Imperial Anykarian Navy, Order of Battle, 1123 VTE

Notes

This navy was designed along the lines of the French Navy in 1789 before the French Revolution destroyed it. The numbers are less than real life, but it should be noted that the Royal Navy was around the same size. This may shock many of you.

By 1778 the French navy had risen to 78 ships of the line with frigates and smaller vessels which brought the total to 264. At the conclusion of the American War of Independence the French fleet could be considered as almost equal to the English fleet. Although it did not possess quite as many vessels and frigates, it was better organized than its rival, and its chiefs, officers and men had on several occasions shown their worth. France was then enabled to keep in an effective state about seventy sail of the line, the crews of which, added to those of the frigates and corvettes, formed a total of 60,000 seamen. The blows given to this force by the British Navy, towards the end of the war, were repaired with great diligence in the peace ; and to prepare young officers for the sea in preference to the land service, became a favourite object in several of the government schools.

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In 1791, their naval force consisted of 73 men of war, 67 frigates, 19 cutters, 29 armed brigs, 7 gun-boats, besides several galliots, and hospital-ships ; but the war of the Revolution annihilated the navy of France. In 1793 on the outbreak of the revolutionary war, it was estimated to consist of 82 ships of the line, mostly fine vessels, and of frigates with lesser craft which brought it to a total of 250. The French Revolution resulted in the disbanding of the General Naval Staff, disorder broke out among the men and the material was allowed to deteriorate.

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Because it uses the French Navy, it also uses the French system of ship classification which is as follows:
1st Rank, 100+ Guns
2nd Rank, 80 to 98 Guns
3rd Rank, 60 to 78 Guns
4th Rank: 44 to 58 Guns
5th Rank: 36 to 42 Guns

Note that a ship would almost never have an odd number of guns so while in theory, a 99 gun ship would be second rank, such ships do not exist.

Corvettes and Brigs serve roles as coastal defense ships that can also in wartime escort convoys. They are smaller than Frigates.

Nijisanji has the benefit of a local spice and opium trade that brings them great wealth and puts little into a standing army. Keep this in mind when you make your own navy. They also have a long naval tradition and shipbuilding industry that enables them to construct a large fleet, aided by their Chuubanite as well.

A Ship of the Line usually took around 3 years to build for a nation with a naval shipbuilding tradition, and not every ship was in active service because there would always be some older ships mothballed and others in for repairs.

A Razee is a former smaller 3rd or 4th Rank that had a gun deck removed to turn it into a large frigate.

Number of each type of ship

Ship-of-the-Line

5 1st Ranks
7 2nd Ranks
49 3rd Ranks

Total: 61

Frigates

9 Razees
13 4th Ranks
41 5th Ranks

Total: 63

Corvettes and Brigs

41 Corvettes
17 Brigs

Total: 48

Bomb Ketches

14 Bomb Ketches

OVERALL TOTAL: 184 Ships of all types

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Pub: 12 Jul 2022 12:35 UTC
Edit: 13 Jul 2022 10:30 UTC
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