Changes: Turtle Ship (Civ5)

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Game Info

Unique naval unit of the Korean civilization. Replaces the Caravel.

Special traits:
- Extra strength (36 vs. 20)
- Cannot enter deep ocean
- No extra sight or melee withdrawal

Strategy

The Turtle Ship is an early incarnation of the Ironclad for tactical purposes, and is best used to defend your coastlines. Thanks to its high Combat Strength, it can easily fight off enemy Caravels and even Frigates. Its main drawback is that, unlike the Caravel that it replaces, it can't roam around the oceans, which means that the Koreans have to wait until they get Frigates to start exploring other continents.

Historical Info

These large, armored warships of the Choson dynasty played a crucial role in the defense of Korea during the Japanese invasions of the 16th century. Typically crewed by an equal compliment of soldiers and oarsmen, the Turtle Ship provided an aggressive close-assault ship for the Korean navy. Designed to strike fear in the enemy, each Turtle Ship featured a carved dragon figurehead on its bow, said to have emitted a cloud of sulfurous fumes to disguise the vessel's approach. Unlike the familiar designs used by sailing ships of the period, the Turtle Ship had no upper deck. The top level of the ship was covered in iron spikes to prevent boarding, with the oarsmen and soldiers segregated onto separate decks below. Armed with up to two dozen cannons and other small projectile weapons, the Turtle Ship was a dangerous foe for the unprepared navies of Korea's enemies.

Trivia

Geobukseon (거북선) is the Korean term for "turtle ship."
The most famous use of turtle ships were those led by Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin, accounting for numerous victories against Japanese naval forces that supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempts to conquer Korea from 1592-1598, cutting off terrestrial invasion forces' naval supply route from Japan and buying Korea enough time to amount a counterattack. Admiral Yi is credited with upgrading pre-existing plans for this ship and building them just in time before the surprise invasion, and with these he carved an immaculate victory record.
Each ship was equipped with a fully covered deck that was shielded to deflect cannon fire (thus the turtle's back shape), and with iron spikes (sometimes concealed with hay) to discourage enemy men from attempting to board the ship for melee, which was the main naval tactic of the time around the world and for which the Japanese naval forces centered and were seasoned for. However, along with a flat bottom hull advantageous for steering on the spot and a specially resilient pattern of wooden planks and wooden nails used to build the ship, these designs allowed the Turtle Ships to strike deep (or crash!) into Japanese ships (because Japanese ships weren't sturdy enough to carry enough cannons to sink ships), and were strongly imprinted into the invaders' minds.
Names like mekurabune (盲船, "blind ship") were given, or in a popular Japanese play in the later Edo period as the bokkaisen (沐海潛, "sea-bathing diver") described as a demonic ship which General Katou Kiyomasa (of the contemporary invasion force general) has to defeat.

