You could mine for gold, iron or coal, chop down trees for wood, quarry for stone and construct fields for food production. There were six basic resources in the game and each was vital if you wanted to gain a victory. Resource gathering was a key component of the action and you could build a variety of structures to get your peasants working. Many of the individual missions allowed you to re-enact real battles from history. There was also a single mission option where you could choose an individual mission for a quick game and a random map option in which you could fight for dominance against the nation of your choice and set things like resource levels and terrain types. The single player game featured four historical campaign options for a complex progression of varied missions which would gradually teach you the game and build up the challenge. The attention to detail was great and historical accuracy was clearly the aim of the Ukrainian developers, GSC Game World, who even included a comprehensive encyclopaedia to allow you to brush up on your knowledge. On release the big selling point was the high number of units that the player could build and control allowing epic battles to rage on the detailed maps. In addition to construction and resource gathering the player could choose from a huge range of historical units and the game featured a level of tactical depth which was unmatched at the time. The game was set during the 18th and 19th centuries and gamers could choose from sixteen nations. Thanks to his great vessels, Russia managed to strengthen its hold on the sea and sea trade.Cossacks: European Wars was a real time strategy game which was released in 2001. In Russia, Tsar Peter I created the battleship navy. In 1626, the battleship "Saint Louis" was built. It was Cardinal Richelieu - a great political figure and military reformer - who created the French navy. The English used to say that the "Royal Sovereign" cost King Charles his head: In order to achieve his dream of a sea campaign, Charles raised taxes in his country and thus caused the downfall of his government and, ultimately, his own decapitation. In 1696, the "Royal Sovereign" burned down in a fire caused by a fallen candle. Unfortunately, an absurd accident led to the ship's destruction. The vessel was a flagship of the British fleet and took part in many sea battles. The front sculpture depicted the English King Edward mounted on a horse and trampling the seven lords - the enemies of the Albion. Its sculptures were reproductions of sketches by famous painter Van Dyck. A fine example of their features is given by the following specifications of the English battleship "Royal Sovereign", built in 1637 by Finneas Pett:īattery deck length - 53 m (174 ft) keel length - 47.2 m (155 ft) displacement - 2,000 tons width - 15.3 m (50 ft) hold depth - 6,1 m (20 ft) 30 cannon on the lower and the middle deck, 26 cannon on the upper deck, 14 under the forecastle and 12 under the poop, adding up to a total of 82 cannon. The first three classes comprised battleships. This classification determined the number of decks and the size of a ship.
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Small ships packed full with explosives and inflammables drifted down wind to their targets. Artillery was used inefficiently and vessels often prevented each other from firing. Before a battle, ships would form a line which crumbled in combat, turning the battle into a chaotic scramble. The improved vessels were armed with artillery placed at the sides. In time, their rigging was improved and their displacement increased. However, they were strongly dependent on wind. Thanks to their high sides, these ships could withstand heavy weather. They featured the most powerful weapons and the highest degree of manoeuvrability.Įuropean ships with rectangular rigging were unusually fast for sailing ships.
Battleships intended for conquering and domination at sea were the heart of the navy from the mid-1 7th century onwards.