Ship speeds

[RattyB]

Are there any penalties for designing a ship which will go faster than its stated optimal hull speed?  I only ask because campaign  AI is knocking out 40kts warships that tend to cut and run and which prove very hard to catch and destroy. 

[brothermunro]

The cost and displacement taken up by the engines will increase dramatically if you go over the ideal speed but other than that there’s no penalty. You can reduce beam to mitigate this though!

[RattyB]

Ahhh, useful to know. Thank you. I

3 hours ago, brothermunro said:

The cost and displacement taken up by the engines will increase dramatically if you go over the ideal speed but other than that there’s no penalty. You can reduce beam to mitigate this though!

Useful to know, thanks!