Cargo Capacity and Sea Transport

[rust]

While Arms & Equipment gives the cargo capacity of various ship types,
I seem unable to find any information on how this translates into passen-
gers or troops and into horses or livestock.

In Harnmaster a passenger requires about 1 ton of cargo space, and a
horse about 3 tons, and I think I will use these values for RQ II, too -
unless there is any other information I missed.

Some help with this would be most welcome - thank you.

 

[andyl]

What is a ton of cargo space?

Surely it depends on what cargo you are transporting? A ton of sheep fleeces for example takes up more space than a ton of gold.

For example a cubic metre of gold weighs 19.3 ton and a cubic metre of copper weighs 9 ton. I've no idea what the density of fleeces is but I bet it is much less (by orders of magnitude).

 

[rust]

Surely it depends on what cargo you are transporting?

Yep, but since cargo capacity in tons is the only available information
about what amount of "stuff" a specific type of ship can transport, it
is the only information that can be used to determine how many peo-
ple (passengers, troops, etc.) and/or animals (horses, etc.) can be
transported on that type of ship.

 

[dbhoward]

What is a ton of cargo space?

Surely it depends on what cargo you are transporting? A ton of sheep fleeces for example takes up more space than a ton of gold.

For example a cubic metre of gold weighs 19.3 ton and a cubic metre of copper weighs 9 ton. I've no idea what the density of fleeces is but I bet it is much less (by orders of magnitude).

No no no--- a "ton" (or "tonne") in shipping is a measure of volume, not weight. (Supposedly it is from the weight of displaced water or number of "tuns" of wine the ship could carry, or some such thing.) Tonnage measurements vary widely but usually 1 ton = 1 to 1.5 meters cubed. I've no idea what MRQ uses as its basis, though.

 

[andyl]

What is a ton of cargo space?

Surely it depends on what cargo you are transporting? A ton of sheep fleeces for example takes up more space than a ton of gold.

For example a cubic metre of gold weighs 19.3 ton and a cubic metre of copper weighs 9 ton. I've no idea what the density of fleeces is but I bet it is much less (by orders of magnitude).

No no no--- a "ton" (or "tonne") in shipping is a measure of volume, not weight. [/q]

Thanks, I didn't know.