Ship

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A ship is a vessel for moving pirates and commodities, pillaging, foraging, and holding other events. The various decks and rooms of a ship have the props to access the ship duty puzzles, configuration, and management.

From the ship's helm (or "navigation wheel") and navigation table, officers may configure voyage, manage jobbers, and view the officer bulletin board. From the hold, officers may manage the ship's inventory, trade commodities, bid at the market, and access vessel records.

A scaled down image showing all the ships' main decks. From left to right: sloop, cutter, dhow, fanchuan, longship, baghlah, merchant brig, junk, war brig, merchant galleon, xebec, war frigate, and grand frigate.

Capacity

Each ship class has a different capacity of total pirates, duty stations, and commodities it can carry. See also the list of commodity storage capacities of ships, for a more detailed breakdown of how many of each commodity will fit into the hold of each ship.

Ship Name	Pirates	Sails	Carp	Bilge	Guns	Gun Size	Shots	Mass	Volume
Sloop	7	3	2	2	1	small	4	13,500	20,250
Cutter	12	5	3	2	2	small	8	40,500	60,750
Dhow	12	5	3	2	1	medium	4	13,500	20,250
Fanchuan	12	5	3	2	1	large	4	13,500	20,250
Longship	15	5	3	3	3	small	12	13,500	20,250
Baghlah	18	6	4	4	3	medium	12	18,000	27,000
Junk	18	6	4	4	3	large	12	18,000	27,000
Merchant brig	20	6	9	6	2	medium	8	90,000	135,000
War brig	30	9	6	4	4	medium	16	54,000	81,000
Merchant galleon	30	9	14	14	3	large	12	270,000	405,000
War galleon	40	12	8	7	6	large	24	90,000	135,000
Xebec	45	14	9	8	6	medium	24	121,500	182,250
War frigate	75	18	18	12	6	large	24	216,000	324,000
Grand frigate	159	30	24	16	6	large	24	540,000	810,000

A Comparison of Ship Volumes

Ship handling and station performance

All ships move at a slow speed from league point to league point even if nobody works on a station, although damage and bilge will rise in this case (see floating). Assigning swabbies or pirates to some stations improves performance. This will raise the speed or keep damage and bilge low respectively.

With only swabbies working on stations during a swabbie transport the different ships can reach the following performance figures if the specified minimum is assigned to carp and bilge. Players can perform much better though the max and min speed of each vessel is fixed. (Referring to diagonal leagues. Horizontal are 40% longer)

Ship Name	Swabbies	Swabbie cut-off	Swabbie transport	Min Carp	Min Bilge	Min speed minutes/LP	Max speed minutes/LP
Sloop	5	6	5	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Cutter	10	11	10	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Dhow	10	11	10	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Fanchuan	10	11	10	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Longship	13	14	13	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
Baghlah	16	17	16	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
Merchant brig	18	19	18	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
War brig	22	23	22	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
Junk	16	17	16	2	2	5	1:25 (70%)
Merchant galleon	28	29	28	4	3	5	1:40 (60%)
Xebec	36	37	36	4	3	5	1:40 (60%)
War galleon	32	33	32	2	2	5	1:40 (60%)
War frigate	54	55	54	6	3	5	1:40 (60%)
Grand frigate	75	76	75	12	4	5	1:40 (60%)

Upon entering a Flotilla, Sea Monster Hunt, or Blockade (non-event), the swabbie count will drop back down to 4 (or 3 on a sloop).

Swabbies will start to leave the ship when additional yellow-named players come aboard when the total number of (yellow-named pirates + swabbies) reaches the "swabbie cut-off" number.

If a player leaves during battle, they will be replaced by an additional swabbie. After the first swabbie comes aboard, additional swabbies will only come once for every three pirates that leave.

If there are no pirates or swabbies working on sailing or rigging stations, the ships will decelerate with time. If there are enough pirates or swabbies working those sailing stations, the ship will accelerate to full speed. Swabbies will always perform a low fine rating during the voyage, while player ratings will vary depending on their skill. The following numbers assume swabbie performance.

