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Old 06-26-2010, 10:12 AM   #1
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Default [3e] Hanseatic Caravel (TL3)

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This is a typical caravel of the 15th century. It would have been used as a merchant vessel by the Hanseatic League in the North and Baltic seas. Typical cargo capacity was 80 to 120 tons.

Subassemblies: Body +9 with Mediocre lines, one 59' Mast +1, one 79' Mast +2, one 39' Mast +0.
Powertrain: 2,971 sf of Cloth Sails.
Occupancy: 100 crew and passengers (tourists). Minimum crew is 1 driver + 3 sailors.
Cargo: 49+ tons

Armor: 3/6W overall

Body: Navigation instruments, galley.

Statistics:
Size: 118'x31'x88' Payload: 59 tons Lwt.: 195 tons
Volume: 16,400 cf. Maint.: 100 hours Price: $39,902

HT: 8. HPs: 5810 Body, 90 59' Mast; 161 79' Mast, 39 39' Mast.

wSpeed: 11 wAccel: 0.3 wDecel: 0.4 wMR: 0.02 wSR: 5
Draft: 9.4'. Flotation Rating: 467 tons.

Design Notes:
Structure is Medium, with Standard materials. Waterproofed. Armor is DR 6 Standard Wood. The volume of the armor is figured into the design, as per the rules on p. VEii5. The ship is designed at TL3, although the statistics are from a TL7 reproduction. The reproduction featured oak planks of 80mm (3") thickness; the DR is extrapolated from the table on p. B125. Volume was based on the ship's Gross Register Tons of 164 (100 sf/RT). Calculated sail area was 4,020 sf; the real-world SA is shown. Design draft was 5.4'; the actual draft is shown.
The actual replica contains a large number of items which are not accounted for in the design, since the design was meant to be TL3. TL7 items include: a 255-kW main engine with water screw (wSpeed 10 mph), 25-kW auxiliary diesel generator, environmental control, electrically powered windlass with 120m anchor chain, GPS, modern navigation instruments, radar, long-range radio, 4 life rafts, dingy with an outboard motor, 100 life jackets, 3 cellular phones, 2,245-gallon fuel tank, 265-gallon fuel oil tank, 1,850-gallon freshwater tank, 1,270-gallon sewage tank, and 1mm copper plating below the water line.
I discovered this design via a photo. While the real-world ship had excellent external dimensions, little is said about the interior. Hence, it was elected to leave this as customizable: GMs have 170,404 lbs. and/or 10,980 cf of interior space to play with. Cargo tonnage should be doubled at least, using up 98,000 lbs. and 4,900 cf. Also, certainly less than 100 persons would be on board as a cargo vessel, and in the current design there is no accounting for bunking anyone at all.
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Old 06-26-2010, 10:27 AM   #2
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How many passengers could be carried if they were willing and able to submit to Medieval conditions?
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How many passengers could be carried if they were willing and able to submit to Medieval conditions?
At 20 cf per Cramped Passenger Station, you could theoretically get 745 people on board. Of course, unless you're going out for a 10 minute spin, it would be miserable. I'll swim, thank you kindly.
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Old 06-27-2010, 09:46 AM   #4
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Pulled out my old "Bireme and Galley" rules. It gives a caravel's typical "war crew" with 1 months provisions as 50 men. Probably somewhat less as paying passengers.
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