A Dockyard is a military port building in Empire: Total War.
Description[]
A dockyard can carry out major shipbuilding work, and usually, includes a large number of associated artisans and tradesmen from coopers to victuallers.
Dockyards also have extensive shore facilities, such as ropeworks, forges, furnaces and, possibly most important of all, seasoning sheds. Using "green" timber for shipbuilding results in vessels that can work (have a little flexibility), something that the French shipbuilders regard as a good thing, even though it means that their ships leak in heavy seas. Seasoning wood for months or years is prudent, and most other navies follow this practice.
On more than one occasion in the century, Royal Navy raiding parties made a point of destroying stocks of timber, in particular, masts - stored in enemy shipyards. The loss of timber stocks not only set back shipbuilding by many years but also ensured that battle damage was hard to make good too. Burning timber rather than stealing it must have gone against the natural inclinations of many RN officers and seamen, as their prize money for the goods was also going up in smoke!
Cost[]
- Level 1
- 3 Turns to Build
- 2500 Coin
Abilities[]
- Requires Shipyard, Naval Shore Facilities
- Enables Drydock
- Recruits: Basic Battle Vessels