Monitor

"I have bedimmedThe noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds,And ’twixt the green sea and the azured vaultSet roaring war—to th' dread rattling thunderHave I given fire, and rifted Jove’s stout oak With his own bolt...."
— William Shakespeare, The Tempest (Act 5, scene i)
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Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines	
Weak armoured naval vessel which sacrifices speed and rate of fire for greater range and attack, making it ideal as a defensive or support unit.
*Strong versus: line ships and structures
*Weak versus: Fire Vessels, Torpedo Boats, and Submarines
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
* [4]
*  	18s(270t) 	298 	13 	70 	3.1s(46t) 	37 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 250 	: 6;: 9 	2 	 	9 	0-12 	
*+3 splash damage radius.
*Defensive bonus against pre-Industrial naval units.
*Armour-piercing shot	 	
     	     	     	     	     	     	     	     	    
===Overall strategy===
A Monitor is a smaller class of Ironclad which functions like a steam-powered Galley. She doesn't move as quickly as a normal Ironclad and has lower attack accuracy, rate of fire and hitpoints, but make no mistake — Monitors are still very effective at the work that they do, and are also cheaper as well — they fire nasty explosive shells, thus making them very effective at attacking almost all units and buildings with the exception of Transport Cutters and Torpedo Boats. Thus if you are playing maps such as New World or Nile Delta, Monitors can be devastatingly effective when used to support landings or defend marine territory from enemy warships, particularly enemy ironclads, but don't expect them to be of any use in defending against amphibious landings. While the Portuguese can't construct them and the British don't need them (because they get the better Devastation-class (and the Persians can't build any warships beyond the Steam Frigate) Monitors are still to be found in many of the navies of the world, but it's in the Far East and the Pacific that they are most vital. While they work well as a support vessel for Japan, Monitors are sine qua non for the Korean, Mexican, Peruvian, and Siamese war fleets as they can be used alongside the weaker Steam Frigate to punish unwary Western fleets that have the Ironclad. Use the Monitors to counter the weaker Steam Frigates and punish enemy buildings, pit your Torpedo Boats against enemy Ironclads and Monitors, and then deploy the Steam Frigates as support to chase down the slower Torpedo Boats. Never try to use Monitors against an enemy with superiority in Torpedo Boats or Submarines, or who has placed Rifled Guns within the vicinity of his fortifications.
==History==
The monitor was a class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. The original monitor was designed by John Ericsson in 1861 who named it the USS Monitor. It was the first ironclad as well as the first to use gun turrets. They were designed for shallow waters and served as coastal ships. The term "monitor" also encompassed more flexible breastwork monitors, and was sometimes used as a generic term for any turreted ship.
"Monitor" also represents the strongest of riverine warcraft, known as river monitors. In the early 20th century, the term "monitor" was revived for shallow-draft armoured shore bombardment vessels, particularly those of the British Royal Navy: the Lord Clive class monitors carried guns firing heavier shells than any other warship ever has, seeing action (albeit briefly) against German targets during World War I. The Lord Clive vessels were scrapped in the 1920s. Nevertheless, these small and slow but heavily armed vessels continued to see service until the end of the Second World War, their final use in history being (once more) by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.
Category:Light ships
Category:IroncladsCategory:anti-armour