Ship Design Philosophy

Spacestations: True Size of the Imperial Shipyards [999.M41] 3D Documentary

In this Warhammer 40,000 lore documentary series we will be exploring the True Size of the Imperial Navy of the 41st millennium. In our first episode we looked at the overall naval hierarchy, the ship classes, and a typical ship section. This includes everything from the smallest attack craft to Destroyers, Frigates, Battleships, and even Gloriana class flagships.

Now in this second episode we turn our attention to the means by which the fleet is constructed and put into service. This involves coverage of the typical construction steps for building a warship. We then cover the various tiers of Naval Shipyards which work to churn out the vast fleets of the Imperium.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:13 Fleet Size
07:09 Construction Steps
11:46 Naval Shipyards
12:49 Small Shipyards
14:13 Medium Shipyards
16:33 Large Shipyards
19:34 Massive Shipyards
21:56 Outro




Presumably, if you're ambitious enough, locate them on gas giant moons.

Cautionary tale from the Royal Navy, don't build warships larger than a substantial number of your dockyards can handle.
 
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