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L.S.S. Gaddfisk Sloop

Note: This used to be named 'Pikefish', so do not be confused. Please.


Any visitor to the Frustrum Museum of Military Power must visit the exhibit centered around the L.S.S. Gaddfisk, a ship rich with history.

The career of the Gaddfisk began on April 9th, 1798, when a small keel was laid down in the former shipyards near Cullington. This keel was fitted with a mast and small storage compartment, nothing more nor less. It was a simple ship, bought by the then Royal Lockelle Navy. In a small not well-attended ceremony, it was christened Gaddfisk with a bottle of roughly-made Svennburg Wine cast over the bow, which didn't break on the first swing. It was a less-than-great beginning for a naval vessel, but a beginning no less. Over the next quarter-century Gaddfisk would serve in logistical roles, transporting messages and supplies throughout the archipelago, being able to sail through the most shallow of rivers due to its very shallow bottom.

In 1822 the Gaddfisk was refitted with a coal boiler, giving it more power and better manuverability, more importantly allowing it to sail in windless conditions. From then until 1854 it served in the same role as it did before it was refitted. In 1852, Lockelle's monarchist government collapsed, and the Republic of Lockelle was formed, followed by a state of emergency as multiple guerilla groups formed to resist the change in government. Due to the threat, the Gaddfisk was armored from the newly-installed roof to the waterline in steel, converting it to a sort of river-ironclad capable of deflecting musket and pistol rounds and transporting six men, four of which being able to fire out of loopholes on the sides of the vessel. It was no longer the R.L.N Gaddfisk, but the L.S.S. Gaddfisk. The newly modified vessel served as a patrolboat for the many waterways in the Lockelle archipelago.

After this period of unrest passed, the Gaddfisk fell into disrepair and was mothballed in 1881, being held at the port at Frustrum before being sailed under tow to the Muratoris, where it stayed mothballed, steadily rusting away.

It was July 23rd of 1940 when Lockelle entered the Second World War, and the Muratori Islands came under immediate threat from the approaching Japanese Navy. The Gaddfisk was taken out of its mothball statis and refurbished, given a new coat of olive paint, and handed over to the local Marine Division. The Gaddfisk patrolled around the islands, a handheld radio team inside at all times, ready to report threats.

On September 2nd, through the early morning gloom, the spotter aboard Gaddfisk sighted the pagoda mast of IJN Azumayuki, an Imperial Japanese heavy cruiser. The call was sent out - Japanese invasion fleet inbound from the northwest! The engine on the Gaddfisk fired up, but as this happened some of the fog was cleared away. A spotter aboard IJN Azumayuki in turn sighted the Gaddfisk only 75m off of their port bow. One of the dual-purpose secondary guns aboard Azumayuki swiveled to meet this new challenger and fired a salvo from both of its barrels, one round landing only a few meters astern of Gaddfisk, the other tearing through its pilothouse, shrapnel killing everyone aboard but not sinking the ship. The operator at the other end of the radio acknowledged the sighting, and waited for the crew of Gaddfisk to respond. He continued for several minutes until the Azumayuki came within close range, and fired another salvo with its dual purpose guns, both shells missing by less than a meter and waves flooding the ship. Gaddfisk slipped below the waves at 6:32 A.M., never to be seen again...

In 1984, navy divers investigating the wreck of the L.S.S. Bjornn, a light cruiser sunk during the Third Battle of Muratori, uncovered a rusting pile of scrap in the shape of a small armored craft, seemingly with no hull but evidence of a steam engine and propeller. Photographs of it were taken and researched, and it was soon uncovered to be a ship known as the "Gaddfisk". No effort was made to recover it, as it was not deemed important. Only in 1992 was the pile of wreckage that was the Gaddfisk raised and found to be in better condition than first thought. The wreckage was moved to the Frustrum Museum of Military Power, and restored over the course of several years. The original blueprints were uncovered from the Lockelle Navy Archives in Bengsston. The rotted wood was replaced, the broken metal repaired and repainted, and the steam engine rebuilt. When they were finished, the Gaddfisk had been restored to its original state, and on April 9th, 1998, it was transported to Cullington and refloated for the first time there, only a quarter kilometer from its original site of building. One hundred years had passed.

Since then, the Gaddfisk has resided floating in the Bengsston River, at the Frustrum Museum of Military Power. It stays there still today, and will hopefully float there for many more years to come.


This mod contains four variants of the L.S.S. Gaddfisk; the sailing version; the steam version; the ironclad version; and the WWII version. They sit oddly high in the water, and they also have half-decent maneuverability. The armor on the ironclads is bulletproof, but not explosionproof, as the crew learned, taught by the DP gun of Azumayuki. Also has a barrel for ye olde transporting needs, and a


This was mainly made for two reasons. One, I wanted to publish another vehicle and didn't have the motivation to make something with wheels, and two, I noticed the frighteningly small amount of sailing vessels on the workshop. I'll work more on fixing that soon :)... Anyways, this took a while, and the lore took a bit to come up with as well. I'll be making some of the other ships mentioned, such as the LSS Bjornn and the IJN Azumayuki, later. For now, here's a small vessel for your small needs. Gaddfisk also means Pikefish in Swedish, if you were wondering.

By the way, since its wood, it is really satisfying to burn