[OL-FB] Landing craft - Alligator

[Bodi]

When the operation reports reached Oleander admiralty, the generals were somewhat shocked by the number of casualities suffered by the landing party in the first hours of battle. The fact that a majority of the injuries intervened during the phase of landing made the high command to think if there's a better to transport the soldiers safely to the beach, and an order was issued to the shipyards to build a special-purposed landing craf asap.

And that's what the Eltina is able to work out:

An ugly boat for sure, but sturdy enough to do the job.

The proposed class is 4, feel free to express your opinion if you think it's overrated.

[Darnok]

Loving it!

The rather crude design is perfect for a landing craft, and I assume you looked at floating batteries and other types of Ironclads for the hull shape? Getting quite some ACW vibes there. Well done!

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by Darnok
Wrong abbreviation - American Civil War indeed!

[Professor Thaum]

Rhaa lovely !

Reminds me the first ironclads of the US civil war... great job

 

EDIT : bested by Darnok for ironclads.

[White Phoenix of the Crown]

"Turtle- ship"

[JintaiZ]

Great build!

[Fraunces]

Nice adaption of the turtleship idea. I wonder how the sail on top is handled though..

 

[LM71Blackbird]

Nice ''wooden-clad'' you've got there! Looks like it would work pretty good against small shot. A 48 pounder might do it in though! 

[blackdeathgr]

Nice one as usual Bodi! Safety first! 

[Mesabi]

I like the design @Bodi, and I think it looks pretty decent, though it could benefit from more curves and smoothness. It's certainly pretty unique on the Brick Seas, and I think it turned out well.

[Bodi]

 

  On 9/21/2020 at 4:40 PM, Ragana9289 said:

"Turtle- ship"

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It has a bit of Turtle ship in it, I searched for referenced materials before building it, and as @Darnok mentioned, I also took as reference the floating batteries designed by the French engineers during the Gibraltar siege. 

  On 9/21/2020 at 4:19 PM, Professor Thaum said:

Rhaa lovely !

Reminds me the first ironclads of the US civil war... great job

EDIT : bested by Darnok for ironclads.

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The Virginia!

  On 9/21/2020 at 8:13 PM, Fraunces said:

Nice adaption of the turtleship idea. I wonder how the sail on top is handled though..

 

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No one would volunteer for the job, that's sure. Luckily they still have oars to propel the boat.

  On 9/21/2020 at 8:18 PM, LM71Blackbird said:

Nice ''wooden-clad'' you've got there! Looks like it would work pretty good against small shot. A 48 pounder might do it in though! 

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I like the "wooden-clad", for the 48 pounder, we have bomb ketches to silence them.

  On 9/22/2020 at 7:11 AM, blackdeathgr said:

Nice one as usual Bodi! Safety first! 

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Thanks BD.

  On 9/22/2020 at 7:35 AM, Mesabi said:

I like the design @Bodi, and I think it looks pretty decent, though it could benefit from more curves and smoothness. It's certainly pretty unique on the Brick Seas, and I think it turned out well.

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Thanks Mesabi.

[The Neighborhood Merchant]

This is great! I don't think we have seen any wooden clads yet, so what a brilliant idea. Kind of reminds me of the old style hulk ships. Terraverrsians are going to flee at the sight of this behemoth! 

Edited September 22, 2020 by The Neighborhood Merchant

[Bodi]

  On 9/22/2020 at 4:13 PM, The Neighborhood Merchant said:

This is great! I don't think we have seen any wooden clads yet

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Thanks! There are a couple of wooden clads floating around, as far as I know, @Phred @Bregir have built there versions before.