Senata Populus Que Caelum wrote:-snip-
Hm. I can work with that, though Germany, Austria and Russia especially didn't have very many that could be termed "middle class."
Raises still more questions. How large are the typical compliments? Oh well, I'll crunch some numbers and give what I figure.
Those numbers I can work with.
I didn't expect them to be able to take out the heavier ships or to really be used for capital ship engagements. I was thinking they would be suited for harassing/"sinking" merchantmen and lighter warships, scouting, harassing settlements and striking to disable port defenses before heavier warships move into range of the "shore guns".