the tonnage share of upper-level warships can be used to build lower-level warships.

Aircraft carriers are placed below battleships.

With the strong support of Nelson, the British took out a capital ship tonnage of [-] tons to build an aircraft carrier.

The goal is to keep the number of battleships and carriers the same.

Of course, Nelson absolutely supported the aircraft carrier, but he did not make a decision to build all aircraft carriers.

Nelson himself, as well as conservatives in the British navy and government, still dare not bet entirely on the aircraft carrier.

Since the signing of the treaty, the British have maintained the speed of starting two ships a year, and continue to update and build new capital ships.

So far, it has taken a total of eight and a half years, and the shipbuilding plan for all capital ships has been completed by the end of this year.

The last battleship and the last aircraft carrier were both commissioned ahead of schedule for the king's coronation.

At the same time, the traditional battleships retained by the United Kingdom, the experimental early dreadnoughts built after the war, and the test aircraft carriers converted from cruisers have all been decommissioned and dismantled in accordance with the provisions of the treaty.

The twelve capital ships now are all the current capital ships of the United Kingdom.

The front and rear of the main fleet are a total of 24 cruisers, almost half of which are new cruisers completed in recent years, and the remaining half are old ships that have been kept in good condition.

The tonnage of the new British cruisers is about [-] tons, and the old cruisers generally do not exceed [-] tons.

The traditional armored cruiser has been completely dismantled as the teacher's battleship.

The British cruiser update has not been fully completed, because the old cruiser is still barely usable, and the capital ship is the one that determines the status of the navy.

On the periphery of the cruiser, there are a total of 48 destroyers of various types, also of half-new and half-old specifications.

The new destroyer is slightly larger, with a full load displacement of about [-] tons, while the old destroyer is smaller, usually only about [-] tons.

In the end there were sixteen submarines.

These a total of one hundred warships are already the vast majority of the British Navy's combat ships.

For the coronation of George IV, the British recalled almost all warships to the mainland.

In the colonies of Southwest Mexico and the American colonies, there are only some particularly old cruisers and destroyers patrolling.

George IV sailed among the rows of battleships on a new cruiser.

When he came to the battleship area, George IV, standing on the deck, saw the positions of a total of twelve battleships at a glance.

George IV immediately thought that during the World War, the battleship fleet of the British Navy could not be seen at a glance.

George IV suddenly felt a little regretful:
"Our capital ships are much less than in the World War. At that time, the United Kingdom had at least [-] capital ships..."

Prime Minister Jenkinson, who was by George IV's side, explained very intimately when he heard the king's emotion:

"Your Majesty, the capital ships of the World War period, the largest tonnage of the Formidable class is only [-] to [-] tons.

"Most of the older capital ships are actually only about [-] tons.

"Our current battleship has a tonnage of [-] tons, and the new aircraft carrier has a tonnage of [-] tons.

"The current twelve capital ships have a purely calculated tonnage of 40 tons.

"Even if all of them are converted into Dreadful class, there are still 25 ships.

"If fighter jets are converted, the gap will be even greater. Today's battleships all have 360mm artillery and a speed of at least 25 knots.

"Beat the old ships before, one can support several ships.

"So if you simply count fighter jets, the Royal Navy is now much stronger than it was then."

George IV was right to think so, and his mood suddenly became happy again.

The inspection fleet passed through the British Navy's own fleet and arrived at the location of the ships of the visiting countries.

Daming arranged for two [-]-ton battleships, but did not arrange for an aircraft carrier to participate.

France, Prussia, Lucia, Austria, Italy, Ottomans, and Spain each sent a [-]-ton battleship.

These battleships are slightly different from the battleships used by the British themselves in terms of hull design, but their weapons are highly similar.

Basically, they were all modified according to the blueprint of Daming's [-]-ton warship.

All are three triple-mounted 360mm main guns, with the standard layout of two front and one rear.