Ship Name	in	Sailors (full speed range covered)
Ship Name	in	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Sloop	minutes LP	-10:10 -5.75	8:00 4.5	6:30 3.67
Cutter	minutes LP	-10:10 -5.75		8:00 4.5	7:25 4.20
Dhow	minutes LP	-9:15 -5.2		20:25 11.5	8:00 4.5
Fanchuan	minutes LP	no data available
Longship	minutes LP	no data available
Baghlah	minutes LP	-10:00 -4.8		18:15 8.8	8:00 3.85
Merchant brig	minutes LP	-10:00 -4.8		18:10 8.75	8:10 4.00	7:40 3.70	6:50 3.30
War brig	minutes LP	-10:00 -4.8			23:35 11.4	13:05 6.3	8:15 4.0	7:30 3.6
Junk	minutes LP	no data available
Merchant galleon	minutes LP	-9:45 -3.8			12:10 4.75	8:40 3.4	7:35 2.95	7:30 2.9	7:35 2.95
Xebec	minutes LP	no data available
War galleon	minutes LP	no data available
War frigate	minutes LP	-10:40 -4.15					69:15 27.0		15:15 5.95		10:10 3.95		7:35 2.95
Grand frigate	minutes LP	no data available

Damage

Each ship class can handle a different amount of damage in battle. The amount of damage a ship has taken is indicated on the damage meter. Maxing for swordfight damage (this is a historical name which predates the Rumble puzzle) will cause the occupants to have the maximum amount of black blocks in the Swordfight puzzle or lock out a large portion of the Rumble board during the melee stage of the battle. If the ships are at war, or in a sinking blockade, reaching full damage will cause a ship to sink.

A ship left unmanned in port will reset its damage and bilge to zero after 15-30 minutes. Stepping on board the ship will reset the timer.

Shot damage

Ship Name	Max SF/Rumble Damage			Full Damage
Ship Name	Small	Med	Large	Small	Med	Large
Sloop	6	4	3	10	6.667	5
Cutter	7.5	5	3.75	12	8	6
Dhow	7.5	5	3.75	12	8	6
Fanchuan	7.875	5.225	3.9375	13.125	8.75	6.5625
Longship	9	6	4.5	15	10	7.5
Baghlah	12	8	6	20	13.333	10
Merchant brig	12	8	6	20	13.333	10
Junk	15	10	7.5	25	16.66	12.5
War brig	15	10	7.5	25	16.667	12.5
Merchant galleon	18	12	9	30	20	15
Xebec	21	14	10.5	35	23.333	17.5
War galleon	15	10	7.5	25	16.667	12.5
War frigate	30	20	15	50	33.333	25
Grand frigate	36	24	18	60	40	30

Friendly fire

When ships from the same faction in a normal blockade shoot or ram each other, friendly fire applies. Friendly fire means that a "friendly" ship causes another ship only 50% of the damage that would be caused in normal circumstances. Friendly fire applies in blockades for all ships in the same faction, and flotillas for all player ships, but not in Brigand King blockades, or Atlantis.

Ram damage

See main article: Ram

When a ship runs into another ship, rocks, or some edges of the board, it also receives damage. The mechanics of ram movement are detailed on the Ramming page, including the amount of damage, included below.

Ram damage

Ship Name	Damage dealt by this ship (Equivalent hits by shot size)			Size class
Ship Name	Small	Medium	Large	Size class
Sloop	0.5	0.333	0.25	Small
Cutter	0.5	0.333	0.25	Small
Dhow	0.5	0.333	0.25	Small
Fanchuan	0.5	0.333	0.25	Small
Longship	0.5	0.333	0.25	Medium
Baghlah	1	0.667	0.5	Medium
Merchant brig	1	0.667	0.5	Medium
Junk	1.5	1	0.75	Medium
War brig	2	1.333	1	Medium
Merchant galleon	2.5	1.667	1.25	Large
Xebec	2.5	1.667	1.25	Large
War galleon ^(verify)				Large
War frigate	3	2	1.5	Large
Grand frigate	4	2.667	2	Grand

Rock damage

Ship Name	Equivalent no. of hits by shot size
Ship Name	Small	Medium	Large
Sloop	0.5	0.333	0.25
Cutter	0.625	0.417	0.3125
Dhow	0.625	0.417	0.3125
Fanchuan	0.65625	0.4375	0.328125
Longship	0.75	0.5	0.375
Baghlah	1	0.667	0.5
Merchant brig	1	0.667	0.5
Junk	1.25	0.833	0.625
War brig	1.25	0.833	0.625
Merchant galleon	1.5	1	0.75
Xebec	1.75	1.167	0.875
War galleon ^(verify)	1.25	0.833	0.625
War frigate	2.5	1.667	1.25
Grand frigate	3	2	1.5

Blockades

See main article: Blockade

In blockades, each ship class also has a different influence diameter. When choosing which ship to use in a blockade, it is important to know the trade-offs between influence diameter, firepower, damage capacity, and manpower required to run the ship.

