Release Schedule and ship building

  The release schedule for the remaining models is available on the Spartan Games website or in the forum.  The larger medium sized fliers are supposed to be out this month or April.  Beyond that it is up in the air.  With each of the fleet listings in the book, there are several class ships that exist, stat-wise, but there are no models or even drawings of the projected models.  I have decided to engage in a little design speculation and construct a few of the smaller vessels for my own use. 

  Starting with the Corvette stats, all the ship is armed with is a forward turret.  It is also a bit faster than the Frigate. So I decided to use frigates, carve off the aft turret and the port & stbd torpedo tubes and remove the aft stack, but retain the second boiler.  My logic is that the lighter weight and 2nd boiler adds speed without altering the structure of a frigate that much.

  Second I reviewed the Destroyer stats.  Again, the aft turret is missing from the stats lines, but forward firing torpedoes are present.  I wanted to emulate the US 4 stacker destroyer design.  (the ones from that Lend- Lease deal in real Earth history) and began by splitting 2 frigates, 1 aft of the second stack, the other forward of the first and then pinning & gluing them together.  The prototype was just too long, so I removed 1 pair (stack & boiler) and reassembled. Removed the aft turret and side torpedo tubes.  The result is a 3 stacker.  I made indentations for the forward firing torpedo tubes and added this design to my inventory. 

   

  My next design is still on paper, but it is for the Escorts.  All they add is the AA value to the capital ship they are escorting, so I was figuring on using the frigate hull once again.  Following the corvette design of a single stack / boiler arrangement & removing BOTH turrets.  I then will fill in the depression between the boiler and the poop deck.  I have to configure AA mounts, but they will occupy the new flush deck from the boiler to the stern.  Prototype has yet to be completed.

 Photos and drawings will follow.

   That is it from the Irish Navy, Design Division.