River Class Frigate Mod Beta Release

[Mush Martin]

River Class FF V1.0 Beta

Silent Hunter III (C)2005
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River Class FF v1.0 Beta is Freeware and as such may not be used in
any way for profit or gain but as such maybe shared freely by any
user.

The activation of this mod in your silent hunter 3 game by any method
will serve to indicate that the enduser has read and agrees to the
conditions layed out here.

the writer assumes no responsibility for damage to any computer or software
nor damage to any installation of silent hunter3 nor any saved games, and writer will assume no liability for same.

best efforts have been made to ensure that at the point of release the
mod is free of virus' and to ensure that it carries no malignant software
of any type. however River Class FF V1.0 Beta if Freeware and as such after
the moment of release the writer can not and will not guarantee that this software is virus free and will assume no liability for same.

that said here it is,

First things First, almost all credit for the existence of the River Class Frigate model goes deservingly to BigBoyWooly whom largely did the work to
create a ship that I desired and didnt have the slightest idea how to make. This ship is his creation in the main. also Credit to Von Helsching for the
work on the Damage model. Ref also I believe for hexediting guidance. I had the Idea to correct the ship in game but it would be a year after SH4 comes out without the help of these deserving gentlemen. If Ive missed anybody who contributed so far I havent meant to and apologize in advance as well as forward my thanks and gratitude to all who did contribute.

The ship itself is such a fun enemy that I was compelled to release it prior to modelling finish as its just to much fun to fight it is in my own opinion, the best ASW ship of the type 2's in the game, from the perspective of the submarine commander.

The original Riverclass DE (type3) Vanilla included seems to have been assembled from a conglomeration of research in which a few historical innaccuracies appeared. the river class DE from vanilla in the main seems to have been based on the "River Class Destroyers" of the time (Older A to H's renamed post transfer), the hull and deckform of the vanilla DE follow this model however the loadout would seem to be correct for a River class frigate of the later war, but not correct for the River class destroyers which these appeared to be. The RiverClass FF type 2, is not meant to replace these as they did exist in the realworld, it is meant to put the second most common
commonwealth combatant into SH3 for the first time.

River Class Frigate: 136 frigates 1942-1945 plus three completed postwar and approximately 110 ships cancelled.
1310-1537 tons, two 4'D/P (early UK units) or 1 x twin 4" D/P & 1 x 12 pdr QF single (for game 4" single), 1 x Hedgehog,
4 x Kguns,2 x DC racks. 150-200 depth charges.

the very first time I came up against a "River Class" in vanilla SH3 I was very exited to be going up against a ship with which I was totally familiar.
I was Largely disappointed when I discovered the DE. this mod is about correcting that.Long before SH3, I had occasion to research river class frigates when I met my wife, who's Grandfather Captained two Flower Class and two River Class Frigates, They didnt know much about what he did in his navy years and I took it upon myself to find out. while doing that something wonderful happened.

I became enchanted With the River Class Frigates and their rather amazing history, william reed of smiths drydock company had come to noteworthiness
when the British admiralty had asked him to convert a commercial design into a small warship, a Request which resulted in the flower class corvette. which filled the niche of being able to be constructed by non military commercial shipyards. relieving the navy yards to work the fleet units. with the added
bonus of training the vast numbers of totally unskilled shipbuilders. it worked as an emergency measure and proved of course to be totally seaworthy.
As such the Flower class corvette was the most numerous commonwealth combatant in the battle of the atlantic, the admiralty much pleased had asked
Mr Reed to try to do the same thing in the other direction. to turn a military design into a commercial construction, in an effort to resolve the shortcomings of the Flower class. while still making escorts that could be made in a timely fashion by the, by then skilled shipyards. Reed seems to have taken the hull directly from the succesful Blackswan class sloops themselves directly descended from the Bitterns. Reed had to consider in his design the availablities of powerplants and projected shortages of equipment such as guns etc he made simple expedients by reducing the surface armament
to what was needed to cope with escort duty.he could create conditions whereby more ships would be ready sooner. The simple reciprocating steam plant of the flower class was largely available throughout the commonwealth shipyards in question and was already being built as the steam engine had power couplings at each end he simply reversed one and put two side by side in the chosen hull, simple available and with the added bonus of an extra 1/2 knot or two. by simply raising the bridgewings and moving the aft bandstand aft between the downtakes he vastly improved the effective coverage of the limited AA suite. The ships were built, and although they were not necessarily the ideal in ocean going escorts they were a fantastic balance of foresighted compromises that if not Ideal were totally succesfull. in their history they saved far more lives than they took they were capable as escorts and were able to be effective in hunter killer groups beyond that. in their time they sank their fare share of uboats and served for several decades in many countries after the war in the fifties a River Class FF was the vehicle in which britains first nuclear test took place. another is credited with a tank kill in the Korean conflict. one exists today
in australia preserved as a museum as it was during the war and another still acitvely sails the mediteranean as "Christina" the restored yacht of aristotle onassis giving expensive luxury cruises on the med to this day for many thousands of dollars.

I cant help but feel that they missed their place in the great ships of history. and although I cant correct that I can get the second most common
commonwealth combatant put into SH3. Incidently they are a very worthy opponent in game. Be cautious and careful fellow kaleuns. they will be available for missions but will only generate in your random campaign layer
as generic type 2's unless you enter them into the scripted layer of the campaign files.
(as they are deadly enemies Id recomend it for those capable)

The mod is GWX tested and JSGME compatable though in order to get it to
work you will have to manually enter the Riverff into eng names cfg
( see eng names cfg readme attached ) also for those anxious to see if Im
right about the fighting qualities of this ship I have included a single mission skirmish against them under the name "SeaTrialsRiverFF" enjoy

if you experience any problems with mission or mod post it on the mod release thread for help. thanks for downloading RiverClass FF Beta.v1.0
MM/JMC/ 01/24/2007





if you experience any problems report them on this thread please.

River Class FF V1.0 Beta can be downloaded from my File Front page.

http://hosted.filefront.com/MushMartin/

[CybaGirl]

Thanks sounds great ..

Will add it to one of my custom missions and give it a try now..

[dertien]

Hey there, Nice job mate Is t GWX compatible ? I mean can I copy it in the River folder of GWX and overwrite the old file ? thx

[bigboywooly]

Well it was made from the GWX Black Swan so should be compatable
It wont overwrite the DE River though as different class types
FF River
DE River

[dertien]

u been to the pub lately BBW ? I hope you still know what a pub looks like.
And a beer for that matter

Thx for the prompt reply yet again guv,

[bigboywooly]

:rotfl:
Whats a pub
Dont drink ( much ) when working the next day or would never get up at 5am
And as I havent had a day off for 3 weeks
As it happens am having a whiskey now lol

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by dertien

Hey there, Nice job mate Is t GWX compatible ? I mean can I copy it in the River folder of GWX and overwrite the old file ? thx

In as much as I am able to determine regardless of its version origin
River FF type 2 beta is a self contained mod and should work fine with
and cause no damage to any version of sh3 from vanilla on up.

thanks for the feed back I havent gotten much and if you play against them
in the single mission we would love to hear about your experiences and impressions and if you feel like it maybe a few screenies.

enjoy and thanks and dont miss the part in the readme that says be careful
they're dangerous opponents..........
MM

[ReallyDedPoet]

I'll get this a little later. Good work Mush and others

[R1fl3M4n]

good work!

[Mush Martin]

Thanks there Ummm.......ummmmm............

...........thanks there "R"

[leeclose]

Very nice Mush once again you have came up trumps well done matey