Line ship class ships

A ship of the line is a type of naval warship constructed to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside firepower to bear. Since these engagements are almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time.
As such, Line ships, unlike escorts and battleships are purely built for combat purposes only.
A line is a naval formation, generally composed of four lines, the Vanguard, the Breach, the Barrage, and the Rear guard.
==Ram ship==
Main Article: Ram Ship
A ram ship, is a relatively straightforward Line ship. These line ships generally serve as the Vanguard. They use powerful engines to give them a boost of speed in order to use their namesake weapon comprised of an underwater prolongation of the bow of the ship to form an armoured beak. This boost of speed would be used at the last few seconds before impact in order to scare the enemy ship. This would be driven into the hull of an enemy ship in order to puncture the hull and sink, or at least disable, that ship, sometimes with enough force to pass through the enemy ship.
==Attack Ship==
Main Article: Attack Ship
Attack ships are generally the second line of warships, called the Breach. These ships are used if the ram ships fail to intimidate or eliminate their enemies. These ships are specialists in boarding actions, and most of their hull space is dedicated to troop transportation and their rapid deployment aboard enemy vessels.
==Gunship==
Main Article: Gunship
The third line of line formations called the Barrage, these line ships exist only for one reason, to fire more guns at their enemies, very available hull space is dedicated to some weapon or ammo dump to feed the immense appetite of the infernal salvo barrage gunships can unleash upon their enemies. Protected by heavy prow armour and primarily armed with lots of semi heavy and heavy guns. While also adding underwater weapon systems such as Torpedo Launchers to their arsenal. 
Gunships, due to the fact that they have literally no space for anything else, can not go on prolonged missions as all the hull space is dedicated to the infamous salvo barrages gunships unleash.
==Fighter Catapult Ship==
Main Article: Fighter Catapult Ship
Also known as lance ships, these warships have great launch pads to send aircraft into battle. They are generally in the back of line formations, providing air support and aerial reconnaissance for the rest of the line as a Rear Guard. However fighter catapult ships are limited to the fact that they can only carry equip and support one fighter at a time, and are virtually defenseless if the fighter is destroyed beyond four forward and rear mounted swivel guns.
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