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Offline Elmo (OP)

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Shipyard conversion?
« on: January 04, 2010, 10:15:24 AM »
Sorry if this has been answered already.  I tried to search on shipyard but it came back as too common a word for any results.

Is it possible to convert a commercial shipyard to naval or vice versa?  Thanks.
 

Offline Steve Walmsley

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 11:20:22 AM »
Quote from: "Elmo"
Sorry if this has been answered already.  I tried to search on shipyard but it came back as too common a word for any results.

Is it possible to convert a commercial shipyard to naval or vice versa?  Thanks.
No, you can't convert one to the other.

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 12:08:54 PM »
Thanks.  And just to clarify, you can build commercial ships at a naval shipyard but not the other way around, correct?
 

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 09:49:29 AM »
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Thanks.  And just to clarify, you can build commercial ships at a naval shipyard but not the other way around, correct?
Yes, that's correct. Any military system on a ship prevents it being built in a commercial shipyard.

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 06:34:00 AM »
Hi all,

I have a follow up question regarding Shipyards.

What is the use of building Commercial Shipyards? They are as expensive as Militairy Shipyards and are limited by building only Commercial ships.

Am I missing something here?

Gr,

PzKenny
 

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2012, 06:39:57 AM »
Commercial shipyards start out at 10,000 tons capacity rather than the 1,000 tons of naval shipyards. They can also be increased to a significant capacity far quicker than naval yards. As commercial ships tend to be of significant size, you can start building them far quicker at a commercial yard rather than wait for the time it takes to expand a naval yard to the required size.
 

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Re: Shipyard conversion?
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 09:33:15 AM »
Thnx for the quick reply Metalax.

So I did miss something.  Guess I start constructing a Civil Shipyard right away.

PzKenny