Ship Name	Influence diameter	Min. crew for influence	Max. crew	Total # of stations ^	Move tokens per turn	Cannon shots per move	Cannon size	Firepower * (per turn)	Sinking damage *
Sloop	1	3	7	8	4	1 per side	small	1	10
Cutter	2	4	12	12	4	1 per side	small	1	12
Dhow	2	4	12	11	4	1 per side	medium	1.5	12
Fanchuan	2	4	12	11	3	1 per side	large	2	13.125
Longship	2	5	15	14	4	2 per side	small	2	15
Baghlah	4	6	18	17	3	2 per side	medium	3	20
Merchant brig	4	7	20	23	3	1 per side	medium	1.5	20
Junk	4	6	18	18	3	1 per side	large	2	25
War brig	6	8	30	23	3	2 per side	medium	3	25
Merchant galleon	6	13	30	40	3	1 per side	large	2	30
Xebec	6	12	45	37	3	2 per side	medium	3	35
War galleon	6	12	40	36	3	2 per side	large	4	25
War frigate	8	17	75	54	3	2 per side	large	4	50
Grand frigate	10	29	159	76	3	2 per side	large	4	60

* -- Small shot equivalent
^ -- Not including the helm

Construction

There are fourteen basic kinds of ships made at shipyards and many limited edition or design-based variations. Each one requires different amounts of various commodities, labor, and doubloons (doubloon oceans only).

