Webster

ok, first off there is not a large fan base for unrealistic fantasy ship mods but im sure there will still be many members who will enjoy this mod just as much as you will. I think it best to downplay the end result for now and concentrate on creating a new playable ship aspect.

study the files for new ships created for the game to see what it takes to get those to work and then look into the "playable surface ships" mods to see what extra files were needed to make them work and then look into the guns and such last so you concentrate on getting the ship to work and play in the game first before you make things fit your taste in guns, speed, and damage.

do a search for "Peabody" and spend an afternoon reading through his posts, there is a lot of experience and knowledge you can pick up just by reading them.

problem one is all playable ships have to be created from the players sub in order to work so there are some limitations you are going to run into such as torpedoes will not work on surface ships, they hit the outer hull when fired so that is you first major hurdle to overcome and you may just have to give up on that weapon package.