On 04Jan2019 1333, Evyn MacDude wrote: > On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 4:32 PM Phil Pugliese (via tml list) < > xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: > >> The Trav 'era' that is used is, IMO, a critical factor. >> The original, CT, era started off with fairly small ships, both commercial >> & military. >> > > Yes, and no. One needs to look at the maritime model a little closer. i.e. > a 1000dt cargo ship is pretty big in a lot of historical shipping sizes. > Thus the range of sizes available in Book two allows for some interesting > correlations. A DTon is ~14 m^3, which is ~500 cubic feet. 100 cubic feet is the traditional shipping 'ton', which makes a DTon about five tons. The Liberty ships of WWII were a decent size at the time, though small by later standards, and could ship about 10,000 tons. Allowing for fuel, machinery, etc. a LBB3 equivalent is probably a 3000 DTon ship. For warships, LBB3 ships map reasonably well to WWI ships, aside from large LBB3 ships being forced to be slow. -- Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief
