The Frigate is a Renaissance Era naval ranged unit in Civilization VI. It upgrades from the Quadrireme (or its replacements).
- Attributes:
- Has a
Range of 2.
- Cannot attack in melee.
- Has a
StrategyEdit
The Frigate is the fastest naval unit of its time, together with the Caravel and the Privateer, and is brutally effective in combat, capable of powerful ranged attacks while having strong defenses against melee attackers. Powerful in both exploration and conquest, the Frigate's vast capabilities allow it to completely dominate the seas of the Renaissance Era.
Historical Context Edit
Over the centuries the frigate has evolved from a square-rigged three-master in the 1700s too small to stand in the line-of-battle to the fast guided-missile toting warship, nimble enough to avoid the really big ships. But the role of the frigate in naval warfare hasn’t changed: patrol and/or escort duties. The British Royal Navy declared a frigate to be any full-rigged “rated ship” carrying at least 28 guns on a single continuous deck; but despite the Admiralty’s best efforts to define a “frigate,” these came in all sizes and configurations, even ironclads by the mid-1800s. Modern “frigates” are frigates in name only; commencing with WW2, the label was applied to anything smaller than a destroyer. The introduction of missiles to modern naval warfare made frigates even more lethal, and cost-effective. Why build a blundering great battleship, or even a cruiser or destroyer, when a “cheap” frigate would do?
