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City of Erastor Question (Minor HFQ Spoiler)

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Re: City of Erastor Question (Minor HFQ Spoiler)
Post by AirTech   » Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:09 am

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jmseeley wrote:
n7axw wrote:Also, read snippet nine for Staynairs rumination about use of the Cities.

Don


That's what got me thinking about the Cities. As near as I can tell, they'll be filling the destroyer niche for the next few years. They should be cheap enough to replace a lot of the galleons as they age out. I don't see the Church or it's allies being able to build an equivalent before the war ends.

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Or you could build corvettes - timber hulls should work for convoy escorts.
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Re: City of Erastor Question (Minor HFQ Spoiler)
Post by AirTech   » Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:11 am

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jmseeley wrote:
n7axw wrote:Also, read snippet nine for Staynairs rumination about use of the Cities.

Don


That's what got me thinking about the Cities. As near as I can tell, they'll be filling the destroyer niche for the next few years. They should be cheap enough to replace a lot of the galleons as they age out. I don't see the Church or it's allies being able to build an equivalent before the war ends.

jms


Or you could build corvettes - timber hulls should work for convoy escorts.
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Re: City of Erastor Question (Minor HFQ Spoiler)
Post by jmseeley   » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:49 pm

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AirTech wrote:
jmseeley wrote:
That's what got me thinking about the Cities. As near as I can tell, they'll be filling the destroyer niche for the next few years. They should be cheap enough to replace a lot of the galleons as they age out. I don't see the Church or it's allies being able to build an equivalent before the war ends.

jms


Or you could build corvettes - timber hulls should work for convoy escorts.


I think I'd go with steel hulls. The Cities will be doing more than convoy escort duty, I expect them to be present at the confrontation with Thirsk. With explosive shells, wooden hulled warships are on borrowed time. A steel hulled ship will be useful for several years.

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Re: City of Erastor Question (Minor HFQ Spoiler)
Post by MWadwell   » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:48 am

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MWadwell wrote:
n7axw wrote:Also, read snippet nine for Staynairs rumination about use of the Cities.

Don


Thanks Don!

I also found this (brief) description in Snippet 8:

Claw Island would be a critical part of their end game strategy for the Gulf of Dohlar once the King Harahld VI I-class ships commissioned, but they’d hoped it might also serve as a support base for a squadron of the new City-class coastal ironclads. The Cities were too big to operate along the mainland canals the way the River and River II-class ships were intended to, and they were over four knots slower, but that extra displacement gave them marginally thicker armor and almost twice the endurance. More to the point — and despite Halcom Bahrns’ near miraculous feat of seamanship in the Tarot Channel — they were far better seaboats.


So we know that they are bigger then the River II class riverine ironclads, intended for coastal waters, has a speed of ~11 Safehold knots, slightly thicker armour, and have a range of ~7000 nautical miles at cruising speeds.



The best analogy I can find, is HMS Enterprise - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Enterprise_(1864)

Anyone else find a historical ship whose design is closer?
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Later,
Matt
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