the villager cruiser Ferdinand iv was the villager civilization's only armored cruiser, she was the very first capital ship they made independently, although it was made under a brig, which she was made 50 years before her conversion. when the villager kingdom of plaina wanted to modernized their military, the brig was the choice to make a modern cruiser, when the conversion came, here wooden superstructure was replaced by a metal one. her original shell was covered with metal plates, she was powered by 2 furnaces, she was equipped with 2 6 block 24 mm guns, 1 large 5 block 8 inch gun in a casement, and 1 5 block 6 inch gun, she had a conning tower and a pilothouse, she also hold 2 torpedoes on the sides, and a fire control system, she was recommission and made her first tour to crown peak. when francisco "roman" lopezera unified the villagers into 1 kingdom, she was renamed to Ferdinand iv and became the very first and only flagship of the villager civilization until the arrival of the iron golem class dreadnought and was reclassified as an armored cruiser, when the roman revolution came, the Ferdinand iv deployed major bombardment against the capital to flush out roman. after the revolution, Ferdinand iv embrace major cruises from every nation in the dimensions, her journey came to a temporary halt when she went to a upgrade, the only things she ever got was 2 torpedo tubes and 1 anti aircraft gun. she was yet again recommissioned and go back to her tours until the great war came, during the battle of the dessita sea, Ferdinand iv and 2 other protected cruisers fought against an imperial force of 1 armored cruiser and 2 light cruisers, while the villagers cruisers got some major hits and sank the illager armored cruiser, they failed to sink the light cruisers, she fought in so much battles, her most famous was in the battle of northpeak sea, when she, 5 protected cruisers and 1 destroyed set course to a protected area and was seen by the dreadnought halberd, 5 light cruisers, 2 destroyers, 10 torpedo boats, and 1 minesweeper. she sent her torpedoes to the battleship halberd and sank her along with 2 light cruisers and a minesweeper. her career came to an end when she was decommission after the villager civil war. she was preserved in honor of the anniversary of the creation of the united villager kingdom. she is permanently dock at the villager naval port, which is right next to the capital city.