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Originally Posted by Targan
Major Po and his band of merry murderers captured an operational Shershen (sans torpedo tubes) near Warsaw. IIRC it was the flagship of a river pirate fleet. The party fabricated limpet mines and the Navy SEAL PC attached them to the hulls of some of the other vessels, then they conducted a night-time raid as the mines went off and slaughtered the Shershen's crew.
They didn't have it for long. They failed to bluff their way past a WarPac unit garrisoning a bridge further down the Vistula and the Shershen was shot to pieces.
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I see the smaller boats as being a lot of fun for the characters because they are easier to manage for the GM and don't carry the same level of "firepower" that larger ships do. I think that The 14 Cyclones (US), The 17 Archers (UK), and the Soviet "Corvettes" are all good ships because of their crew sizes (60 or less) and the fact that they can sail in the rivers and littorals where the players can interact with the local inhabitants.
The US also has the MK6 (26m/85ft, 4ft/1.2M Draft, 11-man crew) Patrol Boat and The River Command Boat (15m/48ft, 2ft 7"/0.8m Draft, 6-man crew) for those who are playing Merc or TW2K13.