Ziven's Spear, the warship that never got to fight

Ziven's Spear is theKingdom of Fumaya only warship.   Fumaya is a landlocked nation far from the sea, but it has many lakes and rivers.   The biggest lake, the Lake of Fumaya, is geographic and economic center of the country. Ostensibly, Ziven's Spear is protecting the lake. The Lake of Fumaya is surrounded on all four sides by friendly territory, so Ziven's Spear has never been tested in battle.   The ship is armed and armored, but its main purpose is to rapidly disembark soldiers.   Ziven's Spear was commissioned by Ziven Linijka, the first King of Fumaya.   Unfortunately, the ship builder got a little carried away and built a much larger and grander ship than Ziven envisioned. The courtier in charge of the ship building project was dismissed from the royal court in disgrace for wasting money, but Ziven ended up with the ship anyway. Because of the great expense of the vessel, it was nicknamed "Ziven's Folley".   The ship ran a few drills to make sure that the ship could complete it's stated function. Yes, the ship is fully capable of rapidly disembarking soldiers as designed. Since there was no need to ferry soldiers rapidly across the lake, the ship became an expnsive floating decoration sitting in the harbor unused for well over half a century.   King Ziven the Third eventually inherited the ship and figured, "as long as we have the ship, we might as well maintain it properly" and issued a royal decree that the ship should be kept in good repair. No king that came after saw reason to overturn this decree.   As planks got rotted or worn, they were replaced. The ship is nearly four hundred years old. At this point there are very few original pieces of the ship left, but the ship's original design was unchanged. Various kings ran it through occasional military drills to make sure the ship still works okay.   The most recent previous king, Ziven the Sixth, better known as King Ziven the Merry, converted the ship from a warship into a party boat.   The current king. King Henryk the Third has opted to disassociate himself from his father's hedonistic proclivities. He has repurposed Ziven's Spear back to it's original configuration but then opted to use it as a passenger ferry for civilians because that is the most practical use he could think of it for it.