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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J. Alexander" data-source="post: 2984101" data-attributes="member: 28453">Ship Design250 plates for the keel and sides up to the first gun deck  which would leave on the 1st deck and the quarter decks and forecastle being made of wood will cost the modest price of 40,000 gp Ideally i should add 50 more plates and that would mean that the entire skin of the ship would be steel hidden by a wooden veneer  that will bring the price to 48,000gpThis would give Michael an all steel ships and it would dispalce some 36,000 pounds or 18 tons...not bad as far as comparable weight goes. Added the cargo deck space etc and the cost goes up by 25,000gp.....figure in the cork and interior finishing and your looking at proaably  100.000gp for the ship. This would give Michael a ship with a two inch outer hull a 18 inch cork liner and then a one inch inner hull. The cork should offest to great deal the wieght of the steel as well as allow for a shallower draft that could be exptected. The cost may be somewhat reduced if he can negiotate and buy in bulk from one or two foundries and suppliers for the cork....lol maybe this can be roleplayed at a later date.....Now to find the capital <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>