[NickM]

Guys:

Anyone here with actual knowledge of 'real world' Navies? Am I wrong or doesn't the FS universe kind of stand the Cap ship sizes on their head? IF I'm reading things correctly ( and there's no guarantee that I am!) from smallest to largest are the ships in the game: Cruiser, Corvette, Destroyer....I'm excluding the 'super large' classes of Cap Ship;
Now in 'real life' (at least in the WW2 era) wouldn't a cruiser be the largest ship, with the destroyer & the corvette next in size?

TIA

NickM

[Agentbolt]

Yes, you are correct.  Also, a frigate is the smallest ship in a modern navy, whereas in FS2 the frigate is one of the largest.  I guess something changes in the future

[Snail]

Maybe they thought that when they built the Fenris, it was huge, so they called it a Cruiser?

[Dysko]

I'm not totally sure, but this would be the real world classification: Frigate, Corvette, Destroyer, Cruiser, Battlecruiser, Dreadnought, Battleship. Keep in mind that Battlecruisers, Dreadnoughts and Battleships became obsolete after WWII due to the superiority of naval aircrafts (example: 2 of 3 Italians battleships were destroyed by English Swordfish in the Taranto harbour, the Bismarck was almost disabled by a wing of Swordfish, then the attack on Pearl Harbour, and the sinkings of the Tirpitz and the Yamato, all by naval aircrafts).

Obviously, there is always the exception: the US Navy used Iowa-class battleships even during the Gulf War.

[Wanderer]

Modern ship class names, like the old ones in WW1 period, are much more closely related to ships perceived mission rather than to their actual size.

[Iron Wolf]

Actually, according to wikipedia, a corvette is smaller then a frigate.

[DrewToby]

Yeah, corvettes are normally rather small coastal vessels, if I recall correctly.

Of course, in FS2, they're fighter-killing machines that I never want to be on the wrong side of, especially if it's a Deimos or a Sobek.

Took me a while to get used to the class names, too. When they told me a destroyer jumped in to help me out against a bunch of cruisers, I was ...rather pissed at Command. Until, of course, I looked at the destroyer. Then I was actually quite happy, because I could hide on the other side of it while my wingmen took all the fire for me. =D

[Killfrenzy]

sinkings of the Tirpitz and the Yamato, all by naval aircrafts).

Yamato yes, Tirpitz no.

Tirpitz was finally done in by 617 squadron, RAF. Yes, the famous Dambusters also did the Tirpitz in.

As for FS ship classifications, it always bugged me. After a while I just ignored it.

Hell, even couldn't decide in FS2 when they referred to a Ravana as a cruiser in 'The Lions Den.'

[NGTM-1R]

Tirpitz was finally done in by 617 squadron, RAF. Yes, the famous Dambusters also did the Tirpitz in.

After it had already been hit multiple times and disabled by Blackburn Skuas of various Fleet Air Arm squadrons...

[Killfrenzy]

Agreed - but the killing blow was by the RAF.

Still, a 12,000lb bomb is going to hurt pretty much anything. Hitting Tirpitz from 20,000 feet was an achievement.

[aldo_14]

Volition just used the coolest names possible for ships.  A 'destroyer' sounds tougher than a 'cruiser'.  Ergo, the big ships become destroyers.

[Dysko]

sinkings of the Tirpitz and the Yamato, all by naval aircrafts).

Yamato yes, Tirpitz no.

Tirpitz was finally done in by 617 squadron, RAF. Yes, the famous Dambusters also did the Tirpitz in.

I just checked, you're right: 29 Lancasters armed with Blockbuster bombs finished the Tirpitz.

Actually also the Bismarck wasn't sunk by Swordfish, but by another ship (King George V? Or some other ship? I can't remember now )

[aldo_14]

IIRC it was Swordfish-launched torpedoes that crippled the Bismarck rudder and set it up for the killing shots, though.

[Dysko]

In my previous post I wrote "almost disabled", but it wasn't sunk by Swordfish

(Off-topic question: how do I make the plural of a word ending with -sh? )

[Snail]

'-sh' words in plural end with -es.

(ie. ashes, flashes)

[Flipside]

'Squadron'

[Snail]

Squadron?

[Flipside]

If you want more than one Swordfish, it's a Swordfish Squadron

Edit : At least as far as the planes are concerned.

[Snail]

Still, it's still something you should know.

[Bob-san]

In terms of general size...

Sentry Gun
Fighter
Support Ship
Cargo
Bomber
Transport
Freighter
Cruiser
(Battlecruiser)
Miner
(Monitor)
Corvette
(Attack Frigate)
Frigate
Destroyer
(Carrier)
(Superdestroyer)
(Dreadnaught)
(Supercarrier)
Juggernaut
(Superjuggernaut)

That should give you the general idea... there are a few other unoffical ship classes too that might not be used currently.

EDIT 1: Added Dreadnaught between Superdestroyer and Supercarrier.