Ship type	Variant	Iron	Sail cloth	Wood	Basic labor	Skilled labor	Expert labor	Doubs.	Other materials
Sloop	Standard	50	75	66	160	60	0	20 (15 )	-
	Mark II	50	75	66	160	60	30	30 (15 )	-
	Alice class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	80 blue paint 80 white paint 8 chalcocite 8 papagoite 4 gold nuggets
	Ancient class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	80 brown paint 4 gold nuggets
	Arctic class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 light blue paint 30 navy paint 20 blue paint 5 papagoite
	Bardic class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 sincosite 80 green paint
	Blizzard class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 light blue paint 40 aqua paint 30 navy paint 5 papagoite
	Casino class	50	75	80	160	60	50	40	40 red paint 20 white paint 10 black paint 30 green paint
	Celestial class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 grey paint 40 blue paint 30 navy paint 8 papagoite 5 chalcocite
	Chocolate class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 sugar cane 60 tan paint 40 brown paint 3 leushite
	Crimson class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	75 maroon paint 10 tan paint
	Cupid class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 masuyite 30 red paint 70 white paint
	Cursed class*	50	75	66	160	60	0	20	20 grey paint 10 purple paint 10 blue paint 10 white paint
	Dark class*	50	75	66	160	60	30	20	40 black paint 2 thorianite
	Defiant class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 red paint 5 lorandite
	Dream class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 purple paint 30 light blue paint 20 navy paint 20 white paint 4 tellurium 5 papagoite
	Emerald class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	80 green paint 5 gold nuggets
	Explorer class	90	75	100	160	60	50	40	60 brown paint 20 grey paint 5 leushite 5 chalcocite
	Frost class	50	75	66	160	60	60	40	-
	Funhouse class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	3 lorandite 3 tellurium 3 cubanite 30 red paint 30 white paint 30 yellow paint
	Gingerbread class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	15 sugar cane 4 masuyite 60 red paint 40 lime paint
	Gold class*	50	75	66	160	60	30	20	1 gold paint 40 yellow paint 25 white paint 2 cubanite 2 gold nuggets
	Gunpowder class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 orange paint 40 brown paint 5 black paint 3 masuyite 3 lorandite
	Harvest class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	70 brown paint 5 masuyite 30 persimmon paint
	Howl class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	3 leushite 3 sincosite 3 thorianite 30 brown paint 30 green paint 15 black paint
	Hunter class	90	100	75	160	60	50	40	60 green paint 30 navy paint 40 blue paint 5 papagoite 5 sincosite
	Inferno class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 masuyite 5 lorandite 70 red paint 70 orange paint 30 yellow paint 50 stone
	Jungle class	40	75	95	160	60	50	40	15 stone 80 green paint 5 sincosite
	Lagoon class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 masuyite 60 aqua paint 40 green paint
	Legendary class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	6 lorandite 2 tellurium 2 thorianite 60 red paint 15 white paint 15 black paint
	Lovestruck class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	3 tellurium 3 lorandite 70 white paint 30 maroon paint
	Midas class	50	75	66	160	60	100	40	10 gold nuggets 40 maroon paint 25 white paint
	Olympus class	40	75	95	160	60	50	40	15 stone 60 white paint 20 light blue paint 5 tellurium
	Phantom class	50	75	66	250	0	0	40	5 masuyite 100 grey paint
	Rainbow class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 red paint 20 orange paint 20 yellow paint 20 green paint 20 blue paint 20 purple paint 20 white paint
	Rogue class*	50	75	66	160	60	0	20	20 black paint 30 grey paint 4 gold nuggets 2 masuyite
	Roister class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 red paint 35 yellow paint 80 grey paint 8 cubanite 5 chalcocite 5 lorandite 2 gold nuggets
	Scrooge class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	60 maroon paint 5 lorandite
	Serpent class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 green paint 40 red paint 20 brown paint 5 gold nuggets 4 sincosite 4 lorandite
	Shadow class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	20 black paint 5 thorianite
	Skelly class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	60 grey paint 40 white paint 5 black paint 3 tellurium
	Smuggler class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	3 chalcocite 60 black paint 40 brown paint
	Steam class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	5 masuyite 40 orange paint 20 maroon paint 40 peach paint
	Tiburon class	60	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	10 tellurium 40 maroon paint 30 navy paint 10 red paint 40 white paint
	Torrid class	60	75	66	160	60	50	40	3 cubanite 3 lorandite 30 maroon paint 30 yellow paint 2 gold nuggets
	Tropic class	60	75	66	160	60	50	40	29 persimmon paint 60 green paint 3 masuyite 3 sincosite
	Undead class	90	75	100	160	60	50	40	50 green paint 30 purple paint 5 sincosite
	Valkyrie class	90	75	66	160	60	50	40	80 blue paint 80 grey paint 8 papagoite 8 chalcocite
	Vampire class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40 (30 )	80 red paint 80 grey paint 5 chalcocite
	Vampirate class*	50	75	66	160	60	50	20	40 black paint 20 maroon paint 2 thorianite 2 gold nuggets
	Verdant class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	40 lemon paint 40 lavender paint 10 white paint 5 gold nuggets
	Yuletide class	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	40 white paint 40 green paint 40 red paint 3 lorandite 3 tellurium 3 sincosite 4 gold nuggets
Cutter	Standard	100	150	150	250	100	0	30 (18 )	-
	Calamity class	100	150	200	250	100	75	60	25 navy paint 25 white paint 50 grey paint 5 thorianite 5 tellurium 5 chalcocite
	Harvest class	100	150	200	250	100	75	60	5 masuyite 70 brown paint 30 persimmon paint
	Verdant class	100	150	200	250	100	75	60	50 lemon paint 50 mint paint 5 gold nuggets
Dhow	Standard	125	150	150	200	125	50	32 (20 )	3 lacquer 25 tan cloth
Dhow	Rogue class*	125	150	150	200	125	50	32 (20 )	3 lacquer 25 tan cloth 30 black paint 50 grey paint 4 gold nuggets 3 masuyite
Fanchuan	Standard	150	150	175	200	125	50	32 (20 )	-
Fanchuan	Dragon class	150	150	175	200	175	75	64	50 green paint 30 lime paint 10 yellow paint
Longship	Standard	250	175	350	250	150	50	36 (24 )	75 tan cloth
Longship	Frost class*	250	175	350	250	150	50	36	75 tan cloth 70 light blue paint
Baghlah	Standard	150	200	350	300	175	50	38 (25 )	6 lacquer 50 tan cloth
Baghlah	Verdant class	150	200	350	300	175	50	76	60 lemon paint 60 lavender paint 20 white paint 6 gold nuggets
Merchant brig		125	200	400	400	150	50	40 (26 )	-
Junk	Standard	200	200	400	300	175	70	38 (25 )	-
Junk	Fortune class	200	200	400	300	175	70	76	150 maroon paint 70 yellow paint
War brig	Standard	150	200	450	400	200	90	50 (38 )	-
	Cupid class	150	200	450	400	220	150	100	50 stone 150 red paint 100 white paint
	Dark class*	150	200	450	350	220	100	50	50 black paint 4 thorianite
	Gingerbread class	150	200	450	350	220	150	100	7 gold nuggets 25 sugar cane 70 red paint 50 lime paint
	Gold class*	150	200	450	350	220	100	50	1 gold paint 50 yellow paint 50 white paint 4 cubanite 4 gold nuggets
	Haunted class*	150	200	450	400	200	90	50	10 chalcocite 250 navy paint
	Imperial class	150	200	450	400	220	120	100	5 masuyite 50 red paint 70 white paint
	Inferno class	150	200	450	400	200	150	100 (76 )	10 masuyite 140 orange paint 140 red paint 60 yellow paint 100 stone
	Rogue class*	150	200	450	400	200	90	50	6 gold nuggets 6 masuyite 60 black paint 90 grey paint
	Skelly class	150	200	450	400	220	100	50	7 tellurium 140 grey paint 10 black paint 100 white paint
	Smuggler class	150	200	450	350	220	150	80	150 grey paint 100 brown paint 1 chalcocite
Merchant galleon		225	325	600	650	375	125	60 (40 )	-
Xebec	Standard	210	300	560	525	350	115	55 (40 )	15 lacquer 180 tan cloth
Xebec	Wondrous class	225	325	555	600	400	150	110	50 brown paint 75 red paint 75 yellow paint 10 gold nuggets 15 lacquer 180 tan cloth
War galleon	Standard	210	300	550	525	350	115	60 (40 )	15 lacquer 180 tan cloth
War galleon	Quest class	210	300	550	525	350	115	120 (80 )	15 lacquer 180 tan cloth 60 white paint 60 blue paint 10 tellurium 10 papagoite
War frigate	Standard	250	400	650	700	450	175	75 (45 )	-
	Atlantean class*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	150 blue paint 100 grey paint 100 white paint 50 yellow paint 5 gold nuggets
	Casino class	250	400	650	700	450	250	150 (90 )	201 red paint 151 green paint 100 white paint 50 black paint
	Dark class*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	70 black paint 6 thorianite
	Gold class*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	1 gold paint 70 yellow paint 60 white paint 6 cubanite 6 gold nuggets
	Imperial class	250	400	650	700	450	250	150	10 masuyite 150 red paint 150 white paint
	Phantom class	250	400	650	700	450	250	150	300 grey paint 10 masuyite
	Rogue class*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	100 black paint 150 grey paint 10 gold nuggets 10 masuyite
Grand frigate	Standard	500	600	1200	1200	850	350	100 (50 )	-
	Midas class	550	600	1300	1200	1000	700	250	30 gold nuggets
	Rogue class*	500	600	1200	1200	850	350	100	150 black paint 200 grey paint 12 gold nuggets 10 masuyite

