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A history of Naval development between the 3rd Yerasol war and the Obscurati wars (wip)
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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 8000876" data-attributes="member: 6920268"><p><strong>Structure of the Risuri Military</strong></p><p>The roots of the Risuri military organisation lie in the feudal past of the country each Duchy is required to provide a certain amount of military force based on its size while some of the taxes to the king go on either supplements for these ducal forces or royal units. The 4 largest duchies Slate, Flint,Shale and Bole dominate the military . Slate provides the infantry core of the army, Bole most of the Cavalry with some mountain troops as well, Flint provides an industrially produced navy and most of the artillery corp for the army and Shale traditionally provided the entire navy but now provides a traditional navy and a force of troops trained in amphibious warfare. Most of the minor duchies provide units as auxiliaries to the larger ducal militaries or specialist units. The duchies also all have a responsibility to organise a militia system which can be called up in the event of an invasion, this has only ever been mobilised along the Beran border and usually a partial mobilisation to defend against border raids while regular units hunt the raiders.</p><p>Shale normally bears the brunt of the fighting in the Yerasol campaigns with Flint taking a larger share as time goes by with infantry reinforcements from Slate. Importantly each duch decides on what sort of military to create and what to equip it with , the crown advises and tries to coordinate but the result of this has been that the deeply traditional duchy of Shale and the more technocratic duchy of Flint have produced wildly divergent naval forces and often coordinate very poorly</p><p></p><p><strong>The 3rd Yerasol War</strong></p><p>The 3rd Yerasol was was the first time the Danoran’s used steam powered ship. Both sides had started using cannon (In the Risuri Flint fleet and the Danoran fleet) some time earlier , the Slate fleet refused to use cannon but their smaller and faster ships specialised in closing and boarding or bringing mages to bear. </p><p>The early battles soon demonstrated that the magically assisted sailing vessels of the Risuri remained superior to the Danoran ships. Just adding a steam engine to the wooden walled ships of the Danoran fleet did not offset enough of the advantages conveyed by the heavy use of magic in the Risuri fleet although it did close the gap. Commentators at the time wondered why Danor had pushed this conflict when they did as post war discoveries showed that within a few years they could have had armoured steel ships in action with more powerful rifled cannon.</p><p></p><p>Two Danoran navy programs offered them some hope of redressing the balance ultimately neither would have the desired effect although the second would set the course of the future wars. The first program was an emergency production of small steam powered coastal monitors a number of designs were produced in small numbers but the typical ship had almost no freeboard with only a low deck, a deckhouse for navigation and a rotating armoured turret mounting two 25-40kg Rifled Muzzle loading cannon. These ships were horridly unseaworthy prone to sinking in anything resembling bad weather but combined with coastal forts inflicted nastly losses on some Risuri coastal raids, the one attempt to deploy them to break the Risuri blockade was a disaster when a storm summoned by Risuri druids broke over them and sanh six of them with all hands.</p><p>The second program was even more disastrous in the short term, part way through the war the Sovereign apparently realising that the armoured frigates would not be operational in time gambled in the conversion of one of their ships of the line to a hybrid armoured ship. Cut down to one deck and with armour plate intended for the Freedom class armoured frigates the vessel had been rearmed with a battery of 25kg rifled muzzle loaders and had nearly finished fitting out in the Cherage naval yards when a group of Risuri adventurers sneaked into the yard and stole the ship sailing it out of the yard and running the gauntlet of the coastal batteries to meet up with the Risuri blockade fleet. The leader of the Raid the future King Aodhan made his name for the raid and always insisted that they never fired the ships guns, while the Danorans insisted they had fired destroying an orphanage for the orphans of sailors located near the naval yards, King Aodhan maintained that any damage must have been done from wayward shells fired by the Danoran coastal defenses.</p><p>Not long after the theft a ceasefire was concluded and the Danorans were forced to give up several islands including Axis island to the Risuri. It was always clear that the peace settlement had settled nothing and at some point hostilities would resume between the two sides.</p><p></p><p><strong>Risuri Navy between the 3rd and 4th Yerasol Wars</strong></p><p>With the end of the war the Shale fleet was complacent they were happy with the performance of their ships although they did acknowledge that adding cannon or fusils to their ships would improve tactical flexibility and began a program to arm new construction with the weapons and refit existing ships were possible.