First Blacklands War - Ship Stats

 Following my last posting, with its closing comments on modifying the naval units' Flotation Points values to be based up the weight of the vessels, Bob Cordery reminded me of the system he developed in his Portable Colonial Wargame.  

How could I have forgotten?  I'd used them myself for my HRMS Blunderer and the battle with the ironclads.  So I thought here to recalculate those 'stats' in accordance with his system.  The following is based upon the beam and waterline length of the models, not the originals from which they were modelled.  I also calculated the carrying capacity of the warships and merchant vessels, both.

A reminder:
A Warship's Flotation Points are determined by the expression

FP(WS) = (W x B x C x A)/2  Where;
W = waterline length (I've taken this as overall length, the difference being trivial on my toys)
B = Beam
C = Construction: 0.25 for wooden; 0.5 for iron or steel. 
A = Armour, graded from none (A=1), to light (A=1.25), medium (A=1.5) to heavy (A=2).

As all my vessels for the Blacklands war are held to have iron or steel construction, I've simplified the formula for the warships to:

FP(WS) = (W x B x A)/4.

The formula for the merchant vessels is:

FP(MS) = (W x B x C)/4, which simplifies to (W x B)/8.  As I am classing the armed merchant ship as a warship, its FP will be determined by the 'WS' formula.

I have also calculated the carrying capacity of my warships and merchant vessels.  

Hellenic (Greek):

• Lemnos: FP = (10 x 4 x 2)/4 = 80/4 => 20
• Georgios Averof: FP = (10.5 x 3.5 x 2)/4 = 73.5/4 => 18 
• Hydra: FP = (10 x 3.5 x 1.5)/4 = 52.5/4 => 13
• Psara: FP = (10 x 3.5 x 1.5)/4 = 52.5/4 => 13
• Thiros Class Destroyer: FP = (9 x 2 x 1.25)/4 = 22.5/4 => 6

Turcowaz (Turk):

• Turgut Reis: FP = (10 x 3.5 x 2)/4 = 70/4 => 18
• Hayreddin Barbarossa: FP = (10 x 3.5 x 2)/4 = 70/4 => 18
• Masudiye: FP = (10 x 4 x 1.5) = 60/4 => 15
• Hamidiye: FP = (9 x 3 x 1.5) = 40.5/4 => 10
• Muavenet Class Destroyer: FP = (7 x 2 x 1.25)/4 = 17.5/4 => 4
  

Merchant Ships:

• Armed MS: FP = (8 x 3 x 1)/4 => 6
• Black: FP = (8.5 x 3.5)/8 = 29.75/8 => 4
• Blue: FP = (9 x 3)/8 = 27/8 => 3
• Green: FP = (9.5 x 3.5)/8 = 33.25/8 => 4
  

Carrying Capacity:
Merchant vessels have double the carrying capacity than do warships of a comparable size.   

CC(WS) = (W x B)/8
CC(MS) = (W x B)/4

Hellenic (Greek): 

• Lemnos: CC = (10 x 4)/8 = 40/8 => 5
• Georgios Averof: CC= (10.5 x 3.5)/8 = 36.75/8 => 5
• Hydra: CC = (10 x 3.5)/8 = 35/8 => 4
• Psara: CC = 4
• Thiros Class: CC = (9 x 2)/8 = 18/8 => 2

Turcowaz (Turk):

• Turgut Reis: CC = (10 x 3.5)/8 = 35/8 => 4
• Hayreddin Barbarossa: CC = 4
• Mesudiye: CC = (10 x 4)/8 = 40/8 = 5
• Hamidiye: CC = ( 9 x 3)/8 = 27/8 = 3
• Muavenet Class: CC = (7 x 2)/8  = 14/8 => 2

Merchant ships:

• Armed MS: CC = (8 x 3)/8 => 3 OR (8 x 3)/4 => 6
• Black: CC = (8.5 x 3.5)/4 = 29.75/4 => 7
• Blue: CC = (9 x 3)/4 = 27/4 => 7
• Green: CC = (9.5 x 3.5)/4 = 33.25/4 => 8

According to these numbers, the Hellenic/ Greek fleet is very slightly more powerful than the Turcowaz/ Turkish one. 

River gunboat,  Aithiops Empress: 

Now, how about this work in progress, destined perhaps for activities around Madasahatta, Zanzingabar or the East Aithiopian coasts and rivers?  Bear in mind, this vessel has been constructed to a different scale from the vessels so far discussed.  In 'real life', it would be no larger than the Turcowaz torpedo boat destroyers.

Aithiops Empress:
FP = (10x4x1)/4 = 10 (actually the vessel is 14cm, but as it is supposed to 'fit' a 10cm-wide grid area, it counts as 10cm)
CC = (10x4)/8 = 5.