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Ironclad - Kotetsu class

This slow moving battle ship has impressive armament with excellent range and accuracy.

The Kotetsu is an amazing feat of engineering. This screw-driven ironclad battleship may not be as big as some of her contemporaries, but she more than makes up for it in power and guns. She carries one of the most powerful guns available in contemporary naval combat and, as a result, boasts excellent range and accuracy. Her crew are armed with rifles and the morale on board ship is extremely high.

Although Kotetsu, literally meaning “Ironclad”, became the first warship of the type in the Japanese fleet she answered to many names before she even reached Japan. Constructed in France for the Confederate States Navy in 1864, she was originally named the “CSS Sphinx”. However, when it was discovered that the French were building ships for the Confederates the shipyard was forced to sell the Sphinx to Denmark, where she was renamed Staerkodder. The following year she finally sailed under the Confederate flag and was re-commissioned the “CSS Stonewall”. She went on to play a key role in the American Civil War and, after spending a small amount of time in a US Navy dock, was eventually sold to the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, and given the name Kotetsu.

Ironclad - Kotetsu class

Unit Name

Ironclad - Kotetsu class

Unit Key

Boshin_Ironclad_Kotetsu

Soldiers

50

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Ironclad

Multiplayer Cost

5000

└ Multiplayer Limit

0

Recruitment Cost

3600

├ Recruitment Turns

4

└ Unit Limit

6

Upkeep Cost

450

Marines

30

├ Marines Type

boshin_marine

├ Missile Range

180

├ Missile Accuracy

30

└ Missile Ammunition

30

Seamen

20

├ Seamen Type

boshin_seaman

├ Melee Attack

12

└ Melee Defence

2

Gunners

18

├ Gun Type

boshin_naval_cannon_kotetsu
boshin_naval_cannon_kotetsu
boshin_naval_gatling_gun
boshin_naval_gatling_gun
boshin_naval_cannon_kotetsu

├ Range

1000

└ Fire Power

800

Accuracy

70

Reloading Skill

4

Hull Strength

3000

├ Ship Category

Boshin_Naval_Crew

├ Manoeuvrability

Low

└ Top Speed

14

Morale

18

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.
  • Ramming Ramming
    This ship can ram others, causing damage to both the enemy and itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Small, medium-speed vessel
  • Equipped with the best gun available
  • Small crew
  • Excellent range and accuracy
  • Excellent morale