Turtle Ship

The Turtle Ship is a unique Korean naval unit that is featured in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors expansion.

Game Info
The Turtle Ship is a Korean slow heavily armoured battleship that is most effective for destroying enemy warships at a close range. The Turtle Ship is avaliable to build at a Dock after the player has built at least one Castle. The Turtle Ship is one of the two unique units of the Korean civilization.

Real Info
The Turtle Ship was designed by Admiral Yi Sun-Shin during the invasion of Korea by the Japanese in the late 1500s. Wit the help of the Turtle Ships Admiral Yi Sun-Shin won two major battles off the southern coasts of Korea and the Turtle Ship became one of the world's first armoured battleships.

The Turtle Ship had a rounded top with that resembled a turtle shell, this prevented enemy soldiers boarding the battleship. But because of this the Turtle Ship lacked sails, so the ship was powered by oars. The Turtle Ship had mounted a battery of cannons on each side which could be used well to tear down enemy ships.