Puffing Dragon

The Puffing Dragon is a hybrid steam and sail powered wooden battleship akin to the CSS Alabama and is a conversion ship, starting its life as a Frigate. It was converted with the help of engineers from the east who brought their steam technology with them. The ship sports twelve 12lb (177mm) on the gun deck and sixteen 6lb (57mm) cannons on the main deck. It's main job isn't to fight in regular ship to ship duels with other equally sized ships, but rather to catch faster ships and cripple them so that the larger, slower vessels of the pirate king's fleet can catch up to and capture them. There is no other ship in the Great Sea that can match it for sheer speed. The Puffing Dragon's top speed under sail is 14 knots, and 22 under sail and steam. Her closest rival is The Flying Coachman which maxes out at 16 knots. The Puffing Dragon is captained by Edgardo Davenport, a seasoned captain and one of great tactical prowess, but also great pride, which sometimes gets in the way of his good leadership.