Talk:The Undine/@comment-69.146.96.222-20150826051459/@comment-16533050-20150826093348

I think the anon was more or less asking if inferences can be made on the general construction of warships at the time based on the appearance and construction of the Undine - probably since it is the largest vessel that can be completely explored in the game and its DLC.

Even the opening cutscene where Corvo and Captain Curnow get lowered into the Wrenhaven River seems to be from one of the whaling vessels as opposed to a Gristolian warship.

To the anon directly, I would say yes, that I believe (based off the construction of the whaling trawlers) that the warships of the era would likely be ironclads as well. I do not see whaling ships being able to advance in technological levels beyond that of the military, save perhaps that they would be outfitted with the giant H-cranes whereas naval warships would not. Thus, if the trawlers are iron, the navy probably had ironclads as well.