Name:   HMS Meresman (England)

Card:    SM #ES-013 (Common)

Points:  6

Masts: 2

Cargo: 2

Moves: S+S

Guns : 3S,3S

Hit %: 100 (S), 0 (L)

Ability: You may double the range of this ship's cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.

HMS Meresman is a thoroughly unremarkable little ship whose ratings are uniformly below average, except for the last one.

Her speed is decent; the rest of her stats are fair to poor. But what do you want for six points, HMS Titan? Six points is a great price for a ship that has nothing wrong with her. She can be an okay fighter with a Captain, or an okay gold ship with no crew. Her ability isn't likely to do much for you, not with only two cannons. Whatever you do with her, she'll probably be worth it, simply because her price tag is so low.

Goldship rating: 2.7 / 5

Gun Ship rating: 2.3 / 5

Boarding rating: 2.1 / 5

Value for points: 3.5 / 5

Name: HMS Meresman Masts: 2 Cargo: 2 Speed: S+S Firepower: two 3S cannons Cost: 6 points Ability: You may double the range of this ships cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.

We finish off the week will HMS Meresman, a well priced little ship from the first set. I suspect that when she first came out her ability was more useful. As it is now, with the invention of flotillas and the introduction of HMS Phoenix for example. Her ability is somewhat obsolete. However since the sniper ability costs next to nothing anyway, who cares.

It won’t take much for her to earn her keep. You could chuck a captain on and send her out as part of a swarm. These days she’s a good candidate to slap aboard Lord Mycron and maybe a points modifier and shove her in the fog.

That’s take a look at the breakdown of costs.

Masts – 1 point Cargo¬ – 1 point Speed – 2.8 points Cannons – 1 point Ability – 0.2 points Total 6 points.

Gunship rating 2/5
Gold ship rating 3/5
Fleet support rating 3/5
Value rating 4/5