A ship is your vessel for moving pirates, commodities, going 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. The hold provides access to manage 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, longship, baghlah, merchant brig, junk, war brig, merchant galleon, xebec, war frigate, and grand frigate.

Construction

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

Ship Name	Iron	Sail cloth	Wood	Basic labor	Skilled labor	Expert labor	Doubloons	Others
Sloop	50	75	66	160	60	0	20	-
Cupid class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 masuyite 30 red paint 70 white paint
Emerald class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	80 green paint 5 gold nuggets
Frost class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	60	40	-
Harvest class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	70 brown paint 5 masuyite 30 persimmon paint
Inferno class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	5 masuyite 5 lorandite 70 red paint 70 orange paint 30 yellow paint 50 stone
Midas class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	100	40	10 gold nuggets 40 maroon paint 25 white paint
Phantom class sloop	50	75	66	250	0	0	40	5 masuyite 100 grey paint
Rogue class sloop*	50	75	66	160	60	0	20	20 black paint 30 grey paint 4 gold nuggets 2 masuyite
Verdant class sloop	50	75	66	160	60	50	40	40 lemon paint 40 lavender paint 10 white paint 5 gold nuggets
Cutter	100	150	150	250	100	0	30	-
Verdant class cutter	100	150	200	250	100	75	60	50 lemon paint 50 mint paint 5 gold nuggets
Dhow	125	150	150	200	125	50	32	3 lacquer 25 tan cloth
Longship	250	175	350	250	150	50	36	75 tan cloth
Frost class longship*	250	175	350	250	150	50	36	75 tan cloth 70 light blue paint
Baghlah	150	200	350	300	175	50	38	6 lacquer 50 tan cloth
Merchant brig	125	200	400	400	150	50	40	-
Junk	200	200	400	300	175	70	38	-
Fortune class junk	200	200	400	300	175	70	76	150 maroon paint 70 yellow paint
War brig	150	200	450	400	200	90	50	-
Cupid class war brig	150	200	450	400	220	150	100	50 stone 150 red paint 100 white paint
Gingerbread class war brig	150	200	450	350	220	150	100	7 gold nuggets 25 sugar cane 70 red paint 50 lime paint
Imperial class war brig	150	200	450	400	220	120	100	5 masuyite 50 red paint 70 white paint
Rogue class war brig*	150	200	450	400	200	90	50	60 black paint 90 grey paint 6 gold nuggets 6 masuyite
Merchant galleon	225	325	600	650	375	125	60	-
Xebec	210	300	560	525	350	115	55	15 lacquer 180 tan cloth
War frigate	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	-
Atlantean class war frigate*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	150 blue paint 100 grey paint 100 white paint 50 yellow paint 5 gold nuggets
Imperial class war frigate	250	400	650	700	450	250	150	10 masuyite 150 red paint 150 white paint
Rogue class war frigate*	250	400	650	700	450	175	75	100 black paint 150 grey paint 10 gold nuggets 10 masuyite
Grand frigate	500	600	1200	1200	850	350	100	-
Midas class grand frigate	550	600	1300	1200	1000	700	250	30 gold nuggets
Rogue class grand frigate*	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.

Capacity

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

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
Longship	15	5	3	3	3	small	12	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
Junk	18	6	4	4	3	large	12	27,000	18,000
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
Xebec	45	14	9	8	6	medium	24	182,250	121,500
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

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	Min Carp	Min Bilge	Min speed minutes/LP	Max speed minutes/LP
Sloop	4	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Cutter	7	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Dhow	7	1	1	5	1:00 (100%)
Longship	9	no data available
Baghlah	10	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
Merchant brig	12	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
War brig	14	2	1	5	1:15 (80%)
Junk	no data available
Merchant galleon	19	4	3	5	1:40 (60%)
Xebec	22	no data available
War frigate	33	6	3	5	1:40 (60%)
Grand frigate	46	12	partial data available		1:40 (60%)

Note that you get the max number of swabbies only with swabbie transport. With all other voyage types you will get only 4, with the exception of a sloop in which you will have only 3. (You may get some temporary additional ones if a player leaves in battle)

If no sails station is worked at any longer the ships will decelerate with time. Also they will accelerate to full speed if there are enough sailors working. Swabbies will always perform a high fine rating during the voyage, 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
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 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. 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.

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 you only 50% of the damage that would be caused by a normal enemy ship. 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

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	Minimum pirates for influence	Maximum pirate capacity	Total # of stations	Influence diameter	Firepower (small shot equivalent per turn)	Sinking damage (small shot equivalent)
Sloop	3	7	8	1	1	10
Cutter	4	12	12	2	1	12.5
Dhow	4	12	11	2	1.5	12.5
Longship	5	15	14	2	2	15
Baghlah	6	18	17	4	3	20
Merchant brig	7	20	23	4	1.5	20
Junk	6	18	18	4	2	25
War brig	8	30	23	6	3	25
Merchant galleon	10	30	40	6	2	30
Xebec	13	45	37	6	3	35
War frigate	17	75	54	8	4	50
Grand frigate	29	159	76	10	4	60

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.