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    phavoc reacted to rinku's post in the thread Imperial Battleships with Like Like.
    It isn't a proper frigate unless it's a three masted ship with a single gun deck!
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    The Brits converted the Atlantic Conveyor into a sort of armed merchant / auxiliary carrier when they embarked Harriers and helo's...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    Yeah, we started seeing the displacement inflation during the war as technology, need and other things shaped the designs and sizes of...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    Size CAN BE a function of role, but there are often other considerations at play that dictate such things. Historically things like...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    Had to look that one up. You are referring to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Maritime Security Program (MSP). It's mostly...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    Palidan Anti-Palidan
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    phavoc replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    Aye, politics has a way of sometimes intruding upon things. As the Alaska class shows, even services sometimes let their biases...
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    phavoc reacted to rinku's post in the thread Imperial Battleships with Like Like.
    The type of ship called "Destroyer" derived its name from "torpedo boat destroyer" anyway. Make a specialist space station killing ship...
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    phavoc reacted to Terry Mixon's post in the thread Imperial Battleships with Like Like.
    But what about feldercarb?
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    phavoc replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    But isn't that the point of using a label? To convey a concept? If I build a 500k Dton warship and I call it a destroyer, that's fine...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    I am not aware of the RN paying for weapon mounts at the time of building a ship. I looked up what I could in my naval books and the...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    Jervis Bay was doing escort duty for a small convoy, and it's Captain engaged to save as many convoy ships as possible. Jervis Bay...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Number of staff in Commercial Zones on Space Stations.
    Also keep in mind that station populations are microcosm's of reality. I had created a small station and added in personalities behind...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    AMC's would never want to deliberately seek out a confrontation with a real warship - the odds are heavily against them. Their best bet...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Merchants weapons.
    The Royal Navy didn't have enough warships, even with 2nd and 3rd tier ships being used, to perform all the patrols required. What they...
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