Ottoman Navy - love those galleys

[Fondor_Yards]

I wonder if the Ottomans can build real Xebecs though. I've seen pirates using them and they're really deadly - they're very low on the water so they're hard to hit, and can fire right at a ship's waterline, esp. when boarding or being boarded. I fear them almost as much as I do Fluyts.

Yes they do get them, but they are garbage. Slow reload, weak broadside, and blow up a lot. I'm not sure if they actually do, but their unit card also says they have a hull strength of 0.

[Marquis of Roland]

Thats the problem with these mediterranean ships, one good broadside from any ship of the line and they're done. What good is 256 firepower if you only get to shoot once? I've fought plenty of galley fleets in my game (as everyone knows, every time you want to go to the mediterranean you always have to declare war on Morrocco lol), and every time, as each ship came into range, it either exploded or surrendered on the spot and sank. Yes, being low in the water makes them a little harder to hit, but since they're so low most hull hits are at or below the water line.