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Crew

 

Every ship is manned with a basic crew.

 

Unlike Patrician 2 or Patrician 3 you can not hire or fire you basic crew in Port Royale 2. In my opinion the Port Royale 2 manual states that the basic crew is not causing any cost during ship repairs, they are on shore leave.

 

You only hire a crew for ships that should protect other ships of your convoi from looting or for ships that will be part of a military convoy. The additional crew will man the cannons and board enemy ships.
They are also used for land attacks on a town.