The construction of New Hamburg Port was even more difficult than East Africa's original construction of Mtwara Port. Not only was it far from East Africa and lacked the necessary population and industrial support, but the scale of the project was also far greater than Mtwara Port's. Therefore, New Hamburg Port had to prioritize the construction of a naval base.
While East Africa was preparing to build New Hamburg Port, Archduke Ferdinand also arrived in Austria and, familiar with the route, disembarked at Trieste Port.
Inside the Royal Shipyard, Ferdinand asked with great interest, "Is that giant ironclad Austria's new main battle vessel? Roughly what is its tonnage? How does it compare with the ironclad Lissa?"
The engineer said somewhat dejectedly, "If it really were an Austrian Navy warship, that would be wonderful. But according to the Navy, they have no new shipbuilding plans. This vessel was commissioned by a foreign country, though no one knows which one. Its displacement is more than two hundred tons greater than the Lissa's, and its technology is more advanced as well."
Archduke Ferdinand said, "Didn't Austria reclaim Venice? Now that control of the Adriatic Sea has returned to Austria's hands, the Navy's achievements this time were no less impressive than at the Battle of Lissa. Why are there no plans to build new warships?"
The engineer said, "Alas, precisely because the victory was more splendid than last time, the Navy captured quite a few vessels from the former Italian Adriatic Fleet. Aside from those distributed to the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples, all the rest were incorporated into the Imperial Navy. This led the Hungarian parliament to believe that the Navy no longer needed new ships, so they refused to allocate funds. Not only that, they even demanded cuts to naval