Ship sizes and order

[Black_Knyght]

I'm working on completing a shipset, but I'm having a time with one specific detail and I was hoping everyone around here couls help me clarify it specifically.

What I'm trying to determine is in each "category" of ships/stations, which is the smallest to largest in order.

Below is the list of ships/stations in the order of size I think they fit into the game. If I've forgotten something, please let me know what, and where it fits in.

Here's what I have so far ( Feel free to correct it on any points of error ):


WARSHIPS

Scout
Escort
Frigate
Corvette
Destroyer
Hvy Destroyer
Light Cruiser
Cruiser
Hvy Cruiser
Battlecruiser
Battleship*
Dreadnaught
Hvy Dreadnaught
Baseship
Hvy Baseship
Juggernaught
Worldship

CARRIERS
Tiny Carrier*
Small Carrier
Carrier
Large Carrier
Massive Carrier

MISCELLANEOUS SHIPS

Small Transport
Medium Transport
Large Transport

Colonyship
Large Colonyship

Resourceship

STATIONS

Space Station
Battle Station
War Station
Resource Station
Starbase


FIGHTERS

Small Fighter
Medium Fighter
Large Fighter
Huge Fighter
Massive Fighter

Shuttle (?)

[Kamog]

Battleships are between Battle Cruiser and Dreadnaught.

[Black_Knyght]

Thanx

[Atrocities]

juggernoughts!

[rdouglass]

The term juggernaut is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable;



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut

[Parasite]

I would say Light Carrier (CVL) rather than Small Carrier, but that is SEIV.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I've seen the term Light Carrier and CL used in plenty of space-navy novels.

[Parasite]

CL is a Cruiser, Light. It cracks me up the people that call Light Cruisers LCs. Of course, I laugh almost as much from my own (Navy) point of view and prejudices as from the strange people that talk of LCs.

Other fleets than the US can have different names for ships types than those listed. Also sometimes the size order of ships is different in different navies. For instance I remember that in some country a Frigate is bigger than a Destroyer.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

'Frigate' has always sounded like a tough word to me.

[Thermodyne]

The reason that it is Cruiser – Light, is because the light refers to the size of the main battery. Cruisers are by original design, ship with long range and the ability to stay at sea for long periods of time. A cruiser light could displace more tonnage than a cruiser medium, but have smaller/less main guns. Despite the heroics of WW2, cruisers were not meant to slug it out in fleet battles. There intent was to project the (illusion) of power across the globe and maintain some control over far flung international trade routes.

[Wade]

Shouldn't Frigate be Between Corvette and Destroyer?

[Renegade 13]

BlackKnyght, some shipsets include a Tiny Carrier as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I asked a question like this too once. Here is the thread;

link (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB23&Number=361643&fpart= 1&PHPSESSID=)