Imperial Navy 1927 Ship Reclassification

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Beginning in 1927, the Imperial Roman Navy is embarking on a reclassification program to better define the expected role or design purpose of a ship. The classifications, with a brief description, are as follows.

Line of Battle Ship - Capital ships designed to fight capital ship opposition, which are armed and armored for such. This classification be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Fast

Frigate - Capital ships designed to operate independently against non-capital opposition or support Line of Battle Ships against in capital ship combat. This classification can be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Light, Heavy, Aviation

Cruiser - Ships designed to operate in roles which require an independently capable ship or in support of Capital ships against light opposition. This classification can be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Escort, Large, Scout, Aviation, Mine

Destroyer - Ships designed to operate against light opposition while supporting heavier ships. These are not expected to be capable of long-term independent operation. This classification can be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Light, Leader, Torpedo

Corvette - Ships designed to operate in protection of Capital Ships while in groups against light surface, airborne, or sub-surface threats. This classification can be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Heavy, Mine

Sloop - Ships designed for protection of fixed-point locations and patrol of controlled waters. This classification can be modified by the following options in accordance with the design: Large, Aviation

Submarine - Ships designed with underwater operation capabilities, without regard to other roles.

Auxiliary - Ships designed to fill non-combat roles in support of combat ships. This classification can be further described in accordance with the intended role of the ship.


Feedback?

[The Rock Doctor]

Seems fine, although "Torpedo Destroyer" sounds redundant to me.

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Thats fair, but given most of my destroyers carry four fish tops, something shooting more would be a big enough deviation.

[Kaiser Kirk]

The frigate classification is an oddity to me.  What's being described can be a battlecruiser or a carrier, with a wide potential variation in sizes.

The Parthians are using that for 3000-5000 ton vessels, below cruiser weight.
The light/leader/torpedo designations for destroyers make sense to me.

Sloop, again I use as a tonnage class, the role defined is what I call 'coastal' or 'gunboat'.

So I go... roughly
Cruiser 5001-10,000
Frigate 3000-5000
Corvette 1401-2999  (what I'm calling large destroyers, hard to explain to Treasury why new ones were twice or more the size of old).
Destroyer 701-1400
Sloop 301-700

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Existing ship reclassification as of 1JAN1927

Class Name	Current Classification	New Classification
Triumphus	Battleship	Line of Battle Ship
Emperor Trajan VIII	Batleship	Line of Battle Ship
Invicta	Battleship	Line of Battle Ship
Praeventores	Battleship	Line of Battle Ship
Argonauta	Armored Cruiser	Light Frigate
Respublica	Large Armored Cruiser	Frigate
Vallum	Coastal Defence Ship	Large Sloop
Audax	Battleship	Line of Battle Ship
Jeanne d'Arc	Large Armored Cruiser	Frigate
Totanis	Battleship	Line of Battle Ship
Tullius Leofric	Large Armored Cruiser	Heavy Frigate
Dux Antoine Sforza	Armored Cruiser	Large Cruiser
Empress Amelia	Battleship	Fast Line of Battle Ship
Vesontio	Seaplane Carrier	Aviation Sloop
SOS-21	Seaplane Carrier	Aviation Sloop
Marathona	Flying-Off Experimental	Aviation Cruiser
Cardinal Richelieu	Aircraft Carrier	Aviation Cruiser
Parisius	Cruiser	Escort Cruiser
Arquese	Cruiser	Escort Cruiser
Thibault D'Aramitz	Cruiser	Cruiser
Murmuro	Fast Minelayer	Mine Cruiser
Killian DeCampo	Cruiser	Cruiser
Agincourt	Cruiser	Escort Cruiser
Isca	Cruiser	Cruiser
Messana	Cruiser	Cruiser
D Class	Destroyer	Corvette
E Class	Destroyer	Corvette
F Class	Destroyer	Corvette
Pilum	Destroyer	Heavy Corvette
Rainier Marion	Destroyer	Light Destroyer
Ambrogino Masin	Destroyer	Light Destroyer
HFD-21	Destroyer	Destroyer
GFD-21	Destroyer	Corvette
Andrea Doria	Destroyer	Destroyer
Quentin Descoteaux	Destroyer	Corvette
B-Class	MTB	Motor Torpedo Boat
C-Class	MTB	Motor Torpedo Boat
D-Class	MTB	Motor Torpedo Boat
F-Class	MTB	Motor Torpedo Boat
B Class	Sub	Submarine
C-Class	Sub	Submarine
D-Class	Sub	Submarine
F-Class	Sub	Submarine
Custodi III	Sloop	Sloop
Vigil I	Sloop	Sloop
Vigil II	Sloop	Sloop
Vigil III	Sloop	Sloop
RGS-13	River Gunboat	River Sloop
Custodi IV	Sloop	Sloop
SLS-26	Large Sloop	Large Sloop
Merula	Sloop	Sloop
Silice I	Tender	Fleet Replenishment Auxiliary
Silice II	Tender	Fleet Replenishment Auxiliary
Faber Ferrarius	Tender	Fleet Replenishment Auxiliary
Malleus Vulcani	Tender	Fleet Replenishment Auxiliary

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The frigate classification is an oddity to me.  What's being described can be a battlecruiser or a carrier, with a wide potential variation in sizes.

The Parthians are using that for 3000-5000 ton vessels, below cruiser weight.
The light/leader/torpedo designations for destroyers make sense to me.

Sloop, again I use as a tonnage class, the role defined is what I call 'coastal' or 'gunboat'.

So I go... roughly
Cruiser 5001-10,000
Frigate 3000-5000
Corvette 1401-2999  (what I'm calling large destroyers, hard to explain to Treasury why new ones were twice or more the size of old).
Destroyer 701-1400
Sloop 301-700

These classifications break down along intended use rather than ship size. In example, the difference between a Light Frigate and a Large Cruiser is more down to how the ships are intended to be used.