Ship

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A ship is your vessel for moving commodities, going pillaging and holding other events.

Construction

There are nine different kinds of ships made at shipyards, each requiring different amounts of various commodities, labor, and doubloons (doubloon oceans only)

Ship Name	Wood	Iron	Sail cloth	Tan cloth	Lacquer	Basic	Skilled	Expert	Doubloons
Sloop	66 units	50 units	75 units	N/A	N/A	160 hours	60 hours	N/A	20
Cutter	150 units	100 units	150 units	N/A	N/A	250 hours	100 hours	N/A	30
Dhow	150 units	125 units	150 units	25 units	5 units	200 hours	125 hours	50 hours	35
Baghlah	350 units	150 units	200 units	50 units	10 units	300 hours	175 hours	50 hours	40
Merchant brig	400 units	125 units	200 units	N/A	N/A	400 hours	150 hours	50 hours	40
War brig	450 units	150 units	200 units	N/A	N/A	400 hours	200 hours	90 hours	50
Merchant galleon	600 units	225 units	325 units	N/A	N/A	650 hours	375 hours	125 hours	60
War frigate	650 units	250 units	400 units	N/A	N/A	700 hours	450 hours	175 hours	70
Grand frigate	1,200 units	500 units	600 units	N/A	N/A	1,200 hours	850 hours	350 hours	100

Capacity

Each ship class has a different capacity of total pirates, duty stations and commodities it can carry.

A Comparison of Ship Volumes

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

Damage

Each ship class can handle a different amount of damage in battle. 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.

Ship Name	Max SF Damage				Full Damage
	Small	Med	Large		Small	Med	Large
Sloop	6	4	3		10	6.66	5
Cutter	7.2	4.8	3.6		12	8	6
Dhow	7.2	4.8	3.6		12	8	6
Baghlah	12	8	6		20	13.33	10
Merchant brig	12	8	6		20	13.33	10
War brig	15	10	7.5		25	16.66	12.5
Merchant galleon	18	12	9		30	20	15
War frigate	30	20	15		50	33.33	25
Grand frigate	36	24	18		60	40	30

Ram Damage

Ramming inflicts damage based on the ship's size. When a ship hits the edge of the map or rocks, it takes the amount of damage as shown in the table. When a ship hits another ship, it inflicts that same amount of damage upon the other ship.

For example, if a grand frigate hits rocks it receives the equivalent of 1.5 large cannonballs worth of damage. If a sloop rams a merchant brig, the sloop receives the equivalent of 0.667 medium cannonballs worth of damage, and the merchant brig receives the equivalent of 0.5 small cannonballs worth of damage.

Ship Name	Equivalent no. of hits by shot size
	Small	Medium	Large
Sloop	0.5	0.333	0.25
Cutter	0.625	0.417	0.3125
Dhow	0.5	0.333	0.25
Baghlah	?	?	?
Merchant brig	1	0.667	0.5
War brig	1.25	0.833	0.625
Merchant galleon	1.5	1	0.75
War frigate	2.5	1.667	1.25
Grand frigate	3	2	1.5

External/Other Links

• Commonly discussed ideas from Game Design
• Ship Buying Guide
• List of known ship name fish names
• List of known ship name adjectives
• Ship icons displayed on dockside and when targeted
• Ship totals from each ocean (Feb 6, 2007)
• Ship Graphics (Outside)
• Ship Graphics (Inside)
• Ships Types resource, listing Stations, Capacities, etc... by Baldwin