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Wooden Frigate - Kaiyo Maru class

Powerful and strong, the Kaiyo Maru is blessed with excellent firepower and crew morale.

The Kaiyo Maru is an impressive vessel: her sheer size sets her apart from other ships. Her coal-fired engine is the main source of propulsion. She is slow moving but incredibly strong, a strength which is backed up with excellent firepower. Her range and accuracy are both good, and the rifle-armed crew members have exceptional morale. Her size means she is most effective in open sea battles rather than close quarter coastal and port battles.

The Kaiyo Maru was constructed in the Netherlands at the shipyards of Cornelis Gips and Sons. At the time of launch she was the largest wooden warship ever built in a Dutch shipyard and cost the Shogun and his government 831,200 guilders. She arrived in Japan in 1867 just before the Boshin War.

In the autumn of 1868, the original Kaiyo Maru was one of seven ships that carried troops loyal to the Shogun, along with the French military advisor Jules Brunet, to the island of Hokkaido. It was here that they established the Republic of Ezo, the leaders petitioned the Imperial Court to allow them to continue the ways of the samurai on the island. Their request was turned down. This move was swiftly followed by a fleet carrying 7,000 men and, after a crushing defeat at the Battle of Hakodate, the short lived Ezo Republic was no more.

Wooden Frigate - Kaiyo Maru class

Unit Name

Wooden Frigate - Kaiyo Maru class

Unit Key

Boshin_Frigate_Kaiyo_Maru

Soldiers

150

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Frigate

Multiplayer Cost

4800

└ Multiplayer Limit

0

Recruitment Cost

3460

├ Recruitment Turns

4

└ Unit Limit

8

Upkeep Cost

440

Marines

100

├ Marines Type

boshin_marine

├ Missile Range

180

├ Missile Accuracy

30

└ Missile Ammunition

30

Seamen

50

├ Seamen Type

boshin_seaman

├ Melee Attack

12

└ Melee Defence

2

Gunners

52

├ Gun Type

boshin_naval_cannon_medium
boshin_naval_cannon_medium

├ Range

750

└ Fire Power

250

Accuracy

70

Reloading Skill

4

Hull Strength

1500

├ Ship Category

Boshin_Naval_Crew

├ Manoeuvrability

Low

└ Top Speed

12

Morale

17

Abilities

  • Fast Reload Fast Reload
    This increases the reload skill of a ship's crew for a short period of time.
  • Overheat Engine Overheat Engine
    This increases a ship's speed for a short period of time.

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Large, slow moving vessel
  • Large crew
  • Excellent range and accuracy
  • Excellent morale
  • Strongest non-ironclad vessel available
  • Excellent firepower