ThinksMarkedly wrote:Somtaaw wrote:If standard naval ratings can do that with whatever facilities are aboard a Roland, then you could easily fit 8-12 Marines aboard a Roland for the length of a cruise.
We should also point out that a destroyer type isn't designed for long cruises, otherwise they'd be designated light cruisers (the Rolands are more massive than the Avalons). So what you're saying that the facilities are sufficient for a short cruise is probably true.Off-hand, I would say Spindle and Silesia are the only two RMN postings left for forward-deploying Marines, just in case your Rolands need to load up. And in both cases, that's only going to last until the locals can be trained up enough to do a similar, but scaled back job. The Talbotters already decided they're focus primarily on Army, but for what Roland's occasionally need that's good enough, particularly if they obtain some suggestions from Grayson or Haven, both of whom use Army as Marines who do not perform naval duties in addition to marine/army ones.
They may negotiate Marine basing rights on Meyers for example, on double duty as a forward operating base and training the locals.
The long cruise issue was true prior to 1900, when Frigates still had that job. Now, it's less so - see the # of DDs deployed to Silesia prior to the annexation.