Countries such as Britain, France, and Spain have their own experience in naval design, and their independent design is relatively large.

There are also more self-designed and produced equipment, mainly importing core equipment such as turbines and main guns from Daming.

Traditional landlocked countries like Lucia and Prussia have relatively little experience in naval design, and more use the original design provided by Ming Dynasty.

They also used more accessories produced by Ming Dynasty, and their country mainly produced the structural frame and conventional equipment of the battleship body.

Ottoman's warships were produced entirely using Daming's blueprints, and all imported accessories and materials were used.

The country only undertook the construction of the hull and completed a process of processing incoming materials.

In fact, this is already a huge improvement for Osman.

Daming really took him hand in hand to complete the actual construction of a battleship for cash.

Like the United Kingdom, France has completed the capital ship update plan, replacing all the 40 tons of main force with new warships.

Lucia and Prussia have less experience, and the construction speed is slightly slower. The shipyard still has several warships under construction in the last two years.

Spain, Austria, Italy, Ottoman and other countries have actually given up their plans to use up all the tonnage of their battleships.

Each completed four to six new capital ships of about [-], and the remaining tonnage of capital ships was made up of old ships.

However, the four countries did not verbally express their abandonment of completing the shipbuilding plan.

Portugal gave up its [-]-ton battleship and built two [-]-ton high-speed battleships using Ming's drawings.

The Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden purchased a light battleship of over [-] tons from Ming Dynasty.

Morocco, a nominally independent country, received an old-fashioned warship presented by Ming Dynasty, and at the same time paid for it to be converted into a dreadnought ship by Ming Dynasty.

These five countries also sent their strongest warships to England to participate in George IV's coronation parade.

In this way, there are a total of fourteen capital ships brought by foreign guests on the scene, which is two more than Britain's own capital ships.

In the current naval system, the British attach great importance to aircraft carriers and have created the main fleet of "six battles and six aviation".

The navies of other countries are still dominated by battleships.

Prussia and Lucia, which had the best financial status in the past few years, were planning to use up the [-]-ton aircraft carrier dedicated tonnage and build three [-]-ton fleet aircraft carriers.

The tonnage of capital ships of 32 tons will all be used to build high-speed capital ships.

In mainstream naval thinking, the status of battleships is still higher than that of aircraft carriers, so aircraft carriers can use the tonnage of battleships.

Britain does not deny this either.

Therefore, the warships that go out to participate in the coronation ceremonies of other countries' kings are still the best battleships in their own countries.

When George IV's ship passed through this fleet, George IV himself on board couldn't help fantasizing:
"It would be great if these warships were also ours..."

But fantasies are just fantasies. Even if these countries give these warships to the UK, the current UK will find it difficult to keep them.

The total naval tonnage stipulated in the naval treaty is actually almost the most suitable naval tonnage for Britain.

Without a sufficiently large overseas colony, there will not be enough tax revenue to support Britain to build and maintain a large fleet.

There are also not enough overseas interests that require a large enough fleet to protect.

The British ship review continued into the afternoon.

The reviewing fleet returned to the naval port, and the reviewing fleet also returned to the port or went to the station separately under the command of Nelson.

King George IV of the United Kingdom, as well as the royal families, dignitaries and celebrities from various countries who came to visit, returned to London together again.

George IV once again gave a large banquet for these distinguished guests.

The warships and passenger ships represented by various countries originally had their final destinations at Yingtianfu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Britain has also prepared a mission to Ming Dynasty.

While the King of England's coronation ceremony and ship review were officially held, the fleet had also completed its overhaul and replenishment of fuel and durable supplies.

George IV had been the de facto king for more than a decade, and the coronation was merely ceremonial.

After the coronation of George IV, representatives of the Thai and Western countries rested in London for two days.

On the morning of December 1820, 12 in the Western calendar, the missions of the Thai and Western countries officially set off for the mainland of Ming Dynasty.