Steam Frigate

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*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..	
*Medium ship which can be used for all manner of tasks, from frontline duty all the way to patrol and interdiction of enemy marine infiltration..
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
* [4]
*  	20.2s(303t) 	335 	16 	38 	2.1s(32t) 	47 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 200;: 120 	: 6;: 3 	3 	 	16 	0–15 	
*+2 splash damage radius. 	 	
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===Overall strategy===
Once Industrialisation is achieved, it will be possible to replace all medium and heavy vessels with the Steam Frigate, essentially an 18th century style sailing ship repurposed to fit a boiler and simple paddlewheels or screw propulsion, making it faster and with better agility, attack and accuracy of fire. The Steam Frigate, while combining the awesome power of the Ship of the Line with better agility and mobility, is still very much fragile insofar as wooden warships go, so you should be careful when using it against enemy Ironclads. The Steam Frigate however is substantially faster, and so can be used to gun down most light attack craft, including later Torpedo Boats.
If you are playing as the Asian factions, be prepared for a long and painful game, because Steam Frigates and Torpedo Boats are all you will be able to build, unless you can capture a Military-Industrial Complex from the European factions to research Armour Plating which will allow access to the Ironclad.
For France, the Steam Frigate is not built, but is instead replaced with the Gloire, an Ironclad-type battleship, obviating the need for a separate Ironclad line, making the French navy of the early Industrial Era a potent menace to other seagoing powers..
==History==
While the fully rigged ship was reaching its peak potential in the form of the Clipper-type ships of northern Europe and America in civilian navigation, the navies of various nations were seeking to convert as many warships into steamships once mastery of steam propulsion was achieved in the early mid-19th century. The most obvious target of these were the legacy-era wooden frigates (such as the 19th century HMS Neptune), because they were substantially large enough to carry guns, yet were small enough to be propelled forward by steam power, usually by way of the screw propeller. Because steam power was still very much in its infancy and coal supplies weren't always available (especially if serving outside of Europe), sails were maintained as an economical or last-resort option.
One good example of such a hybrid warship was the Napoléon, built by France. Launched in 1850, Napoléon was a state-of-the-art "screw battleship" armed in the 18th century fashion — she carried 90 guns  arranged to fire broadsides from two gun decks, and was able to muster a constant speed of 14 knots. Her performance during the Crimean War of 1853-6 was so stellar that it ushered in a new arms race amongst Europe's maritime nations to catch up as quickly as they could, eventually leading to the emergence of ironclad warships and the dreadnoughts — the world's first genuine modern warships.
Category:Medium ships