Ship Designations

Smaller ships (Unrated)

Cutter
Minimum Manning: 5
Maximum Manning: 20
Cost to Commission: 5,000 gp
Notes: Gunship, typically with a single large cannon on the prow, and a set of cannonades on the stern.

Sloop
Minimum Manning: 7
Maximum Manning: 25
Cost to Commission: 10,000 gp
Notes: lighter and faster than a cutter, but less well armed, often used by Vering-Gol as they can attach a mage to the ship for firepower.

Barge
Minimum Manning: 5
Maximum Manning: 50
Cost to Commission: 3,000 gp
Notes: Civilian ship, unarmed transport. Can be militarized through magic. Low, wide and slow.
Scow
Minimum Manning: 10
Maximum Manning: 60
Cost to Commission: 5,000 gp
Notes: two sail flat bottomed ship, low and wide but faster than a barge
Ketch
Minimum Manning: 30
Maximum Manning: 80
Cost to Commission: 20,000 gp
Notes: Single gun decked ship, typically a 10 gun complement
Schooner
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Cost to Commission:
Notes: Single Gun deck, lighter and faster than a ketch, but less well armed, typically an 8 gun complement
Caravel
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Notes: Larger ship, three masted

Rated Ships

Frigate (6th Rate)
Minimum Manning: 200
Maximum Manning: 450
Cost to Commission: 1,000,000 Platinum
Notes: Standard rated ship, single gun deck, 48 gun complement, lower to the water, with a low castle
Carrack (5th Rate)
Minimum Manning: 300
Maximum Manning: 600
Cost to Commission: 1,500,000 Platinum
Notes: Fat and wide, they are slower on average than frigates or corvettes, though tend to carry more manpower than the frigates, having more comparable manning to Corvettes. 20 gun complement, large number of cannonades. Designed for longer range sailing and a greater manpower.
Corvette (4th Rate)
Minimum Manning: 400
Maximum Manning: 600
Cost to Commission: 2,500,000 Platinum
Notes: Single gun deck, 60 gun complement, much longer and less maneuverable ship, but carries many more people than a frigate. Remains relatively low to the water, making it faster than the Carrack, or even the Galleon
Galleon (3rd Rate)
Minimum Manning: 550
Maximum Manning: 800
Cost to Commission:
Notes: Slower than a corvette, larger complement, two gun decks, with a total gun complement of 60, though they have larger cargo holds, capable of hauling much more over the distances of sea travel. Commonly used by merchants.
Man o' War (2nd Rate)
Minimum Manning: 700
Maximum Manning: 1000
Cost to Commission:
Notes: Three gun deck, three masted monstrosities of the sea, often custom built to the specifications of the nation. Veringean ships will carry a 90 gun complement, while Ibralese ships tend to carry 120 gun complements. Minimal cargo holds for the size of the ship, these are typically used to run down opposition
Ship of the Line (1st Rate)
Minimum Manning: 900
Maximum Manning: 1300
Cost to Commission:
Notes: Three gun deck, built high and capable of not only raining fire down on most ships, but also devastating broadsides. They tend to be equivalent gun complements to a Man o' War, but have larger cargo holds. They are fatter, but keep pace with many 2nd rate ships, despite the additional heft