4 MrShermanTanker Members 63 posts 585 battles Report post #1 Posted September 17, 2017 Title, i was making a small Naval Game for fun, and this suddenly hit me while i finished modelling HMS Victory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,564 [WOLF1] Kesh_Lives Members 5,981 posts Report post #2 Posted September 17, 2017 You set them on fire, burn the sails and ship, or, you ram them...or you board them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,652 Macabe Alpha Tester, Members, In AlfaTesters, Beta Testers 12,401 posts Report post #3 Posted September 17, 2017 Wherever they stored the powder for the cannons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
28 [WAIFU] Yvonne_Swanson [WAIFU] Members 226 posts 9,879 battles Report post #4 Posted September 17, 2017 like classic greek/roman times ? ram dead center on the ship Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
205 [SHOOP] knice_destroyer Members 623 posts 13,233 battles Report post #5 Posted September 17, 2017 Breaking the Masts in Tall Ships In half rendering them dead in the water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,841 [HINON] Phoenix_jz Privateers, In AlfaTesters 7,775 posts 2,137 battles Report post #6 Posted September 17, 2017 It depends, you're talking a totally different method of warfare. For ancient ships like your various 'remes (trireme, bireme, quinquereme, etc), the main method was to immobilize, rather than sink. If you were going to sink them, a ram would inflict devastating damage below waterline. One could also attempt to set enemy vessels aflame. To immobilize, methods such as breaking their oars would be used, but most often the goal was to board and take the enemy ship. Once you enter the age of cannons, shooting at rigging becomes more important, and I suppose powder storage would be your first 'citadel.' Keep in mind, for the ships fighting in WoWs, their citadels are made up of magazines, engines, and boilers. Magazines don't become a thing until gunpowder. Engines and boilers are propulsion, and you won't see that until the 19th century. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,915 mr3awsome Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 11,436 posts 1,963 battles Report post #7 Posted September 17, 2017 Citadels are, technically, the area protected by armour. Consequently, all ships prior to the Gloire don't really have a citadel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,965 1Sherman Alpha Tester 6,513 posts 3,304 battles Report post #8 Posted September 17, 2017 The powder magazine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55 Comrade_Nemo Members 265 posts 4,837 battles Report post #9 Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Early citadel explosion at the Battle of the Nile... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile#/media/File%3AThe_Battle_of_the_Nile.jpg For ten minutes after the explosion there was no firing; sailors from both sides were either too shocked by the blast or desperately extinguishing fires aboard their own ships to continue the fight.[121] Edited September 17, 2017 by Comrade_Nemo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
879 [REVY] Lord_Slayer Members 2,506 posts 13,460 battles Report post #10 Posted September 19, 2017 Kronan of Sweden experianced a Det that may have been self inflicted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