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 ==Game Info==
 Unique naval unit of the [[Korean (Civ5)|Korean civilization]]. Replaces the [[Caravel (Civ5)|Caravel]].
 *Special traits:
-**<span style="color:#007f00;">Extra strength (36 vs. 20)</span>
+**{{PositiveText|Extra strength (36 vs. 20)}}
-**<span style="color:#7f0000;">Cannot enter deep ocean</span>
+**{{NegativeText|Cannot enter deep ocean}}
-**<span style="color:#7f0000;">No extra sight or melee withdrawal</span>
+**{{NegativeText|No extra sight or melee withdrawal}}
 ==Strategy==
-This unit is an early incarnation of the [[Ironclad (Civ5)|Ironclad]] for tactical purposes, and is best used to defend your coastlines. Thanks to its high Combat Strength, it can easily fight off enemy Caravels and even Frigates. Its main drawback is that, unlike the Caravel which it replaces, it can't roam around the oceans, meaning the Koreans have to wait until getting Frigates to start exploring other continents.
+The '''Turtle Ship''' is an early incarnation of the [[Ironclad (Civ5)|Ironclad]] for tactical purposes, and is best used to defend your coastlines. Thanks to its high Combat Strength, it can easily fight off enemy [[Caravel (Civ5)|Caravels]] and even [[Frigate (Civ5)|Frigates]]. Its main drawback is that, unlike the Caravel that it replaces, it can't roam around the oceans, which means that the Koreans have to wait until they get Frigates to start exploring other continents.
 ==Historical Info==
+These large, armored warships of the Choson dynasty played a crucial role in the defense of Korea during the Japanese invasions of the 16th century. Typically crewed by an equal compliment of soldiers and oarsmen, the Turtle Ship provided an aggressive close-assault ship for the Korean navy. Designed to strike fear in the enemy, each Turtle Ship featured a carved dragon figurehead on its bow, said to have emitted a cloud of sulfurous fumes to disguise the vessel's approach. Unlike the familiar designs used by sailing ships of the period, the Turtle Ship had no upper deck. The top level of the ship was covered in iron spikes to prevent boarding, with the oarsmen and soldiers segregated onto separate decks below. Armed with up to two dozen cannons and other small projectile weapons, the Turtle Ship was a dangerous foe for the unprepared navies of Korea's enemies.
-The Geobukseon (거북선, "Turtle Ship") was a type of large warship belonging to the Panokseon class in Korea that was used intermittently by the Royal Korean Navy during the Joseon Dynasty from the early 15th century up until the 19th century.
-The most famous use of Turtle ships were those led by Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin, accounting for numerous victories against [[Japanese (Civ5)|Japanese]] naval forces that supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempts to conquer Korea from 1592-1598, cutting off terrestrial invasion forces' naval supply route from Japan and buying Korea enough time to amount a counterattack. Admiral Yi is credited with upgrading pre-existing plans for this ship and building them just in time before the surprise invasion, and with these he carved an immaculate victory record. But there were never enough Turtle Ships to become a ship-of-the-line on their own at the time, and the main naval force still was composed of Panokseons equipped with long range cannons. Turtle Ships are thus sometimes exaggerated for their contributions to the war effort, as the Turtle ships often worked to support Panokseon or draw fire away from them. Supporting this, the Battle at Myeong-Ryang was won with no Turtle Ship but with 13 Panokseon, capably defeated on their own 133 Japanese ships, which with rear ranks' transport ships containing terrestiral forces, numbered over 300.
+==Trivia==
-Yi's version of turtle ships were heavily equipped for ranged combat: with at least five different types of cannon from those firing grapeshots to man-sized wooden bolts. Their most distinguishable feature was a dragon-shaped head at the bow (front) that could launch cannon fire or flames from the mouth. Each ship was also equipped with a fully covered deck that was shielded to deflect cannon fire (thus the turtle's back shape), and with iron spikes (sometimes concealed with hay) to discourage enemy men from attempting to board the ship for melee, which was the main naval tactics of the time around the world and for which the Japanese naval forces centered and were seasoned for. However, along with a flat bottom hull advantageous for steering on the spot and a specially resilient pattern of wooden planks and wooden nails used to build the ship, these designs allowed the Turtle Ships to strike deep (or crash!) into Japanese ships (because Japanese ships weren't sturdy enough to carry enough cannons to sink ships), and were strongly imprinted into the invadier's minds. Names like "mekurabune (盲船, "blind ship")" were given, or in a popular Japanese play in the later Edo period as the "bokkaisen (沐海潛, "sea-bathing diver")" described as a demonic ship which General Katou Kiyomasa (of the contemporary invasion force general) has to defeat.
+*''Geobukseon'' (거북선) is the Korean term for "turtle ship."
+*The most famous use of turtle ships were those led by Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin, accounting for numerous victories against [[Japanese (Civ5)|Japanese]] naval forces that supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempts to conquer Korea from 1592-1598, cutting off terrestrial invasion forces' naval supply route from Japan and buying Korea enough time to amount a counterattack. Admiral Yi is credited with upgrading pre-existing plans for this ship and building them just in time before the surprise invasion, and with these he carved an immaculate victory record.
+*Each ship was equipped with a fully covered deck that was shielded to deflect cannon fire (thus the turtle's back shape), and with iron spikes (sometimes concealed with hay) to discourage enemy men from attempting to board the ship for melee, which was the main naval tactic of the time around the world and for which the Japanese naval forces centered and were seasoned for. However, along with a flat bottom hull advantageous for steering on the spot and a specially resilient pattern of wooden planks and wooden nails used to build the ship, these designs allowed the Turtle Ships to strike deep (or crash!) into Japanese ships (because Japanese ships weren't sturdy enough to carry enough cannons to sink ships), and were strongly imprinted into the invaders' minds.
+*Names like ''mekurabune'' (盲船, "blind ship") were given, or in a popular Japanese play in the later Edo period as the ''bokkaisen'' (沐海潛, "sea-bathing diver") described as a demonic ship which General Katou Kiyomasa (of the contemporary invasion force general) has to defeat.
 [[Category:Naval units]]