</p><p>The Flint fleet were much more concerned by that they saw, while they rightly concluded that the monitors were no use for anything more than coastal defenses they carried out tests on the SDS Droits De Le Homme and concluded that the combination of the armour and the range of its rifled cannon would enable it to crush almost any of their wooden walled ships. Further they knew that the Danorans planned to build steel hulled ships soon which would be more powerful. With the support of Governor Stansfield they began a program to develop better steel mills, steam engines and cannon foundries. They feared correctly that propelling large iron ships with magic and magical sails alone would prove difficult so steam engines would be necessary. It would be some time before they could produce their own steel hulled battleships so they began a program similar to that of the Danorans in the war. As sufficient steel plate and engines became available they began cutting down (Razee’ing) their ships of the line adding engines and armour. All their ships were fitted with larger rifled muzzle loading cannon replacing the smaller smooth bores many of which went to the army or the Shale navy.</p><p>They also produced a number of small monitor type vessels initially with fixed mount cannon for coastal defense.</p><p>Fortunately none of the conversions were still in service by the time of the 4th war instead the purpose build warships and the monitors would make up the Flint fleet </p><p>The Hero class was typical of most of the fleet with 16 similar ships in the fleet</p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GFcGqGggcxCOvmYsyOzw6xBI5TKOu09-LJKKjUlGz4ZswgnChF4jGcb2CmojlOUdZ5j6tOQZCNBFdsToNE_Aiw2qsWymJyGfnwFj51ckA8-SDBwiW_glqY3v0dK24yxng6mUVJz0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Displacement 6710t</p><p>Dimensions 280ft by 56ft</p><p>Machinery 1 shaft steam engine 2300hp 12.7kts , fully rigged with magically augmented </p><p>Armour belt 4.5in, battery 4.5in, bulkheads 2.5in. All of this armour was backed by about 18in of none structural wood giving flexibility to the armour and preventing spalling</p><p>Armement 24 75lb rifled muzzle loaders</p><p></p><p>As the 4th war grew nearer and tensions rose, King Aidhan took the throne alarmed by RHC reports of the Danorans building newer and larger ships but lacking in details he authorised the building of the six Minotaur class broadside ironclads</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pgHTNsLd36r8Gt9QWXi65FEXJkrbcGoF-H_kgr6Uy5gtsGIXlsje-MmM2DfWhBP_I0eT98UYepWigSzQctm8qZGI8WTTgbeJETDZoA37g0WUBdkAmVzBtZPLwGwp3LwPm_V54gd0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Displacement 10,600t</p><p>Dimensions 400ft by 59ft</p><p>Machinery 1 shaft 6700hp 14.7kts</p><p>Armour Belt and Battery 5.5 in amidships and 4.5in at ends with 10in wood backing, 5.5in bulkheads</p><p>Armament 32 75lb Rifled Muzzleloaders</p><p></p><p>The lighter units remained wooden sailing sloops and were largely intended for long range overseas duties and scouting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Moreton, post: 8000876, member: 6920268"] [B]Structure of the Risuri Military[/B] The roots of the Risuri military organisation lie in the feudal past of the country each Duchy is required to provide a certain amount of military force based on its size while some of the taxes to the king go on either supplements for these ducal forces or royal units. The 4 largest duchies Slate, Flint,Shale and Bole dominate the military . Slate provides the infantry core of the army, Bole most of the Cavalry with some mountain troops as well, Flint provides an industrially produced navy and most of the artillery corp for the army and Shale traditionally provided the entire navy but now provides a traditional navy and a force of troops trained in amphibious warfare. Most of the minor duchies provide units as auxiliaries to the larger ducal militaries or specialist units. The duchies also all have a responsibility to organise a militia system which can be called up in the event of an invasion, this has only ever been mobilised along the Beran border and usually a partial mobilisation to defend against border raids while regular units hunt the raiders. Shale normally bears the brunt of the fighting in the Yerasol campaigns with Flint taking a larger share as time goes by with infantry reinforcements from Slate. Importantly each duch decides on what sort of military to create and what to equip it with , the crown advises and tries to coordinate but the result of this has been that the deeply traditional duchy of Shale and the more technocratic duchy of Flint have produced wildly divergent naval forces and often coordinate very poorly [B]The 3rd Yerasol War[/B] The 3rd Yerasol was was the first time the Danoran’s used steam powered ship. Both sides had started using cannon (In the Risuri Flint fleet and the Danoran fleet) some time earlier , the Slate fleet refused to use cannon but their smaller and faster ships specialised in closing and boarding or bringing mages to bear. The early battles soon demonstrated that the magically assisted sailing vessels of the Risuri remained superior to the Danoran ships. Just adding a steam engine to the wooden walled ships of the Danoran fleet did not offset enough of the advantages conveyed by the heavy use of magic in the Risuri fleet although it did close the gap. Commentators at the time wondered why Danor had pushed this conflict when they did as post war discoveries showed that within a few years they could have had armoured steel ships