* -- These ships require a design that matches the ship name.

Historical notes

Prior to release 2004-04-28, there was no such thing as grappling. The swordfight began when both ships occupied the same square on the battle navigation board. Also, before this, the edges of the board acted like winds that pushed ships back onto the board.

The manage jobber control was added with release 2009-12-18, and vessel records were added with release 2004-05-07.

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Sloop (Mark II, Alice, Ancient, Arctic, Bardic, Blizzard, Casino, Celestial, Chocolate, Crimson, Cupid, Cursed, Dark, Defiant,

Dream, Emerald, Explorer, Frost, Funhouse, Gingerbread, Gold, Gunpowder, Harvest, Howl, Hunter,

Inferno, Jungle, Lagoon, Legendary, Lovestruck, Midas, Olympus, Phantom, Rainbow, Rogue, Roister, Scrooge,

Serpent, Shadow, Skelly, Smuggler, Steam, Tiburon, Torrid, Tropic, Undead, Valkyrie, Vampirate, Vampire, Verdant, Yuletide)

Cutter (Calamity, Harvest, Verdant) | Dhow (Rogue) | Fanchuan (Dragon)

Longship (Frost) | Baghlah (Verdant) | Merchant brig | Junk (Fortune)

War brig (Cupid, Dark, Gingerbread, Gold, Haunted, Imperial, Inferno, Rogue, Skelly, Smuggler)

Merchant galleon | Xebec (Wondrous) | War galleon (Quest, Shadow)

War frigate (Atlantean, Casino, Dark, Gold, Imperial, Phantom, Rogue) | Grand frigate (Midas, Rogue)

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Shipyard | Shipwrightery | Pillaging

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