Koutetsukan (vessel)

Koutetsukan Weight 120 tons / length 65-110' / draft 6-9' / crew 100+

Kaiu Sunshin created a type of ship and named it Koutetsukan. It is meant to sail the rivers and seas of the Shadowlands. The Iron Turtle is 100 feet long has a low rounded roof bristling with spikes of iron and jade. Iron plates cover the hull. Because of its size and shape it is prone to capsizing in any sort of rough sea thus the other nickname of 'turning turtle'. Due to their unseaworthyness the Mantis Clan will not use this ship. (Minor Clans p. 20-21)