in action with more powerful rifled cannon. Two Danoran navy programs offered them some hope of redressing the balance ultimately neither would have the desired effect although the second would set the course of the future wars. The first program was an emergency production of small steam powered coastal monitors a number of designs were produced in small numbers but the typical ship had almost no freeboard with only a low deck, a deckhouse for navigation and a rotating armoured turret mounting two 25-40kg Rifled Muzzle loading cannon. These ships were horridly unseaworthy prone to sinking in anything resembling bad weather but combined with coastal forts inflicted nastly losses on some Risuri coastal raids, the one attempt to deploy them to break the Risuri blockade was a disaster when a storm summoned by Risuri druids broke over them and sanh six of them with all hands. The second program was even more disastrous in the short term, part way through the war the Sovereign apparently realising that the armoured frigates would not be operational in time gambled in the conversion of one of their ships of the line to a hybrid armoured ship. Cut down to one deck and with armour plate intended for the Freedom class armoured frigates the vessel had been rearmed with a battery of 25kg rifled muzzle loaders and had nearly finished fitting out in the Cherage naval yards when a group of Risuri adventurers sneaked into the yard and stole the ship sailing it out of the yard and running the gauntlet of the coastal batteries to meet up with the Risuri blockade fleet. The leader of the Raid the future King Aodhan made his name for the raid and always insisted that they never fired the ships guns, while the Danorans insisted they had fired destroying an orphanage for the orphans of sailors located near the naval yards, King Aodhan maintained that any damage must have been done from wayward shells fired by the Danoran coastal defenses. Not long after the theft a ceasefire was concluded and the Danorans were forced to give up several islands including Axis island to the Risuri. It was always clear that the peace settlement had settled nothing and at some point hostilities would resume between the two sides. [B]Risuri Navy between the 3rd and 4th Yerasol Wars[/B] With the end of the war the Shale fleet was complacent they were happy with the performance of their ships although they did acknowledge that adding cannon or fusils to their ships would improve tactical flexibility and began a program to arm new construction with the weapons and refit existing ships were possible. The Flint fleet were much more concerned by that they saw, while they rightly concluded that the monitors were no use for anything more than coastal defenses they carried out tests on the SDS Droits De Le Homme and concluded that the combination of the armour and the range of its rifled cannon would enable it to crush almost any of their wooden walled ships. Further they knew that the Danorans planned to build steel hulled ships soon which would be more powerful. With the support of Governor Stansfield they began a program to develop better steel mills, steam engines and cannon foundries. They feared correctly that propelling large iron ships with magic and magical sails alone would prove difficult so steam engines would be necessary. It would be some time before they could produce their own steel hulled battleships so they began a program similar to that of the Danorans in the war. As sufficient steel plate and engines became available they began cutting down (Razee’ing) their ships of the line adding engines and armour. All their ships were fitted with larger rifled muzzle loading cannon replacing the smaller smooth bores many of which went to the army or the Shale navy. They also produced a number of small monitor type vessels initially with fixed mount cannon for coastal defense. Fortunately none of the conversions were still in service by the time of the 4th war instead the purpose build warships and the monitors would make up the Flint fleet The Hero class was typical of most of the fleet with 16 similar ships in the fleet [IMG]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GFcGqGggcxCOvmYsyOzw6xBI5TKOu09-LJKKjUlGz4ZswgnChF4jGcb2CmojlOUdZ5j6tOQZCNBFdsToNE_Aiw2qsWymJyGfnwFj51ckA8-SDBwiW_glqY3v0dK24yxng6mUVJz0[/IMG] Displacement 6710t Dimensions 280ft by 56ft Machinery 1 shaft steam engine 2300hp 12.7kts , fully rigged with magically augmented Armour belt 4.5in, battery 4.5in, bulkheads 2.5in. All of this armour was backed by about 18in of none structural wood giving flexibility to the armour and preventing spalling Armement 24 75lb rifled muzzle loaders As the 4th war grew nearer and tensions rose, King Aidhan took the throne alarmed by RHC reports of the Danorans building newer and larger ships but lacking in details he authorised the building of the six Minotaur class broadside ironclads [IMG]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pgHTNsLd36r8Gt9QWXi65FEXJkrbcGoF-H_kgr6Uy5gtsGIXlsje-MmM2DfWhBP_I0eT98UYepWigSzQctm8qZGI8WTTgbeJETDZoA37g0WUBdkAmVzBtZPLwGwp3LwPm_V54gd0[/IMG] Displacement 10,600t Dimensions 400ft by 59ft Machinery 1 shaft 6700hp 14.7kts Armour Belt and Battery 5.5 in amidships and 4.5in at ends with 10in wood backing, 5.5in bulkheads Armament 32 75lb Rifled Muzzleloaders The lighter units remained wooden sailing sloops and were largely intended for long range overseas duties and scouting [/QUOTE]
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