Southern Trader (TL 3)
    Copyright 1996 by Tracy Ratcliff (tratclif@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu)

        This is a small version of a corbita, a merchant ship that could be
    found plying the Mediterranean any time from the rise of the Roman Empire
    to the rise of the Ottoman Empire. The ship has a deck with two large
    hatches to the internal cargo hold, with a cabin at the aft. The top of the
    cabin serves as the poop deck, with a station for the steersman. The
    characteristic ancient Mediterranean stern cruves up and over protectively.
    The cabin is set a half-deck below the main deck and a half-deck above the
    cargo hold. The space aft of the cargo hold and below the main cabin serves
    as additional cargo space in the bilge. I haven't divided the ship up into
    quarters, since the cargo hold, cabin, and deck all serve as cargo space or
    passenger space with need. The ship as presented here has TL3 sails and
    stability.
    
    Structure:  7,400 cf TL3 cheap medium wooden body, max. load 296,000 lbs.,
        (Body HT 3,750), flotation hull with mediocre hydrodynamics (flotation
        296,000 lbs.), 415 sf top deck.
    Propulsion:  One mast (71 ft, PD2, DR2, HT 355) with 2,500 sf sail, 150 KW
        with 20 mph wind.
    Accomodation:  No proper quarters, cabin, deck and cargo hold can be used.
    Vision:  Few portholes in cabin and hold.
    Crew requirements:  9 minimum.
    Accessories:  Galley, 200 sf deck cover (cargo hatches).
    Armor:  28 points cheap flammable armor (wood) F3/4F, L3/4F, R3/4F, B3/4F,
        T3/4F, U4/8F.
    Cargo:  5400 cf (main hold), 1000 cf (cabin) and 360 cf (bilge).
    Statistics:  $106,375 (reduced for inflation to $7,092), design mass
        90,361.5 lbs., max. payload 205,638.5 lbs., max. cargo load 205,638.5
        lbs., max. deck load 16,600 lbs., current load 200,000 lbs., loaded
        mass 290,361.5 lbs (145.2 tons). Size modifier +6, radar signature +7,
        IR signature +6, acoustic +0
    Water performance:  Water Speed Factor 6 mph, Top Speed 6 mph, Acceleration
        0.5 mph/s, Deceleration 10 mph/s, MR 0.25, SR 4, draft 10.5 feet.